Faculty
David Blandford
Professor of Agricultural and Environmental Economics
(Ph.D. Agricultural Economics, University of Manchester, 1976)
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Email address:dblandford@psu.edu Telephone: 1-814-863-8648 Fax: 1-814-865-3746 Office address: 112D Armsby Building University Park, PA 16802 Web Page: http://dblandford.aers.psu.edu |
Research Interests
I conduct applied research on the design of domestic and international policies for agriculture and natural resources. My aim is to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of these policies and to generate policy recommendations. Recent projects have focused on analyzing domestic support policies and their conformity with international (WTO) commitments, the design of agri-environmental programs, and the evaluation of rural development policies.
Outreach/Extension Interests
I do not have a formal extension appointment, but I am often asked to make presentations on domestic and international policy issues affecting agriculture in Pennsylvania and at various other domestic and international locations. My work has been used by several international organizations, including the FAO, OECD and World Bank.
Current/Recent Courses
AGBM 102 Economics of the Food System
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AGBM 338 Agribusiness in the Global Economy
Current/Recent Courses
Abler, D., D. Blandford, J. Beghin and A. Elobeid. “Changing the U.S. Sugar Program into a Standard Crop Program: Consequences under the North American Free Trade Agreement and Doha.” Review of Agricultural Economics 30(1) (2008): 82-102.
Blandford, D., T. Josling and K. Arha. “U.S. Environmental Programs and Their Compatability with Green Box Provisions under the WTO Agreement on Agriculture.” In U.S. Agricultural Policy and the 2007 Farm Bill. K. Arha, T. Josling, D. A. Sumner and B. H. Thompson (eds.), Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, 2007.
Blandford, D. “How to Increase the Benefits of the DOHA Development Round for the Least Developed Countries.” In Agricultural Trade Liberalization and the Least Developed Countries. N. Koning and P. Pinstrup Anderson (eds.), Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 2007.
Blandford, D. and B. Hill (eds). Policy Reform and Adjustment in the Agricultural Sectors of Developed Countries. CAB International, Wallingford, Oxfordshire, 2006. ISBN 1-94592-033-9.
Blandford, D. and R. Boisvert. “Non-trade Concerns: Reconciling Domestic Policy Objectives with Trade Liberalization.” International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology 4(3/4): 277-291. 2005.
Chang, H-H, R. Boisvert, and D. Blandord. “Achieving Environmental Objectives under Reduced Domestic Agricultural Support and Trade Liberalization: An Empirical Application to Taiwan.” Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 34(1): 1-16, 2005.