J. Thomas Clark Professor of Entrepreneurship@Cornell
Professor of Marketing Management and Economic Development
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
204 Warren Hall
Department of Applied Economics and Management
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: 607-255-2194
FAX: 607-255-9984
Email:
rdc6@cornell.edu
Ralph D. Christy is professor of marketing management and economic development within the Department of Applied Economics and Management (AEM) at Cornell University. He has worked in several countries as an applied economist where he has conducted marketing research and educational programs with industry and public policy makers related to the economic performance of markets and distribution systems. He lent technical assistance to the Ministry of Agriculture, Nairobi, Kenya (Harvard Institute for International Development, 1984 completed two assignments at the College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology in Port Antonio Jamaica (USAID, 1986&1987); and established research and educational programs through Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development and the Mellon Foundation in Zimbabwe, Slovakia, and Hungary (1991-present). Since 1998, he was a Scholar-in-Residence at the Rockefeller Foundation, consultant to the TVA Rural Studies Center, and member of the U.S Department of State, Food Security Task Force. Christy has served as the Associate Editor of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics (1991-1993); President of the Southern Agriculture Economics Association (1992-1993); and President of the American Agricultural Economic Association (1996-98).