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2024

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Economics and Finance

D-Index
88
Citations
28247
World Ranking
188
National Ranking
135

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2024 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Belgium Leader Award
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  • 2022 - Research.com Economics and Finance in Belgium Leader Award

Overview

Johan F.M. Swinnen is affiliated with the International Food Policy Research Institute in the United States. The primary area of their research is within Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Strategy and Management, General Health Professions, and Food Science.

The scientist's recent publications cover topics related to global food security, agricultural economics, and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on food systems. Notable papers include:

  • COVID-19 risks to global food security, 2020, Science
  • Covid-19 and Global Food Security, 2020, EuroChoices
  • COVID-19 and impacts on global food systems and household welfare: Introduction to a special issue, 2021, Agricultural Economics
  • From unfair prices to unfair trading practices: Political economy, value chains and 21st century agri-food policy, 2021, Agricultural Economics
  • Leading the way - foreign direct investment and dairy value chain upgrading in Uganda, 2021, Agricultural Economics

The frequent collaborators in their work include Rob Vos, Bart Minten, Giulia Meloni, Saule Burkitbayeva, and John J. McDermott.

The main topics addressed in the scientist's research comprise:

  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices
  • Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
  • Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
  • Innovation and Socioeconomic Development

The scientist frequently publishes in several venues, including:

  • Agricultural Economics
  • Nature Food
  • Annual Review of Resource Economics
  • Journal of Agricultural Economics
  • Journal of Wine Economics

In addition to journal articles, Johan F.M. Swinnen has contributed to book publications such as Inclusive Value Chains to Accelerate Poverty Reduction in Africa (2020), published by the World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks.

Best Publications

  • Agrifood industry transformation and small farmers in developing countries

    Thomas Reardon;Christopher B. Barrett;Julio A. Berdegué;Johan F.M. Swinnen

  • Trade, Standards, and Poverty: Evidence from Senegal

    Miet Maertens;Johan F.M. Swinnen

  • Global retail chains and poor farmers: evidence from Madagascar.

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

  • Up- And Downstream Restructuring, Foreign Direct Investment, And Hold- Up Problems In Agricultural Transition

    Hamish R. Gow;Johan F.M. Swinnen

  • Success and failure of reform : insights from the transition of agriculture

    Scott Douglas Rozelle;Johan F. M. Swinnen

  • Foreign Direct Investment, Vertical Integration, and Local Suppliers: Evidence from the Polish Dairy Sector

    Liesbeth Dries;Johan F.M. Swinnen;Johan F.M. Swinnen

  • Globalization, privatization, and vertical coordination in food value chains in developing and transition countries

    Johan F. M. Swinnen;Miet Maertens

  • The Rapid Rise of Supermarkets in Central and Eastern Europe: Implications for the Agrifood Sector and Rural Development

    Liesbeth Dries;Thomas Reardon;Johan F. M. Swinnen

  • Global Supply Chains, Standards and the Poor: How the Globalization of Food Systems and Standards Affects Rural Development and Poverty

    Johan F. M. Swinnen

  • Growth in high-value agriculture in Asia and the emergence of vertical links with farmers.

    A. Gulati;N. Minot;C. Delgado;S. Bora

  • Political economy of public policies: insights from distortions to agricultural and food markets

    Kym Anderson;Gordon C. Rausser;Johan Swinnen

  • Agricultural credit problems and policies during the transition to a market economy in Central and Eastern Europe

    Johan F.M Swinnen;Hamish R Gow

  • Land Market Imperfections and Agricultural Policy Impacts in the New EU Member States: A Partial Equilibrium Analysis

    Pavel Ciaian;Johan F.M. Swinnen

  • Globalization and poverty in Senegal: a worst case scenario?

    Miet Maertens;Liesbeth Colen;Johan F. M. Swinnen

  • The Economics of Agricultural Decollectivization in East Central Europe and the Former Soviet Union

    Erik Mathijs;Johan F. M. Swinnen

  • A Positive Theory of Agricultural Protection

    Johan F. M. Swinnen

  • CAUSES OF OUTPUT DECLINE IN ECONOMIC TRANSITION: THE CASE OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPEAN AGRICULTURE

    Karen Macours;Karen Macours;Johan F.M. Swinnen

  • Political economy of agricultural policy

    Harry de Gorter;Johan Swinnen

  • Private Enforcement Capital and Contract Enforcement in Transition Economies

    Hamish R. Gow;Hamish R. Gow;Johan F. M. Swinnen

  • Farmers, Vertical Coordination, and the Restructuring of Dairy Supply Chains in Central and Eastern Europe

    Liesbeth Dries;Etleva Germenji;Nivelin Noev;Johan F.M. Swinnen

  • Agri-food value chain revolutions in low- and middle-income countries

    Christopher B Barrett;Tom Reardon;Johan Swinnen;David Zilberman

Frequent Co-Authors

Miet Maertens
Miet Maertens KU Leuven
Alessandro Olper
Alessandro Olper University of Milan
Pavel Ciaian
Pavel Ciaian Joint Research Center
Scott Rozelle
Scott Rozelle Stanford University
Erik Mathijs
Erik Mathijs KU Leuven
Gordon C. Rausser
Gordon C. Rausser University of California, Berkeley
d'Artis Kancs
d'Artis Kancs KU Leuven
Bart Minten
Bart Minten International Food Policy Research Institute
Kym Anderson
Kym Anderson University of Adelaide
Harry de Gorter
Harry de Gorter Cornell University

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