Chris Barrett

Professor
Applied Economics & Policy Faculty · AEM

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

953 publications
43,631 citations
103 h-index
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Rising Papers (1)
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
35 citations · 47.3x expected for field
Top Papers (4)
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
359.8x expected for field · 493 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
185.9x expected for field · 1,528 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
138.9x expected for field · 909 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
129.8x expected for field · 589 citations
Recent Papers (14)
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
2026-06-12 · 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