Greg J. Traxler

Professor

Agricultural Economics

Research

Grant Activity

  • USDA/CREES. "Protection, Acquisition & Use of Intellectual Property in Public & Private Plant Breeding, PI, 2002.
  • International Food Policy Research Institute, "Policy Research Capacity Strengthening," PI, 2002-03.
  • USDA/IFAFS. "Innovation and Dynamic Efficiency in Agricultural Biotechnology." Co-Principal Investigator, October 2000 - September 2003, (consortium project with Cornell, Rutgers and ERS).
  • Rockefeller Foundation. "Analysis of the Distribution Of Welfare From the Introduction of Transgenic Cotton Varieties in Mexico." Principal Investigator, 2000-2002.
  • USDA/NRI. "The Effect of Biotechnology Developments, Vertical Coordination and Seed Market Concentration on US Competitiveness in Agriculture." Principal Investigator, 1999-2001.
  • USDA/ERS. "The Distributional Effects of Biotechnology Across the Marketing Chain for Cotton, Corn and Soybeans." Principal Investigator, Oct. 1999- Sept. 2001.
  • USDA/ERS. Cooperative Agreement "Economic Valuation of Crop Genetic Resources," Principal Investigator. May 1998-Sept. 2000.
  • USDA/ERS. Cooperative Agreement, "Vertical Relationships, Market Power, and the Distribution of Economic Surplus in US Agricultural Inputs Industry," Principal Investigator. May 1998-Dec. 1999.
  • USDA/ERS. Cooperative Agreement, "Public and Private Sector Roles in Plant Breeding Research," Principal Investigator. March 1996 - December 1997.
  • Rockefeller Foundation, "Productivity Analysis of Long-term Experiments" Co-P.I, 1993.

Consulting Experience

  • The World Bank
  • United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO)
  • Inter-American Development Bank
  • Impact Assessment and Evaluation Group of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)
  • Florida Institute of Phosphate Research
  • International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)


Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, 202 Comer Hall, Auburn University, AL, 36849-5406

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