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Alex Winter-Nelson

Ph.D., Applied Economics, Food Research Institute, Stanford University, 1992

ACE 454: Economic Development of Tropical Africa
ACE 251: World Food Economy
ACE 551: International Food Policy

My research is motivated by an interest in reducing poverty in developing countries. More specific research issues that I address include food and cash crop marketing in Africa, the relationship between agricultural technology and nutrition, and the impacts of animal disease on trade and development.

Winter-Nelson, Alex and Karl Rich, “Mad Cows and Sick Birds: What International Response to Animal Disease in Developing Countries?” Development Policy Review (2008):211-226.

Stevens, Robyn, and Alex Winter-Nelson, “Consumer Acceptance of Biofortified Maize in Mozambique.” Food Policy (2008):341-351.

Lim, Sung Soo, Alex Winter-Nelson and Mary Arends-Kuenning, “Household Bargaining Power and Agricultural Supply Response: Evidence from Ethiopian Coffee Growers.” World Development (2007):1204-1220.

Rich, Karl and Alex Winter-Nelson, “An Integrated Epidemiological-Economic Analysis of Foot and Mouth Disease: Applications to the Southern Cone of South America.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics (2007):682-697.

Winter-Nelson, Alex and Anna Temu, “Impacts of Prices and Transactions Costs on Input Usage in a Liberalizing Economy: Evidence from Tanzania,” Agricultural Economics (2005).