Christopher B. Barrett

Biography

Chris Barrett is the Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management and an international professor of agriculture at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, as well as a professor in the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy and a fellow of the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, all at Cornell University. He is co-editor-in-chief of the journal Food Policy and edits the Palgrave Macmillan book series Agricultural Economics and Food Policy. He has won several university, national, and international awards for teaching, research, and public outreach, and he is an elected fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, and the African Association of Agricultural Economists.

Selected Publications

• Rohr, Jason; Sack, Alexandra; Bakhoum, Sidy; Barrett, Christopher; Lopez-Carr, David; et al. "A planetary health innovation for disease, food and water challenges in Africa"Nature. 619.7971 (2023): 782-787
• Barrett, Christopher. "‘Benevolent’ patent extensions could raise billions for R&D in poorer countries"Nature. 621.7980 (2023): 687-690
• Lee, Seungmin; Barrett, Christopher; Hoddinott, John. "Food security dynamics in the United States, 2001–2017"American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 106.5 (2024): 1595-1618
• Jagnani, Maulik; Barrett, Christopher; Liu, Yanyan; You, Liangzhi. "Within-Season Producer Response to Warmer Temperatures: Defensive Investments by Kenyan Farmers"Economic Journal. 131.633 (2021): 392-419
• Barrett, Christopher; Cason, Jeffery; Lentz, Erin. Overseas Research: A Practical Guide: Third Edition. Routledge. 3 (2020): 200
• The Economics of Poverty Traps, Ed. Christopher Barrett, Ed. Michael Carter, Ed. Jean-Paul Chavas. University of Chicago Press. (2019): 464pp
• Rohr, Jason; Barrett, Christopher; Civitello, David; Craft, Meggan; Delius, Bryan; et al. "Emerging Human Infectious Diseases and the Links to Global Food Production"Nature Sustainability. 2.6 (2019): 445-456
• Jensen, Nathaniel; Barrett, Christopher; Mude, Andrew. "Cash Transfers and Index Insurance: A Comparative Impact Analysis From Northern Kenya"Journal of Development Economics. 129.1 (2017): 14-28
• Barrett, Christopher; Constas, Mark. "Toward a theory of resilience for international development applications"Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 111.40 (2014): 14625-14630
• Barrett, Christopher. "Measuring Food Insecurity"Science. 327.5967 (2010): 825-828

Awards and Honors

• Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences (2022) National Academy of Sciences
• Agricultural and Applied Economics Association’s Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award for ten or more years’ experience (2017)
• Award for Scientific Excellence (2016) USAID Board for International Food and Agricultural Development
• USAID Science and Technology Pioneers Prize, Grand Prize winner (2013) US Agency for International Development
• SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities (2009) State University of New York

Recent Courses

• AEM 2000 - Contemporary Controversies in the Global Economy
• AEM 7650/ECON 7650 - Development Microeconomics Graduate Research Seminar

Academic Degrees

• PhD University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1994
• MS University of Oxford, 1985
• BA Princeton University, 1984

In the News

• October 26, 2023 New tool measures food security duration, severity
• July 17, 2023 New Public Health Innovation Can Also Break a Poverty Trap
• August 01, 2022 A global food crisis is unfolding