2026 Maximo Torero: Social Sciences and Humanities Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Social Sciences and Humanities	51	2622	2396	24	22	210	9011

Overview

Maximo Torero is affiliated with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with specific attention to food science, plant science, economics and econometrics, ecology, and general agricultural and biological sciences.

Their main topics of work include:

Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
Organic Food and Agriculture
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
Agricultural Innovations and Practices
Child Nutrition and Water Access

Maximo Torero has published extensively in various journals, with a notable presence in the following publication venues:

Food Policy
SSRN Electronic Journal
Nature Sustainability
Nature
Earth system science data

Among recent papers authored or coauthored by Torero are:

Without food, there can be no exit from the pandemic, 2020, Nature
A scoping review on incentives for adoption of sustainable agricultural practices and their outcomes, 2020, Nature Sustainability
Reducing food loss and waste: Five challenges for policy and research, 2020, Food Policy
A scoping review of interventions for crop postharvest loss reduction in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, 2020, Nature Sustainability
Pre- and post-production processes increasingly dominate greenhouse gas emissions from agri-food systems, 2022, Earth system science data

Torero's frequent coauthors include Luciana Delgado, Monica Schuster, Joachim von Braun, Bezawit Beyene Chichaibelu, and Andrea Cattaneo. These collaborations illustrate a sustained engagement with scholars working on similar themes.

The scientist has also contributed to book publications, such as the work titled Cadre conceptuel et méthode pour des diagnostics nationaux et territoriaux published in 2022 by FAO; CIRAD; European Union; eBooks.

Best Publications

A scoping review on incentives for adoption of sustainable agricultural practices and their outcomes

Valeria Piñeiro;Joaquín Arias;Jochen Dürr;Pablo Elverdin

610
Citations
Labor Mobility from Academe to Commerce

Lynne G. Zucker;Michael R. Darby;Maximo Torero

376
Citations
When speculation matters

Luis Robles;Maximo Torero;Joachim von Braun

361
Citations
The Power of Information: The ICT Revolution in Agricultural Development

Eduardo Nakasone;Maximo Torero;Bart Minten

314
Citations
Agricultural innovation and inclusive value-chain development: a review

Andre Devaux;Maximo Torero;Jason Donovan;Douglas Horton

301
Citations
Iodine Deficiency and Schooling Attainment in Tanzania

Erica Field;Omar Robles;Maximo Torero

291
Citations
High food prices: the what, who, and how of proposed policy actions.

Joachim von Braun;Akhter U. Ahmed;Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere;Shenggen Fan

276
Citations
Without food, there can be no exit from the pandemic.

Mximo Torero

252
Citations
Food and Nutrition Security Indicators: A Review

Evita Hanie Pangaribowo;Nicolas Gerber;Maximo Torero

241
Citations
Household electrification and indoor air pollution

Manuel Barron;Maximo Torero

230
Citations
Gender differences in bargaining outcomes: A field experiment on discrimination

Marco Castillo;Ragan Petrie;Maximo Torero;Lise Vesterlund

229
Citations
Reducing food loss and waste: Five challenges for policy and research

Andrea Cattaneo;Marco V. Sánchez;Máximo Torero;Rob Vos

215
Citations
Examining the dynamic relationship between spot and future prices of agricultural commodities

Manuel Hernandez;Maximo Torero

175
Citations
A scoping review of interventions for crop postharvest loss reduction in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia

Tanya Stathers;Deirdre Holcroft;Lisa Kitinoja;Brighton M. Mvumi

169
Citations
Los activos de los pobres en el Perú

Javier Escobal;Jaime Saavedra;Máximo Torero

160
Citations
Food price volatility and its implications for food security and policy

Matthias Kalkuhl;Joachim von Braun;Maximo Torero

157
Citations
Contract farming and smallholder incentives to produce high quality: experimental evidence from the Vietnamese dairy sector

Christoph Saenger;Matin Qaim;Maximo Torero;Angelino Viceisza

150
Citations
Asymmetric Information and Middleman Margins: An Experiment with Indian Potato Farmers

Sandip Mitra;Dilip Mookherjee;Maximo Torero;Sujata Visaria

144
Citations
Muslim Family Law, Prenuptial Agreements, and the Emergence of Dowry in Bangladesh

Attila Ambrus;Erica Field;Maximo Torero

135
Citations
A text message away: ICTs as a tool to improve food security

Eduardo Nakasone;Maximo Torero

123
Citations
High food prices: The what, who, and how of proposed policy actions [In Chinese]

Joachim von Braun;Akhter Ahmed;Kwadwo Asenso-okyere;Shenggen Fan

4
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudia Ringler International Food Policy Research Institute

Lynne G. Zucker University of California, Los Angeles

Lise Vesterlund University of Pittsburgh

Peter Aggleton University of New South Wales

Cynthia Rosenzweig Goddard Institute for Space Studies

Lee-Ann Jaykus North Carolina State University

Francesco N. Tubiello Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Mario Herrero Cornell University

Richard Parker Columbia University

External Links

Wikipedia of Maximo Torero Personal website of Maximo Torero Google Scholar page

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