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93
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110

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Economics and Finance in United States Leader Award
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Overview

Thomas Reardon is affiliated with Michigan State University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the intersections of agriculture, business, and socioeconomic development, with an emphasis on innovations and sustainability in food systems.

Their recent publications reflect a strong engagement with global food security challenges, agrifood value chains, and the impacts of economic transitions on nutrition and market structures. Key recent papers include:

  • The processed food revolution in African food systems and the double burden of malnutrition (2020, Global Food Security)
  • "Pivoting" by food industry firms to cope with COVID-19 in developing regions: E-commerce and "copivoting" delivery intermediaries (2021, Agricultural Economics)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Thomas Reardon comprise:

  • Lenis Saweda O. Liverpool-Tasie
  • Ben Belton
  • Bart Minten
  • David Zilberman
  • David Tschirley

Their work regularly appears in several academic journals, including:

  • Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Nature Food
  • Global Food Security
  • Science

Thomas Reardon's main fields of study cover Business, Management and Accounting as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these domains, their research engages with subfields such as Economics and Econometrics, Business and International Management, Strategy and Management, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Soil Science.

The scientist's work addresses several main topics, including:

  • Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
  • Agricultural Innovations and Practices
  • Global trade, sustainability, and social impact
  • Agricultural risk and resilience
  • Child Nutrition and Water Access
  • COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
  • Microfinance and Financial Inclusion

Thomas Reardon's academic contributions assist in understanding the dynamics of food systems transformation, the economic mechanisms underlying agrifood supply chains, and the interactions between policy, innovation, and market outcomes in developing regions and globally.

Best Publications

  • Nonfarm income diversification and household livelihood strategies in rural Africa: concepts, dynamics, and policy implications

    Christopher B. Barrett;Thomas Reardon;P. Webb

  • The Rise of Supermarkets in Africa, Asia, and Latin America

    Thomas Reardon;C. Peter Timmer;Christopher B. Barrett;Julio Berdegué

  • Using Evidence of Household Income Diversification to Inform Study of the Rural Nonfarm Labor Market in Africa

    Thomas Reardon

  • The Rapid Rise of Supermarkets in Latin America: Challenges and Opportunities for Development

    Thomas Reardon;Julio A. Berdegué

  • Agrifood industry transformation and small farmers in developing countries

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

  • Links between rural poverty and the environment in developing countries: Asset categories and investment poverty

    Thomas Reardon;Stephen A. Vosti

  • The Rise of Supermarkets in Africa: Implications for Agrifood Systems and the Rural Poor

    Dave D. Weatherspoon;Thomas Reardon

  • The rural non-farm economy: prospects for growth and poverty reduction

    Steven Haggblade;Peter Hazell;Thomas Reardon

  • Rural Nonfarm Employment and Incomes in Latin America: Overview and Policy Implications

    Thomas Reardon;Julio Berdegué;Germán Escobar

  • Private agri-food standards: Implications for food policy and the agri-food system

    Spencer Henson;Thomas Reardon

  • Determinants and effects of income diversification amongst farm households in Burkina Faso

    Thomas Reardon;Christopher Delgado;Peter Matlon

  • Global Change in Agrifood Grades and Standards: Agribusiness Strategic Responses in Developing Countries

    Thomas Reardon;Jean-Marie Codron;Lawrence Busch;R. James Bingen

  • Transforming the rural nonfarm economy - opportunities and threats in the developing world.

    Steven Haggblade;P. B. R. Hazell;Thomas Anthony Reardon

  • Agroindustrialization, globalization, and international development An overview of issues, patterns, and determinants

    Thomas Reardon;Christopher B. Barrett

  • Effects of Non-Farm Employment on Rural Income Inequality in Developing Countries: an Investment Perspective

    T. Reardon;J. E. Taylor;K. Stamoulis;P. Lanjouw

  • Transformation of Markets for Agricultural Output in Developing Countries Since 1950: How Has Thinking Changed?

    Thomas Reardon;Charles Timmer

  • Obesity and the food system transformation in Latin America.

    B. M. Popkin;T. Reardon

  • RURAL NON-FARM INCOME IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

    Tom Reardon

  • The Emergence of Supermarkets with Chinese Characteristics: Challenges and Opportunities for China's Agricultural Development

    Dinghuan Hu;Thomas Reardon;Scott Rozelle;Peter Timmer

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

    Thomas Reardon;C. Peter Timmer;Bart Minten

  • Chapter 55 Transformation of Markets for Agricultural Output in Developing Countries Since 1950: How Has Thinking Changed?

    Thomas Reardon;C. Peter Timmer

Frequent Co-Authors

Bart Minten
Bart Minten International Food Policy Research Institute
Christopher B. Barrett
Christopher B. Barrett Cornell University
David L. Tschirley
David L. Tschirley Michigan State University
David Zilberman
David Zilberman University of California, Berkeley
Scott Rozelle
Scott Rozelle Stanford University
Johan F.M. Swinnen
Johan F.M. Swinnen International Food Policy Research Institute
C. Peter Timmer
C. Peter Timmer Harvard University
Jikun Huang
Jikun Huang Peking University
Paul Winters
Paul Winters University of Notre Dame
Thomas S. Jayne
Thomas S. Jayne Michigan State University

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