Rania Lachhab
Job Market Paper:
The Value of Water Banking in Agriculture: Evidence from California's Water Banks
Dissertation:
Essays on the Economics of Water Scarcity
Fields of research:
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Environmental and Resource Economics
  • Applied Econometrics
Publications / Working Papers:
  • "Silver Bullets: Cloud Seeding and Water Resources in California" - Working paper, August 2024 (draft available upon request)

  • "Joint Estimation of Irrigation Adoption and Crop Choice in Ethiopia" - Working paper, May 2024 (draft available upon request)

  • "Economic Impacts of Climate Change on Agriculture and Water Resources in Morocco" - R&R in Climate Change Economics

Education:
  • Ph.D. Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University
  • M.S. Agricultural Economics, IAV Hassan II
  • M.S. Agricultural Management, CIHEAM Montpellier
Honors and Awards:
  • 2025 AERE Scholar 

     

  • 2025 Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics Grant

  • 2019-2022 Doctoral studies fellowship of the OCP Foundation, merit-based

  • 2018 Best Research Paper at the international conference "Managing Water Scarcity in River Basins: Innovation and Sustainable Development", Morocco

  • 2013-2015 Excellence scholarship of the Mohammed VI Foundation, merit-based

Teaching:
  • World Food, Population, and Energy -- Brent Ross -- Instructor of Record -- Michigan State University -- Summer 2023
  • Corporate Environmental Management -- Satish Joshi -- Graduate Student Teaching Assistant -- Michigan State University -- Spring 2022
  • Strategic Management for Food and Agribusiness Forms -- Satish Joshi -- Graduate Student Teaching Assistant -- Michigan State University -- Spring 2022
  • The Global Economy of Food -- April Athnos -- Guest Lecturer -- University of Arizona -- Fall 2023
  • Microeconomics for Public Policy -- Rachid Doukkali -- Teaching Assistant -- UM6P Public Policy School -- Spring 2019
  • Economic Analysis and Modeling of Agricultural Production Chains -- Rachid Doukkali -- Teaching Assistant -- UM6P Public Policy School -- Spring 2019
  • Irrigation and Water Economics -- Rachid Doukkali -- Teaching Assistant -- UM6P Public Policy School -- Spring 2019
References:
  • Ellen Bruno:

    Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension, UC Berkeley

    Email: ebruno@berkeley.edu

    Website: http://ellen-bruno.com

  • Molly Sears:

    Assistant Professor, Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University

    Email: searsmo1@msu.edu

    Phone: (517)-432-3649

  • Scott Swinton:

    University Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Agricultural and Environmental Economics, Michigan State University

    Email: swintons@msu.edu

  • Micheal Kiparsky:

    Director, Wheeler Water Institute, Center for Law, Energy & the Environment, Berkeley Law School

    Email: kiparsky@berkeley.edu

    Phone: (510) 643-6044

Contact Information:
Placement Directors:

Professor Marco Gonzalez-Navarro
marcog@berkeley.edu
 

Professor Sofia Villas-Boas
sberto@berkeley.edu

Placement Officer:

Diana Lazo
lazo@berkeley.edu
Tel: 510-642-3345

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