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- Professor, Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management (AEM), College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS)
- Academic Director, CUI Intl Food, Agr and Develop
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Research
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- AGRICULTURAL INPUT AND OUTPUT MARKETS IN EAST AND SOUTHERN AFRICA awarded by MARKET MATTERS INC. 2003 - 2013
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Publications
individual publications
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academic article
- Understanding Foreign Direct Investment in the Southern African Development Community: An Analysis Based on Project-Level Data. Agricultural Economics. 41:337-347. 2010
- Market Integration and Efficiency inthe Presence of Cross-Border Trade Restrictions: Evidence from Selected Maize Markets in Southern Africa. Tropical Agriculture Journal. 85:82-97. 2008
- The Organic Label: How to Reconcile its Meaning with Consumer Preferences. Journal of Food Distribution Research. 35:40-43. 2004
- ESSENTIAL FORMS OF CAPITAL FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 85:708-715. 2003
- Civic Community Approaches to Rural Development in the South: Economic Growth with Prosperity. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. 34:327-338. 2002
- Consumer Preferences for Organic Standards: Guiding Demand Expansion Strategies for Organic Food. Journal of Food Distribution Research. 30:46-51. 2002
- Financing Agricultural Competitiveness in the Caribbean. Farm and Business: Journal of the Caribbean Agro-Economic Society. 5. 2002
- Social Capital, Tax Modifications, and Rural Economic Progress: Discussion. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. 34:339-341. 2002
- Evaluating the Economic Performance of Alternative Market Institutions: Implications for the Smallholder Sector in Southern Africa. Agrekon. 40:522-536. 2001
- Linking Globalization, Economic Growth and Poverty: Impacts of Agribusiness Strategies on Sub-Saharan Africa. Journal of American Agricultural Economics. 83:722-729. 2001
- A Microenterprise-Centered Economic Development Strategy for the Rural South: Sustaining Growth with Economic Opportunity. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. 32:331-344. 2000
- Analyzing Establishment Growth within New York Food Manufacturing Industries from 1987-1995. Journal of Food Distribution Research. 39:91-105. 1999
- Food Products: Innovate, Improve, or Imitate. Journal of Food Distribution Research. 37:38-44. 1996
- Markets or Government: Balancing Imperfect and Complementary Alternatives. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 78:1145-1156. 1996
- Structural Changes in U.S. Agriculture: Implications for Small Farms. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. 28:57-56. 1996
- Economic Correctness and Agricultural Economics. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. 25:1-13. 1993
- Selecting the 'Best' Prediction Model: An Application to Agricultural Cooperatives. Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics. 24:163-170. 1992
- The African American in Rural Society: Public Policy Directions. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 74:826-833. 1992
- Limited Resource Farmers and the Marketing System. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 73:1485-1489. 1991
- The Impacts of Structural Change and Public Policy on the Economic Well Being of the Rural Disadvantaged. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 72:1619-1178. 1990
- Economic Forces Influencing Value-Added Food Industries: Implications for Southern Agriculture. Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics. 21:23-26. 1989
- Economies of Size in the Louisiana Sugarcane Processing Industry. Journal of Sugarcane Technologists. 9:22-30. 1989
- The Financial Performance of Farmer Cooperatives: 1981-86. Louisiana Rural Economist. 50:5-10. 1988
- Commodity Marketing Outlook for 1987. Louisiana Rural Economist. 49:7-10. 1987
- Role of Farmer Cooperatives in a Changing Agricultural Economy. Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics. 19:21-28. 1987
- Structural Changes in the Sugar Industry. Louisiana Rural Economist. 49:9-12. 1987
- The Effects of Regulation on Rural Electric Cooperative Rate Levels in Louisiana, 1960-85. Louisiana Rural Economist. 48:4-6. 1986
- An Overall Assessment and Perspective of Agricultural Marketing in Louisiana, 1983. Louisiana Rural Economist. 45:2-5. 1983
- Evaluating Market Information Systems by Firm Decisions: A Michigan Processed Potato Industry Case Study. Journal of Food Distribution Research. 13:25-33. 1982
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- The African-American, Farming, and Rural Society 1991
- The Economic Performance of Farmer Cooperatives 1987
- Composition and Characteristics of Minority Operated Farms in the U. S. Economic and Social Perspectives 1986
- The Small Farm Problem: Evaluating the Performance of Alternative Market Institutions 1985
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- Enabling Environments for Competitive Agro-industries. Agro-industries for Development. 2009
- Markets, Government and Development: Structural Adjustment Programs in a Global Economy. Achieving Sustainable Communities in a Global Economy. 113-136. 2004
- The Profitability of Slavery: A Review of the Classical Economic Position. Plantation Society and Race Relations: The Origins of Inequality. 1999
- Wholesale Price Movements for Horticultural Produce in Zimbabwe: an Analysis of Tomato Prices in Harare. Access and Equity Issues in Agriculture and Rural Development. 209-225. 1998
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conference paper
- Advancing Africa's Green Revolution Through Private Seed Companies. Meeting the Challenges to Sustainable Growth and Development in Rural Communities. 2008
- Empowering Rural Communities Through Entrepreneurship. Rural Community Economic Development: Experiences From the 1890 Land-Grant Institutions. 2006
- The Competitive Advantage of African American Entrepreneurs in the Rural South: Myth or Reality?. Professional Agricultural Workers Conference. 1996
- Private Strategies and Public Policies: The Economics of Information and the Economic Organization of Markets. Re-engineering Marketing Policies for Food and Agriculture. 1994
- Trends in the U.S. Value-Added Food Industries: Implications for Rural Economies in the South East. Professional Agricultural Workers Conference. 1993
- Agricultural, Food and Human Resource Policies: Implications for Rural African Americans. Increasing Understanding of Public Problems and Policies. 1991
- Sciences Research in the 1890's: Challenges and Opportunities. Strengthening Social Sciences Research at 1890 Institutions and Tuskegee University. 1991
- Economic Forces Influencing Value-Added Food Industries in the South. The Role of Agriculture in the Social and Economic Development of the Lower Mississippi River Delta Region. 1990
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- The Financial Performance of Agricultural Cooperatives: Preliminary Findings on an Empirical Evaluation of Multidimensional Models. 72. 1989
- Economics of Size in the Louisiana Sugarcane Processing Industry. 1199. 1988
- Evaluating the Financial Performance of Farmer Cooperatives. 197. 1988
- Farmer Cooperatives and Small Farmers in U.S. Agriculture. 1178. 1988
- The Growth of Farmer Cooperatives in a Declining Agricultural Economy. 1077. 1987
- Conceptual Relations Between Market Structure and Information: Implications for Private Use and Public Investments. 175. 1985
- Problems and Issues of Black-Operated Farms. 1269. 1985
- Regulating Rural Electric Cooperatives Utility Rate Levels: A Cross Sectional Analysis of Alternative Regulatory Institutions. 204. 1985
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- Structural Changes in Louisiana's Food and Fiber Markets 1991
- Structural Change and Economic Efficiency Within Louisiana's Sugarcane Processing Industry 1990
- The Use of Multidimensional Models in Evaluating the Financial Performance of Agricultural Cooperatives 1990
- Farmer Cooperatives in a Declining Agricultural Economy 1987
- WP 2007-12: The Impact of the Market Information Service on Pricing Efficiency and Maize Price Transmission in Uganda 2007
- WP 2006-18: Integration and Equilibrium of Maize Markets in Southern Africa: A SADC Sub-regional Assessment 2006
- WP 2006-19:Capital Flows to Africa: An Analysis of the Structure of Official and Private Capital Flows 2006
- SP 2005-05: Agricultural Biotechnology Risks and Economic Development: A Call for a Public –Private Partnerships to Stimulate Investments into African Biotechnology Industry 2005
- Linking Globalization, Economic Growth and Poverty: Impacts of Agribusiness Strategies on Sub-Saharan Africa 2001
- Entrepreneurship-Centered Economic Development: An Analysis of African American Entrepreneurship in the Southern Black Belt 2000
- Food Poverty and Development: Finding a Sustainable Future 2000
- Developing Research and Human Resource Capacity within the Zimbabwe Smallholder Sector 1999
- Smallholder Horticultural Markets in Zimbabwe: Margins, Price Transmission, and Spatial Integration 1998
- The Economic Consequences of a Changing Rural Economy: Implications for a U.S. Rural Policy 1991
- Methods and Approaches to Studying Structural Changes in Food and Fiber Markets and Value-Added Food Industries in Louisiana 1990
- The African American in Rural Society: Public Policy Directions 1990
- Agricultural Cooperatives for Small Scale Agriculture and Rural Communities 1989
- Rapparteur's Report 1989
- Farmer Cooperatives and Small Farmers in U.S. Agriculture 1988
- Role of Farmer Cooperatives in Improving the Performance of Agricultural Markets 1987
- Problems and Issues of Black-Operated Farms 1985
- The Use of Price and Other Information by the Michigan Processed Potato Industry 1984
- Rapparteur's Report 1983
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Teaching
teaching activities
- AEM-4421: Research and Strategy in Emerging Markets - Spring 2013
- AEM-6960: Perspectives in International Development - Spring 2013
- AEM-7000: Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management - Spring 2013
- AEM-7900: Graduate-Level Thesis Research - Spring 2013
- AEM-8900: Master's Level Thesis Research - Spring 2013
- AEM-9900: Doctoral-Level Thesis Research - Spring 2013
- CSS-6960: Perspectives in International Development - Spring 2013
- IARD-6960: Perspectives in International Development - Spring 2013
- NTRES-6960: Perspectives in International Development - Spring 2013
- AEM-4420: Emerging Markets - Fall 2012
- AEM-4970: Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management - Fall 2012
- AEM-4990: Undergraduate Research - Fall 2012
- AEM-6960: Perspectives in International Development - Fall 2012
- AEM-6980: Supervised Graduate Teaching Experience - Fall 2012
- AEM-7000: Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management - Fall 2012
- AEM-7900: Graduate-Level Thesis Research - Fall 2012
- AEM-8900: Master's Level Thesis Research - Fall 2012
- AEM-9900: Doctoral-Level Thesis Research - Fall 2012
- CSS-6960: Perspectives in International Development - Fall 2012
- IARD-6960: Perspectives in International Development - Fall 2012
- NTRES-6960: Perspectives in International Development - Fall 2012
- AEM-4421: Research and Strategy in Emerging Markets - Spring 2012
- AEM-6960: Perspectives in International Development - Spring 2012
- AEM-7000: Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management - Spring 2012
- AEM-7900: Graduate-Level Thesis Research - Spring 2012
- AEM-8900: Master's Level Thesis Research - Spring 2012
- AEM-9900: Doctoral-Level Thesis Research - Spring 2012
- CSS-6960: Perspectives in International Development - Spring 2012
- IARD-6960: Perspectives in International Development - Spring 2012
- NTRES-6960: Perspectives in International Development - Spring 2012
- AEM-4420: Emerging Markets - Fall 2011
- AEM-4970: Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management - Fall 2011
- AEM-4990: Undergraduate Research - Fall 2011
- AEM-6960: Perspectives in International Development - Fall 2011
- AEM-6980: Supervised Graduate Teaching Experience - Fall 2011
- AEM-7000: Individual Study in Applied Economics and Management - Fall 2011
- AEM-7900: Graduate-Level Thesis Research - Fall 2011
- AEM-8900: Master's Level Thesis Research - Fall 2011
- AEM-9900: Doctoral-Level Thesis Research - Fall 2011
- CSS-6960: Perspectives in International Development - Fall 2011
- IARD-6960: Perspectives in International Development - Fall 2011
- NTRES-6960: Perspectives in International Development - Fall 2011
Service
service to the profession
- International Relations Institute Advisory Board Board Member 2007 -
- African Agricultural Capital Board of Directors 2005 -
- Winrock International Board of Directors 2005 -
- Winthrop Rockefeller Foundation Board of Directors 2005 -
- Professional Agricultural Workers Conference, Advisory Committee Committee Member 1990 -
- AAEA Status and Opportunity of Blacks in Agricultural Economics Committee Committee Member 1985 -
- LSU College of Agriculture Faculty Policy Committee
- LSU Louisiana Agricultural Experiment Station Director Search Committee
- International Advisory Panel for Faculty of Economics and Business, University Malaysia Sarawak Member 2003 - 2006
- Initiatives for Development and Equity in African Agriculture Board of Directors 2002 - 2004
- Research Advisory Board, Committee for Economic Development Committee Member 2001 - 2004
- USAID/USDA Food Security Advisory Committee Committee Member 2001 - 2002
- USAID/USDA Food Security Advisory Committee Committee Member 1998 - 1999
- American Agricultural Economics Association Officer, President/Elect/Past 1995 - 1998
- American Agricultural Economics Association Foundation Director 1992 - 1994
- American Agricultural Economics Association Director 1991 - 1994
- Southern Agricultural Economics Association Officer, President/Elect/Past 1991 - 1994
- AAEA Professional Activities Committee Committee Member 1990 - 1991
- Southern Agricultural Economics Association First Vice President 1990 - 1991
- AAEA Quality Research Committee Committee Member 1989 - 1991
- Louisiana State University Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs Search Committee Committee Member - 1991
- Southern Agricultural Economics Association Second Vice President 1989 - 1990
- Departmental Graduate Policy Committee Committee Member 1988 - 1989
- LSU College of Agriculture Ad-Hoc Committee on Minorities Committee Member 1988 - 1989
- Campus Federal Credit Union Board Chairman 1987 - 1989
- Campus Federal Credit Union Director 1983 - 1989
- Louisiana Council of Farmer Cooperatives Member of Executive 1981 - 1989
- AAEA Nominating Committee Committee Member 1987 - 1988
- Departmental Honors Curriculum Committee Chairperson 1987 - 1988
- LSU College of Agriculture Committee on Academic Affairs Committee Member 1987 - 1988
- AAEA Status and Opportunity of Blacks in Agricultural Economics Committee Chairperson 1985 - 1986
- Ph.D. and M.S. Departmental Examination Committee Committee Member - 1986
- Agricultural Economics Club Faculty Co-Advisor 1983 - 1984
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Background
education and training
- Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University 1980
- M.S. in Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University 1977
- B.S. in Agricultural Economics, Southern University 1975