Per Pinstrup-Andersen

Per Pinstrup -Andersen ( born April 7, 1939 in Bislev ) is a Danish agricultural economist. He is a professor at Cornell University.

Life

Pinstrup -Andersen studied agricultural economics at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (BS, 1965) and at Oklahoma State University (MS, 1967 and Ph.D., 1969). From 1969 to 1976 he worked at CIAT. 1977 to 1980 he was at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University. 1980 to 1987 he worked at IFPRI, whose director he was between 1992 and 2002. From 1987 to 1992 he taught at Cornell. Since 2003 he is again a professor at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University and at Cornell.

Pinstrup -Andersen holds five honorary doctorates and won the 2001 World Food Prize for his contributions to agricultural research, food policy and the lives of the poor.

Work

To Pinstrup - Andersen's research interests include food policy, research and technology policy, and globalization and nutrition. He has published over 400 books, articles and book chapters.

Publications ( selection 1998-2008)

  • Bryce, J., Coitinho, D. Darnton -Hill I, Pelletier, D., & Pinstrup -Andersen, P. ( 2008). Maternal and Child Undernutrition: Effective Action at National Level. The Lancet, 371 (9611), 510-526.
  • Pinstrup -Andersen, P. & Cheng, F. ( 2007). Still Hungry. Scientific American, 297 (3), 96-103.
  • Pinstrup -Andersen, P. ( 2007). Agricultural Research and Policy for Better Health and Nutrition in Developing Countries: A Food Systems Approach. In K. Otsuka & K. Kalirajan (Eds.), Contributions of Agricultural Economics to Critical Policy Issues (pp. 187-198 ). Malden, MA: Blackwell.
  • Pinstrup -Andersen, P., & Sandoe, P. ( Eds.). (2007). Ethics, Hunger and Globalization - In Search of Appropriate Policies. Dordrecht: Springer.
  • Koning, N. & Pinstrup -Andersen, P. ( 2007). Agricultural Trade Liberalization and the Least Developed Countries. Wageningen: Springer.
  • Pinstrup -Andersen, P. & Shimokawa, S. ( 2007). Rural Infrastructure and Agricultural Development. In F. Bourguignon & B. Pleskovic (Eds.), Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics - Global 2007: Rethinking Infrastructure for Development (pp. 175-203 ). Washington, D.C.: The World Bank.
  • Wang, S., Just, DR, & Pinstrup -Andersen, P. ( 2006). Damage from Secondary Pests and the Need for Refuge in China. In J. Alston, R. E. Just, & D. Zilberman, D. ( Eds.), Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology: Economics and Policy. New York: Springer.
  • Pinstrup -Andersen, P. ( 2006). Agricultural Research and Policy to Achieve Nutrition Goals. In A. & R. Kanbur deJanvry (Eds.), Poverty, Inequality and Development: Essays in Honor of Erik Thorbecke (pp. 353-370 ). New York: Springer.
  • Pinstrup -Andersen, P. ( 2006). The Impact of Technological Change in Agriculture on Poverty and Armed Conflict, Inaugural Lecture, Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Lecture Series. Beltsville, MD: USDA.
  • Pinstrup -Andersen, P. ( 2006). Focus on the Global Food System Health and Nutrition Goals. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 4 ( 1), 2-4.
  • Pinstrup -Andersen, P. ( 2006). Food System Policies in Rich Countries and Consequences in Poor Ones: Ethical Considerations. In M. Kaiser & M. Lien (Eds.), Ethics and the Politics of Food (pp. 382-385 ). Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers.
  • Pinstrup -Andersen, P. ( 2005). Ethics and Economic Policy for the Food System. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 87 ( 5), 1097-1112.
  • Pinstrup -Andersen, P. ( 2005). Food Security in South Asia: A 2020 Perspective. In S. Babu & A. Gulati (Eds.), Economic Reforms and Food Security: The Impact of Trade and Technology in South Asia (pp. 41-60). Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.
  • Pinstrup -Andersen, P. ( 2005). Emerging Issues in Trade and Technology: Implications for South Asia. In Babu, S. & A. Gulati (Eds.), Economic Reforms and Food Security: The impact of trade and technology in South Asia (pp. 439-453 ). Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.
  • Pinstrup -Andersen, P. ( 2004). Agricultural Development, Food Security and Trade: The Challenges Ahead. In G. Anania, M.E. Bohman, C. A. Carter & A. F. McCalla (Eds.), Agricultural Policy Reform and the WTO: Where Are We Heading (pp. 287-297 ). Cheltenham, UK / Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.
  • Pinstrup -Andersen, P. ( 2003). Food Security in Developing Countries: Why Government Action is Needed. UN Chronicle, 40 (3) 3
  • Pinstrup -Andersen, P. ( 2003). Eradicating Poverty and Hunger as a National Security Issue for the United States. Environmental Change & Security Project Report, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 9, 22-26.
  • Pinstrup -Andersen, P. ( 2002). Food and Agricultural Policy for a Globalizing World: Preparing for the Future. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 84 ( 5), 1201-1214.
  • Pinstrup -Andersen, P. & Pandya Lorch, R. ( Eds.). (2001). The Unifinished Agenda: Perspectives on Overcoming Hunger, Poverty, and Environmental Degradation. Washington, D.C.: IFPRI.
  • Pinstrup -Andersen, P. ( 2001). Is Research A Global Public Good? Agriculture Rural Development, 8, 1
  • Babu, S. & Pinstrup -Andersen, P. ( 2000). Achieving Food Security in Central Asia: Current Challenges and Policy Research Needs. Food Policy, 25 ( 6), 629-635.
  • Pinstrup -Andersen, P. & Schiøler, E. ( 2000). Seeds of Contention: World Hunger and the Global Controversy over GM Crops. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Pinstrup -Andersen, P. ( 1999). Towards Ecologically Sustainable World Production. UNEP Industry and Environment, 22 (2-3), 10-13.
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