Expertise

Tim Dalton’s research and teaching focuses on international agricultural development in less developed countries around the world. He studies how new varieties of sorghum, rice, and maize affect food productivity, production risk management, and nutrition, as well as the impact of natural resource degradation—primarily soils and agricultural biodiversity—on agriculture and human well-being.

Areas of Specialization

  • International economic development
  • Agricultural production
Affiliations

Assistant Professor, Resource Economics & Policy, College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, University of Maine

Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Kansas State University
2015

Past Affiliations

Ecology & Environmental Sciences Graduate Program, College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, University of Maine (past)

Assistant Professor, School of Economics, College of Natural Sciences, Forestry, and Agriculture, University of Maine (past)

Associate Professor, College of Agriculture, Kansas State University

Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Kansas State University

Communities
Agriculture, Agriculture Business and Management, Economics
Degrees
PhD, Purdue University , Agricultural Economics, 1996
MS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , Agricultural Economics, 1992
AB, Columbia University , History, 1988
Keywords
africa natural resource economics natural resources
Languages
French
Associations
American Agricultural Economics Association