2026 Bart Minten: Economics and Finance Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Economics and Finance	55	1058	938	657	567	344	13935

Overview

Bart Minten is affiliated with the International Food Policy Research Institute in the United States and specializes in Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research spans multiple subfields, including General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Economics and Econometrics, Soil Science, Strategy and Management, and Business and International Management.

The scientist's work covers a range of topics mainly focused on agricultural innovations, practices, and economics. Key topics of study include Agricultural Innovations and Practices, Agricultural Risk and Resilience, Agriculture, Land Use, and Rural Development, Global Trade, Sustainability, and Social Impact, Innovation and Socioeconomic Development, COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts, and the Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets.

Among their recent papers are:

"The processed food revolution in African food systems and the double burden of malnutrition" (2020, Global Food Security)
"Impacts of COVID-19 on agricultural production and food systems in late transforming Southeast Asia: The case of Myanmar" (2020, Agricultural Systems)
"Food prices and marketing margins during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from vegetable value chains in Ethiopia" (2021, Agricultural Economics)
"Quiet Revolution by SMEs in the midstream of value chains in developing regions: wholesale markets, wholesalers, logistics, and processing" (2021, Food Security)
"The transforming dairy sector in Ethiopia" (2020, PLoS ONE)

Their publication record includes frequent contributions to several venues, notably SSRN Electronic Journal, Agricultural Economics, Journal of Agricultural Economics, Global Food Security, and Food Policy.

Frequent co-authors include Seneshaw Tamru, Joseph Goeb, Thomas Reardon, Ben Belton, and Mywish K. Maredia, with the highest collaboration count being thirteen papers with Seneshaw Tamru.

Best Publications

Global retail chains and poor farmers: evidence from Madagascar.

Bart Minten;Lalaina Randrianarison;Johan F.M. Swinnen

790
Citations
Returns to Social Network Capital among Traders

Marcel Fafchamps;Bart Minten

709
Citations
Impact of SMS-Based Agricultural Information on Indian Farmers

Marcel Fafchamps;Bart Minten

593
Citations
Agricultural Technology, Productivity, and Poverty in Madagascar

Bart Minten;Christopher B. Barrett

551
Citations
Supermarket revolution in Asia and emerging development strategies to include small farmers

Thomas Reardon;C. Peter Timmer;Bart Minten

483
Citations
Welfare dynamics in rural Kenya and Madagascar

Christopher B. Barrett;Paswel Phiri Marenya;John Mcpeak;Bart Minten

470
Citations
Relationships and traders in Madagascar

Marcel Fafchamps;Bart Minten

432
Citations
Is Land Titling in Sub-Saharan Africa Cost-Effective? Evidence from Madagascar

Hanan G. Jacoby;Bart Minten

374
Citations
Rapid transformation of food systems in developing regions: Highlighting the role of agricultural research & innovations

Thomas Reardon;Rubén G. Echeverría;Julio A. Berdegué;Bart Minten

339
Citations
The Power of Information: The ICT Revolution in Agricultural Development

Eduardo Nakasone;Maximo Torero;Bart Minten

314
Citations
Property Rights in a Flea Market Economy

Marcel Fafchamps;Bart Minten

280
Citations
Poverty, Policies, and Deforestation: The Case of Mexico

Klaus W. Deininger;Bart Minten

277
Citations
The effect of distance and road quality on food collection, marketing margins, and traders' wages: evidence from the former Zaire

Bart Minten;Steven Kyle

272
Citations
The Processed food revolution in African food systems and the Double Burden of Malnutrition.

Thomas Reardon;David Tschirley;Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie;Titus Awokuse

260
Citations
Modern Food Supply Chains and Development: Evidence from Horticulture Export Sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa

Miet Maertens;Bart Minten;Johan Swinnen

253
Citations
Social Capital and Agricultural Trade

Marcel Fafchamps;Marcel Fafchamps;Bart Minten

240
Citations
Isolation and agricultural productivity

David Stifel;Bart Minten

238
Citations
Determinants of Deforestation and the Economics of Protection: An Application to Mexico

Klaus Deininger;Klaus Deininger;Bart Minten

234
Citations
Agricultural Transformation in Africa? Assessing the Evidence in Ethiopia

Fantu N. Bachewe;Guush Berhane;Bart Minten;Alemayehu S. Taffesse

219
Citations
Increasing returns and market efficiency in agricultural trade

Marcel Fafchamps;Eleni Gabre-Madhin;Bart Minten

216
Citations
On measuring the benefits of lower transport costs

Hanan G. Jacoby;Bart Minten

215
Citations
Is Land Titling in Sub-Saharan Africa Cost-Effective?

Hanan G. Jacoby;Bart Minten

16
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Reardon Michigan State University

Marcel Fafchamps Stanford University

Johan F.M. Swinnen International Food Policy Research Institute

Manfred Zeller University of Hohenheim

Hanan G. Jacoby World Bank

Christopher B. Barrett Cornell University

Paul A. Dorosh International Food Policy Research Institute

Alfons Weersink University of Guelph

David L. Tschirley Michigan State University

John Hoddinott Cornell University

External Links

Personal website of Bart Minten Google Scholar page

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