Work
EMPLOYMENT
U.S. Department of Agriculture | Economic Research Service, Kansas City, MO [2020-present]
research agricultural economist
University of Connecticut | Agricultural & Resource Economics, Storrs, CT [2009-2020]
graduate assistant
Willard J. Stearns & Sons Inc. | Mountain Dairy, Mansfield, CT [2017-2018]
president | chief operating officer (transition team)
Elephant Mountain Farm, Huletts Landing, NY [2012-2015]
co-founder | farmer
RESEARCH
Europe: agricultural production and trade policy
[Topic Page]
Brexit and EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement [2022-23][Topic Page]
-- United Kingdom Agricultural Production and Trade Policy Post-Brexit [Full Text] [Summary]
-- Since Brexit, United Kingdom’s Agricultural Trade With European Union Remains Strong; Opportunities for U.S. Exports Emerge [Amber Waves]
EU Green Deal: Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies [2020-22]
-- Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy [2022, Volume 44, Issue 4]
Market impacts of Farm to Fork: Reducing agricultural input usage [pp. 1995-2013] [IATRC 2020]
Adopt or not adopt? Mirror clauses and the European Green Deal [pp. 2014-2033] [GTAP 2021]
Food security implications for low- and middle-income countries under agricultural input reduction: The case of the European Union's farm to fork and biodiversity strategies [pp. 1942-1954]
-- Economic and Food Security Impacts of Agricultural Input Reduction Under the European Union Green Deal’s Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies [Full Text] [Summary] [Amber Waves 2020]
Global agrifood value chains, trade, and climate
International Agri-Food Value Chains: Trade and the Global Food Dollar [ASTAR 2021-23] [IATRC 2022]
-- Agri-food value chains and the global food dollar: The role of trade and services [Food Policy 2024, 127, 102706]
CBAM and Agriculture: Opportunities, Challenges, and Perspectives [IATRC Commissioned Paper]
The Changing Face of U.S. Tequila Imports [AAEA 2022]
The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) and Climate Change [GTAP 2022]
International Agricultural Productivity
[ERS Data Product] [Amber Waves 2021] [Amber Waves 2022] [Amber Waves 2023] [Amber Waves 2024]
-- World Agricultural Production, Resource Use, and Productivity, 1961–2020 [Full Text] [Summary] [Infographic]
-- Productivity‐led Pathways to Sustainable Agricultural Growth: Six Decades of Progress [EuroChoices 2024]
International Food Security Assessment
2022–32 [Full Text] [Summary]
Hemp
Connecticut Cannabidiol (CBD) Hemp Cost of Production Study [Full Report] [Fact Sheet] [UConn Today]
Groundnut
Uganda - Technology Adoption, Seed Multiplication, and Preliminary Aflatoxin Assessment [2015-16]
-- Adoption of High-Yielding Groundnut Varieties: The Sustainability of a Farmer-Led Multiplication-Dissemination Program in Eastern Uganda [Sustainability 2018, 1o, 1597]
-- Adaptation and Adoption of Improved Seeds through Extension: Evidence from Farmer-Led Groundnut Multiplication in Uganda
Selected Paper - 2015 AAEA Annual Meetings, San Francisco, CA, USA [Full Text] [Presentation] & 2016 AAAE Annual Meetings, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia [Full Text]
Research Report - The Zwick Center for Food & Resource Policy, Dept. of Agricultural & Resource Economics, UConn, Storrs, CT, USA [Full Text]
-- An Assessment of Groundnut Aflatoxin Contamination Awareness and Mitigation Practices in Rural Uganda
Selected Paper - 2015 APRES Annual Meetings, Charleston, SC, USA [Presentation]
Ghana - Peanut Mycotoxin Innovation Lab (PMIL): Assessment of Groundnut Production and Aflatoxin [2015-17]
-- Awareness, Incidence, and Mitigation of Aflatoxin Contamination in Groundnuts: Evidence from Ghana, Mozambique, and Uganda [World Mycotoxin Journal 2023, 16(4), 359-371]
-- Evaluation of Agricultural Practices to Increase Yield and Financial Return and Minimize Aflatoxin Contamination in Peanut in Northern Ghana [Peanut Science 2020, 47(3), 156-162]
-- Minimizing Aflatoxin Contamination in the Field, During Drying, and in Storage in Ghana [Peanut Science 2020, 47(2), 72-80]
-- Preventing Aflatoxin Contamination in Groundnut Cultivation, Book Chapter, Contributing Author [2018]
Malawi, Mozambique, and Zambia - Regional Groundnut Value Chain and Cost of Production Analysis [2016-17]
-- Total Factor Productivity and Technical Efficiency Among Smallholder Groundnut Farmers in Northern Mozambique [AfJARE 2020, 15(4), 289-301]
Selected Paper - 2020 North American Productivity Workshop, Miami, FL, USA [Presentation]
-- Survey Considers Gender Roles Among Peanut Farmers in Mozambique, USAID AGRILINKS, Photo Credit [2016]
Dairy
CT Dairy Cost of Production:
-- 2012 [Full Report] [Presentation]
N.E. Dairy COP & Nutrient Management Poster [2012]
Multi-State Dairy AFRI Project [2010-12]
Vineyard
Connecticut Wine Grape Cost of Production Update [2020]
Wine Grape Price Variability as an Indicator of Fruit Quality: Evidence from a Sample of Chilean Vineyards [2013] [Abstract] [Presentation]
An Economic Analysis of Wine Grape Production in Connecticut [2012-13] [Full Text] [Presentation]
A Preliminary Analysis of Investing in Wine Grape Production [2011]
Should We Top Up the Winemaker's Cup? [2010]
USDA Specialty Crop Block Grant [2009-12]
CONSULTING
Farm Credit East
-- Northeast Economic Engine: Agriculture, Forest Products and Commercial Fishing [2019-20] [Full Text]
Planet Water
-- Impact evaluation of clean water initiatives at elementary schools in Columbia and the Philippines [2015-16] [Full Text]
Inter-American Development Bank
-- Ex ante analysis of program to enhance agricultural production, quality, processing, & export, Dominican Republic [2012]
-- Ex post analysis of program to establish and enhance rural producer-owned and operated companies, Honduras [2015]
TEACHING
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
-- ARE 1110: Food, Population, and the Environment
-- ARE 4464/5464: Benefit Cost Analysis and Resource Management
-- ARE 5495: Special Topics - Agricultural Production Economics
Department of Economics, Eastern Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT, USA
-- ECO 215: Statistics for Business and Economics
Department of Science, Technology, Environmental Studies and Mathematics, Mitchell College, New London, CT, USA
-- ES 315: Environmental Economics
United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Education and Research in Agriculture, Dakar, Senegal
-- Impact Evaluation in Agricultural Development Workshop
EDUCATION
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
-- Doctorate [2020]: agricultural and resource economics
-- Masters [2012]: agricultural and resource economics
-- Bachelors [2009]: philosophy and environmental science
anyone who has begun to think, places some portion of the world in jeopardy - john dewey
inspiration usually comes during work, rather than before it - madeleine l'engle
hard work is the yeast that raises the dough - am. folk saying
nothing will work unless you do - maya angelou