Chris Barrett

Professor
Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM

Chris Barrett serves as Professor in Applied Economics & Policy Faculty at Cornell University.

809 publications
44,848 citations
105 h-index
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Rising Papers (2)
2025-09-18 · Science · Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Climate rather than overgrazing explains most rangeland primary productivity change in Mongolia
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
43 citations · 43.7x expected for field
2025-03-12 · Agricultural Economics · Economics and Econometrics
Fostering Healthy, Equitable, Resilient, and Sustainable Agri‐Food Value Chains
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
Miguel Ignacio GomezProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
11 citations · 11.5x expected for field
Top Papers (10)
2024-09-05 · Science · Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Climate change exacerbates the environmental impacts of agriculture
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
207.2x expected for field · 545 citations
2006-01-10 · The Journal of Development Studies · Sociology and Political Science
The economics of poverty traps and persistent poverty: An asset-based approach
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
205.6x expected for field · 1,547 citations
2009-10-01 · World Development · General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Agrifood Industry Transformation and Small Farmers in Developing Countries
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
134.5x expected for field · 930 citations
2008-04-17 · Food Policy · General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Smallholder market participation: Concepts and evidence from eastern and southern Africa
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
133.2x expected for field · 1,236 citations
2016-10-18 · Food Policy · General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Ten striking facts about agricultural input use in Sub-Saharan Africa
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
121.6x expected for field · 596 citations
2016-10-13 · Science · Nature and Landscape Conservation
Positive biodiversity-productivity relationship predominant in global forests
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
106.0x expected for field · 1,486 citations
2001-08-01 · Food Policy · General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Nonfarm income diversification and household livelihood strategies in rural Africa: concepts, dynamics, and policy implications
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
104.7x expected for field · 1,928 citations
2014-09-22 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Sociology and Political Science
Toward a theory of resilience for international development applications
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
85.3x expected for field · 504 citations
2022-12-01 · Journal of Economic Literature · General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Agri-food Value Chain Revolutions in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
82.3x expected for field · 360 citations
2003-11-25 · American Journal of Agricultural Economics · Economics and Econometrics
The Rise of Supermarkets in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
81.4x expected for field · 1,350 citations
Recent Papers (16)
2026-09-30 · arXiv (Cornell University) · General Health Professions
Food Insecurity Among Military Veterans
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
2026-09-01 · PubMed
Dismantling the United States Agency for International Development Costs Lives and Threatens Global Stability.
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
2026-08-21 · Open Science Framework
Transforming small-scale rice farming in sub-Saharan Africa via integration of fish aquaculture in rice production: A win-win-win sustainable solution to poverty, malnutrition, and diseases
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
2026-06-12 · Food Policy · Ecology
Understanding Nutrient - Contaminant Tradeoffs in fish consumer preferences: Evidence from Kenya
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
Kathryn J. FiorellaProf Assoc, Public and Ecosystem Health DEPT · CVM
2026-05-11 · Nature Sustainability · Parasitology
Rice–fish co-culturing reduces schistosomiasis risk and increases yields and incomes
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
2026-04-02 · Science · Ecology
Strategies for achieving healthy, sustainable, and equitable dietary transitions
David R. JustProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
2026-02-22 · ICPSR Data Holdings
The Probability of Food Security: A new longitudinal data set using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics
Christopher L. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
2026-02-22 · ICPSR Data Holdings
The Probability of Food Security: A new longitudinal data set using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics
Christopher L. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
2026-02-19 · Nature Food · Strategy and Management
Author Correction: Agrifood value chain employment and compensation shift with structural transformation
Christopher L. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
2026-01-17 · World Development · Soil Science
On risk-based poverty traps
Christopher L. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
Heather SchofieldProf Asst, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · GM
2026-01-15 · Geography and sustainability · Global and Planetary Change
Spatial heterogeneity in machine learning-based poverty mapping: Where do models underperform?
Christopher L. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
2025-12-12 · Nature Food
Second best underestimates of malnutrition in an era of multiplying food crises
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
2025-12-03 · American Journal of Agricultural Economics
The incidence of grocery taxes in US food and factor markets
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
Harry M. KaiserProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
2025-11-17
Rice-Fish Co-Culturing for Sustainability, Food Security, and Disease and Poverty Reduction
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
2025-11-01 · Food Policy · General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Food Policy at 50 years
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM
2025-10-16 · Agricultural Systems · Plant Science
Understanding the persistence of rice residue burning in northwestern India: A mixed methods approach
Andrew J. McDonaldProf Assoc, SIPS - Soil and Crop Sciences Section · CALS
Christopher B. BarrettProfessor, Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM