2026 Miet Maertens: 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	46	1678	1504	19	16	280	8112

Overview

Miet Maertens is affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium and conducts research primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Business, Management and Accounting. Their work spans several subfields including Economics and Econometrics, Strategy and Management, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Plant Science, and Business and International Management.

The main topics covered in Miet Maertens' research include:

Agricultural Innovations and Practices
Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
Microfinance and Financial Inclusion
Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
Organic Food and Agriculture
Agricultural risk and resilience
Economic and Environmental Valuation

Their publication record includes significant papers such as:

Global hunger and climate change adaptation through international trade (2020, Nature Climate Change)
Resilience of global and local value chains to the Covid-19 pandemic: Survey evidence from vegetable value chains in Senegal (2021, Agricultural Economics)
Standards, trade margins and product quality: Firm-level evidence from Peru (2020, Food Policy)
Digital extension, price risk, and farm performance: experimental evidence from Nigeria (2021, American Journal of Agricultural Economics)
Design of Digital Agricultural Extension Tools: Perspectives from Extension Agents in Nigeria (2020, Journal of Agricultural Economics)

Frequent co-authors of Miet Maertens include:

Kaat Van Hoyweghen
Goedele Van den Broeck
Janne Bemelmans
Charlotte Janssens
Peter Havlík

The venues where Miet Maertens most often publishes are:

Food Policy
Nature Food
Journal of Agricultural Economics
World Development
Journal of Cleaner Production

Miet Maertens has contributed to book publications as well, including a title published by Washington, DC: World Bank eBooks: Rural Employment in Africa (2022).

Best Publications

Trade, Standards, and Poverty: Evidence from Senegal

Miet Maertens;Johan F.M. Swinnen

1195
Citations
Tradeoffs between income, biodiversity, and ecosystem functioning during tropical rainforest conversion and agroforestry intensification

Ingolf Steffan-Dewenter;Michael Kessler;Jan Barkmann;Merijn M. Bos

665
Citations
Globalization, privatization, and vertical coordination in food value chains in developing and transition countries

Johan F. M. Swinnen;Miet Maertens

539
Citations
Globalization and poverty in Senegal: a worst case scenario?

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

291
Citations
Can agricultural cooperatives reduce poverty? Heterogeneous impact of cooperative membership on farmers’ welfare in Rwanda

Ellen Verhofstadt;Miet Maertens

267
Citations
Modern Food Supply Chains and Development: Evidence from Horticulture Export Sectors in Sub-Saharan Africa

Miet Maertens;Bart Minten;Johan Swinnen

253
Citations
Non-Tariff Measures and Standards in Trade and Global Value Chains

John C Beghin;Miet Maertens;Johan Swinnen

253
Citations
Non-Tariff Measures and Standards in Trade and Global Value Chains

John Beghin;Miet Maertens;Johan F.M. Swinnen;Johan F.M. Swinnen

236
Citations
Global hunger and climate change adaptation through international trade.

Charlotte Janssens;Charlotte Janssens;Petr Havlík;Tamás Krisztin;Justin Baker

223
Citations
Smallholder cooperatives and agricultural performance in Rwanda: do organizational differences matter?

Ellen Verhofstadt;Miet Maertens

222
Citations
Understanding the Process of Agricultural Technology Adoption: Mineral Fertilizer in Eastern DR Congo

Isabel Lambrecht;Bernard Vanlauwe;Roel Merckx;Miet Maertens

217
Citations
Contract-farming in Staple Food Chains: The Case of Rice in Benin

Miet Maertens;Katrien Vande Velde

195
Citations
Gender and Modern Supply Chains in Developing Countries

Miet Maertens;Johan F.M. Swinnen

163
Citations
Private Standards, Trade and Poverty: GlobalGAP and Horticultural Employment in Senegal

Liesbeth Colen;Miet Maertens;Johan Swinnen

154
Citations
Sustainable agricultural intensification in forest frontier areas

Miet Maertens;Manfred Zeller;Regina Birner

129
Citations
Foreign Direct Investment as an Engine for Economic Growth and Human Development: A Review of the Arguments and Empirical Evidence

Liesbeth Colen;Miet Maertens;Johan Swinnen

127
Citations
Do Private Sustainability Standards Contribute to Income Growth and Poverty Alleviation? A Comparison of Different Coffee Certification Schemes in Ethiopia

Fikadu Mitiku;Yann de Mey;Jan Nyssen;Miet Maertens

120
Citations
Do private standards create exclusive supply chains? New evidence from the Peruvian asparagus export sector

Monica Schuster;Miet Maertens

117
Citations
Global value chains, large-scale farming, and poverty: Long-term effects in Senegal

Goedele Van den Broeck;Johan F. M. Swinnen;Miet Maertens

111
Citations
Horticultural exports and food security in developing countries

Goedele van Den Broeck;Miet Maertens

107
Citations
Horticultural exports and food security in developing countries

Goedele Van den Broeck;Miet Maertens

107
Citations
The Transformation of Agri-Food Systems: Globalization, Supply Chains and Smallholder Farmers.

Miet Maertens

18
Citations
Contract-farming in staple food chains: the case of rice in Benin

Katrien Vande Velde;Miet Maertens

2
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Johan F.M. Swinnen International Food Policy Research Institute

Erik Mathijs KU Leuven

Jozef Deckers KU Leuven

Jean Poesen KU Leuven

Manfred Zeller University of Hohenheim

Bernard Vanlauwe International Institute of Tropical Agriculture

Steven Van Passel University of Antwerp

Peter Craufurd International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center

Jan Nyssen Ghent University

John C. Beghin University of Nebraska–Lincoln

External Links

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