WILLIAM H. MEYERS Professor of Economics College of Agriculture Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1977 M.S. University of the Philippines, 1972 B.A. Goshen College, Goshen, Indiana, 1963

Interests

Agricultural policy and price analysis, Modeling of Agricultural Policy and Trade, Economics of Transition, Economics of Poverty, Hunger and Development.

Selected Recent Publications

“International Financial Volatility and Agricultural Commodity Trade: A Primer.” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 82 (2000):695-700. (with S. V. Langley, M. Guigale, and Charles Hallahan).

“The Baltic Free Trade Agreement for Agriculture: Early Results of the Experiment.” MOCT-MOST, Economic Policy in Transitional Economies, 9(3) (1999):98-108. (with N. Kazlauskiene).

"Use of the Producer Subsidy Equivalent Measure in Transition Economies: Discussion."  American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 78 (1996):243-250.

“Successes and Failures in Achieving the Goals of the World Food Summit.” Chapter 4 in Sustainable Food Security for All by 2020. Proceedings of an International Conference, September 4-6, 2001, Bonn, Germany. International Food Policy Research Institute. 2002.

“CEEC Interests and Options in the WTO 2000 Negotiations.” Chapter 6 in Agricultural Trade Liberalization in a New Trade Round: Perspectives of Developing Countries and Transition Economies,” ed. M. Ingco and L. A. Winters. World Bank Discussion Paper No. 418. Washington, D.C. The World Bank, 2001. (with N. Kazlauskiene).

“ Emerging Structures in the Agro-Food Chain: Policy Challenges in Farm and Agribusiness Privatization and Restructuring.” Pages 91-96. in Baltic Agro-Food Policies: Proceedings of the OECD Meeting at the Ministerial Level.  Seminar organized by the OECD/CCET. Paris: OECD. 1999.

“Medium-term FAPRI Outlook for World Agricultural Prices: Comparisons and Implications.”  In World Agricultural Trade, ed. T. Yildirim, A. Schmitz, and W. H. Furtan.  Boulder, CO: Westview Press. 1998. (with D. Smith and S. Chaudhary).

“Modelling the Outcomes of CAP Reform.” Chapter 5 in The Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, ed. K. A. Ingersent, A. J. Rayner, and R. C. Hine.  London: Macmillan Press. 1998. (with M. Helmar and C. Hart).

“Land Reform in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania: A Comparative Analysis.” In Comparative Land Reform in the Former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, ed. S. K. Wegren. London and New York: Routledge Press. 1998. (with N. Kazlauskiene). 

"Impacts of the Uruguay Round Agreement on Cereals Policy and Trade: Implications for Countries of the NIS and CEE." Pages 108-124 in Cereals Sector Reform: Former Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe, ed. L. D. Smith and N. Spooner. Wallingford, UK:  CAB International. 1996.

Books

Suchada V. Langley, Samarendu Mohanty, Marcelo Giugale, and William H. Meyers, editors. “Exchange Rate Volatility and Agricultural Trade.”  Ontario, Canada: Captus Press. 2002.

William H. Meyers, Natalija Kazlauskiene, and Marcelo Giugale, editors. “Lithuania's Accession to the European Union: Successes and Challenges for a Rural Economy in Transition.” Ames, IA: ISU Press. 1999.

Past Professional Positions

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Director, Agriculture and Economic Development Analysis Division, Economic and Social Department, Rome, Italy, February 2001-July 2002

Chief, Agriculture Sector in Economic, Development Service, Economic and Social Department, Rome, Italy, July 1999 – February 2001

Iowa State University, Department of Economics

Interim Director, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, September 1996-November 1998

Associate Director, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development, July 1985- August 1996

Executive Director, Midwest Agribusiness Trade Research and Information Center, October 1987- December 1998

Co-Director, Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at Iowa State University, July 1985-December 1998

Professor-in-Charge, Center for Trade and Agricultural Policy, January 1984-June 1985

Visiting Consultant, ECSSD, ECA Region, World Bank, Washington, D.C., Jan-June 1999

Visiting Professor, Institute of Agricultural Economics, Christian-Albrechts University, Kiel, Germany, March-August, 1991

University of Missouri-Columbia

         Adjunct Professor of Agricultural Economics, September 1995-present

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Economist, Forecast Support Group and Food and Agricultural Policy

        Branch, Economic Research Service, Washington, DC., April 1977-Aug. 1979

Honors and Professional Service

• Outstanding Alumnus Award 2000-2001, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota.
• Editor for North America, Agricultural Economics, the Journal of the International Association of Agricultural Economists, 1991-1994.
• Editorial Board, Agricultural Economics, the Journal of the International Association of Agricultural Economists, 1989-1991.
• Associate Editor, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1987-1990.
• 1994 Published Research award, Honorable Mention, Western Agricultural Economics Association. 
• Distinguished Policy Contribution Award, American Agricultural Economics Association, 1991.
• Quality of Communication Award, American Agricultural Economics Association, 1991.
• Wilton Park International Service Award, Iowa State University, 1991.
• Honorable Mention, Quality of Research Discovery, American Agricultural Economics Association, 1987
• Marquis Who's Who in America.

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