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Per Pinstrup-AndersenH. E. Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy; J. Thomas Clark Professor of Entrepreneurship Areas of ExpertiseFood and Nutrition Policy, Globalization and Poverty, Agricultural Development, Research and Technology Policy
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Per Pinstrup-Andersen is the H. E. Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy, the J. Thomas Clark Professor of Entrepreneurship, and Professor of Applied Economics at Cornell University and Professor of Agricultural Economics at Copenhagen University. He is past Chairman of the Science Council of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and Past President of the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA).
He has a B.S. from the Danish Agricultural University, a M.S. and Ph.D. from Oklahoma State University and honorary doctoral degrees from universities in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Switzerland, and India. He is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and the American Agricultural Economics Association. He served 10 years as the International Food Policy Research Institute’s Director General and seven years as department head; seven years as an economist at the International Center for Tropical Agriculture, Colombia; and six years as a distinguished professor at Wageningen University.
He is the 2001 World Food Prize Laureate and the recipient of several awards for his research and communication of research results. He teaches and advises graduate and undergraduate students on globalization and poverty and a social entrepreneurship approach to government policy for the global food system. His research includes economic analyses of food and nutrition policy, globalization and poverty, agricultural development and research and technology policy. Dr. Pinstrup-Andersen’s publications include “Seeds of Contention,” co-authored with Ebbe Schiøler and published in five languages, and more than 400 other books, refereed journal articles, papers and book chapters, including a book on Ethics, Hunger and Globalization, co-edited with Peter Sandøe and a book on Agricultural Trade Liberalization and the Least Developed Countries, co-edited with Niek Koning, both published in 2007.
Teaching
AEM 4450, (cross-listed with NS 4450): Government Policy for the Global Food System
AEM 6420, (cross-listed with NS 6420): Globalization, Poverty and Malnutrition
Selected Publications (1999-2008)
Bryce, J., Coitinho, D. Darnton-Hill, I, Pelletier, D., & Pinstrup-Andersen, P. (2008). Maternal and Child Undernutrition: Effective Action at National Level. The Lancet, 371(9611), 510-526.
Pinstrup-Andersen, P. & Cheng, F. (2007). Still Hungry. Scientific American, 297(3), 96-103.
Pinstrup-Andersen, P. (2007). Agricultural Research and Policy for Better Health and Nutrition in Developing Countries: A Food Systems Approach. In K. Otsuka & K. Kalirajan (Eds.), Contributions of Agricultural Economics to Critical Policy Issues (pp. 187-198). Malden, MA: Blackwell.
Pinstrup-Andersen, P., & Sandøe, P. (Eds.). (2007). Ethics, Hunger and Globalization – In Search of Appropriate Policies. Dordrecht: Springer.
Koning, N. & Pinstrup-Andersen, P. (2007). Agricultural Trade Liberalization and the Least Developed Countries. Wageningen: Springer.
Pinstrup-Andersen, P. & Shimokawa, S. (2007). Rural Infrastructure and Agricultural Development. In F. Bourguignon & B. Pleskovic (Eds.), Annual World Bank Conference on Development Economics – Global 2007: Rethinking Infrastructure for Development (pp. 175-203). Washington, D.C.: The World Bank.
Wang, S., Just, D.R., & Pinstrup-Andersen, P. (2006). Damage from Secondary Pests and the Need for Refuge in China. In J. Alston, R.E. Just, & D. Zilberman, D. (Eds.), Regulating Agricultural Biotechnology: Economics and Policy. New York: Springer.
Pinstrup-Andersen, P. (2006). Agricultural Research and Policy to Achieve Nutrition Goals. In A. deJanvry & R. Kanbur (Eds.), Poverty, Inequality and Development: Essays in Honor of Erik Thorbecke (pp. 353-370). New York: Springer.
Pinstrup-Andersen, P. (2006). The Impact of Technological Change in Agriculture on Poverty and Armed Conflict, Inaugural Lecture, Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Lecture Series. Beltsville, MD: USDA.
Pinstrup-Andersen, P. (2006). Focus the Global Food System on Health and Nutrition Goals. International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 4(1), 2-4.
Pinstrup-Andersen, P. (2006). Food System Policies in Rich Countries and Consequences in Poor Ones: Ethical Considerations. In M. Kaiser & M. Lien (Eds.), Ethics and the Politics of Food (pp. 382-385). Wageningen: Wageningen Academic Publishers.
Pinstrup-Andersen, P. (2005). Ethics and Economic Policy for the Food System. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 87(5), 1097-1112.
Pinstrup-Andersen, P. (2005). Food Security in South Asia: A 2020 Perspective. In S. Babu & A. Gulati (Eds.), Economic Reforms and Food Security: The Impact of Trade and Technology in South Asia (pp. 41-60). Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.
Pinstrup-Andersen, P. (2005). Emerging Issues in Trade and Technology: Implications for South Asia. In Babu, S. & A. Gulati (Eds.), Economic Reforms and Food Security: The impact of trade and Technology in South Asia (pp. 439-453). Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.
Pinstrup-Andersen, P. (2004). Agricultural Development, Food Security and Trade: The Challenges Ahead. In G. Anania, M.E. Bohman, C.A. Carter & A.F. McCalla (Eds.), Agricultural Policy Reform and the WTO: Where Are We Heading (pp. 287-297). Cheltenham, UK/Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar.
Pinstrup-Andersen, P. (2003). Food Security in Developing Countries: Why Government Action is Needed. UN Chronicle, 40(3), 3.
Pinstrup-Andersen, P. (2003). Eradicating Poverty and Hunger as a National Security Issue for the United States. Environmental Change & Security Project Report, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 9, 22-26.
Pinstrup-Andersen, P. (2002). Food and Agricultural Policy for a Globalizing World: Preparing for the Future. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 84(5), 1201-1214.
Pinstrup-Andersen, P. & Pandya-Lorch, R. (Eds.). (2001). The Unfinished Agenda: Perspectives on Overcoming Hunger, Poverty, and Environmental Degradation. Washington, D.C.: IFPRI.
Pinstrup-Andersen, P. (2001). Is Research A Global Public Good? Agriculture + Rural Development, 8, 1.
Babu, S. & Pinstrup-Andersen, P. (2000). Achieving Food Security in Central Asia: Current Challenges and Policy Research Needs. Food Policy, 25(6), 629-635.
Pinstrup-Andersen, P. & Schiøler, E. (2000). Seeds of Contention: World Hunger and the Global Controversy over GM Crops. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
Pinstrup-Andersen, P. (1999). Towards Ecologically Sustainable World Production. UNEP Industry and Environment, 22(2-3), 10-13.
Awards
• Danish Radio’s Rosenkjær Prize for Policy Communication, 2002
• AAEA Distinguished Policy Contribution Award, 2002
• Horticologo de Honra, 2001
• World Food Prize, 2001
• AAEA Fellow, 2000
• Agronomprisen, 2000
• Charles A. Black Award for Outstanding Research and Communication, 1998
• Distinguished International Alumni Award, Oklahoma State Univ., 1998
• AAAS Fellow, 1997
• Honorary Member of the International Association of Agricultural Students, 1997
• Best Paper Prize for article in Environmental Conservation, 1996
• Distinguished Alumnus, Economics Institute, University of Colorado, 1993
• Certificate of Merit for Excellence in Research from Gamma Sigma Delta, 1991
• Winner of Prize competition, Nordic Society of Agricultural Researchers, 1979
• Outstanding Journal Article Award, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1977
• Ph.D. Dissertation Award, American Agricultural Economics Association, 1970
• Honorary member, Colombian National Organization of Professionals in Agriculture, 1973
Professional Activities
• Chair, International Advisory Board of Mansholt Graduate School, Wageningen University
• Member, International Advisory Board of Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn
• Member, Cornell Graduate Fields of Nutrition and Applied Economics and Management
• Member, Board of CARE Denmark
• Associate Editor, Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems
• Member, Editorial Board of Food Policy
• Member, Editorial Board of International Journal of Biotechnology
• Member, Editorial Board of Environmental Biosafety Research
• Member, Editorial Board of International Journal of Rural Management
• Member, International Scientific Committee, Milan Expo 2015
• Member, Academic Advisory Board, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Positions
• July 1, 2006 – present: J. Thomas Clark Professor Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship at Cornell University.
• January 31, 2003 – present: H.E. Babcock Professor of Food, Nutrition and Public Policy in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University.
• January 1, 2003 – present: Professor of Development Economics at the University of Copenhagen (formerly The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (KVL)), Denmark.
• June 13, 2003– present: Professor of Applied Economics, Department of Applied Economics and Management, Cornell University
• March 20, 2001 – December 31, 2007: Distinguished Professor, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
• September 2, 2002 – December 31, 2002: Senior Research Fellow of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, D.C.
• July 1, 1992 – September 1, 2002: Director General and CEO of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, D.C.
• February 1, 1987 - June 30, 1992: Professor of Food Economics in the Division of Nutritional Sciences and Founding Director of the Cornell Food and Nutrition Policy Program (CFNPP), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
• April 1, 1980 - January 31, 1987: Research Fellow and from September 1, 1980 Director of the Food Consumption and Nutrition Policy Research Program, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, D.C.
• November 1977 - March 1980: Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor, Economic Institute, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen.
• February 1976 - October 1977: Director of the Agro-Economic Division, International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), Florence, Alabama, U.S.A.
• May 1969 - January 1976: Agricultural Economist, with Centro Internacional de Agricultural Tropical (CIAT), Cali, Colombia, South America. Head of the Economics Unit from April 1, 1972.
• September 1966 - April 1969: Research Assistant and from August 1968 Instructor in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University.
• Pre-university: Farm worker on various Danish farms, research assistant, and a milk tester during a period of six years prior to entering the University. During 1958-1959 served in the Danish Army.
Research
Food and nutrition policy research, analyses of the impact of globalization on poverty, hunger and malnutrition in developing countries, ethical aspects of food policy and agricultural research and technology policy.
Education
Ph.D., 1969 (Agricultural Economics) – Oklahoma State University
M.S., 1967 (Agricultural Economics) – Oklahoma State University
B.S., 1965 (Agricultural Economics) – Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Copenhagen
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