Pinstrup-Andersen, Per

H. E. Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy; J. Thomas Clark Professor of Entrepreneurship
Per Pinstrup-Andersen is the H. E. Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy, the J. Thomas Clark Professor of Entrepreneurship, and Professor of Applied Economics at Cornell University and Professor of Agricultural Economics at Copenhagen University. He is past Chairman of the Science Council of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and Past President of the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA). He has a B.S. from the Danish Agricultural University, a M.S. and Ph.D from Oklahoma State University and honorary doctoral degrees from universities in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Switzerland, and India. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the American Agricultural Economics Association. He served 10 years as the International Food Policy Research Institute’s Director General and seven years as department head; seven years as an economist at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Colombia; and six years as a distinguished professor at Wageningen University. He is the 2001 World Food Prize Laureate and the recipient of several awards for his research and communication of research results. He teaches and advises graduate and undergraduate students on globalization and poverty and a social entrepreneurship approach to government policy for the global food system. His research includes economic analyses of food and nutrition policy, globalization and poverty, agricultural development and research and technology policy. Dr. Pinstrup-Andersen’s publications include “Seeds of Contention,” co-authored with Ebbe Schiøler and published in five languages, and more than 400 other books, refereed journal articles, papers and book chapters, including a book on Ethics, Hunger and Globalization, co-edited with Peter Sandøe and a book on Agricultural Trade Liberalization and the Least Developed Countries, co-edited with Niek Koning, both published in 2007.

research

research and scholarship focus

My research interests are on government policy related to food, nutrition, and agriculture with current emphasis on research and graduate teaching related to the impact of globalization on low-income people in developing countries and their nutritional status. I am also looking at how globalization and government policies affect overweight, obesity, and chronic diseases in developing countries. And lastly, I am interested in the impact of agricultural research and technological change on poverty and nutrition in developing countries. Ongoing projects include a study of the nutrition situation in China, a study of the determinants of obesity in Korea, a study of the impact of the Green Revolution on iron-deficiency anemia in India. Most of this research is undertaken with Ph.D students. I am also leading an international collaborative effort to create a program to enhance undergraduate and graduate training in policy analysis for the global food system by employing a social entrepreneurship approach in teaching and by instilling a social entrepreneurship attitude in the students to facilitate their contributions to more innovative and effective future policies. I am in the process of developing a program of research on the interface between the global food system and human health and nutrition.

research areas

international geographic focus

affiliations

faculty appointment in

member of graduate field

other Cornell affiliations

teaching

teaching focus

The impact of globalization on the poor and the development and use of a new textbook and case studies for teaching of policies related to the global food system (see new web site below).

teaches

service

outreach focus

Dissemination of knowledge on the role of globalization, technological change and agricultural development mostly in international fora.

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background

educational background

  • Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, Stillwater Oklahoma, USA Agricultural Economics, 1969
  • M.S., Oklahoma State University, Sillwater, Oklahoma, USA Agricultural Economics, 1967
  • B.S., Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen, Denmark Agricultural Economics, 1965

awards and distinctions

  • World Food Prize laureate, 2001

publications

selected publications (listing in progress)

Selected Publications (1999-2008)

  • 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., & Sandøe, 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, D.R., & 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. deJanvry & R. Kanbur (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 the Global Food System on 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.
Keywords: agricultural economics, agricultural research and technology policy, food and nutrition policy, food policy, globalization and nutrition