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A group of ARE graduate students and faculty set off for Modesto, CA on Monday April 27, 2026 for a field trip to gain exposure to agricultural production and processing in the Northern San Joaquin Valley.

ARE is very pleased to extend congratulations to Tom Reardon on this honor. The Publication of Enduring Quality Award is granted to encourage excellence in publications in fields consistent with the AAEA Vision Statement.

Tom is a University Distinguished Professor at the...Read more about Tom Reardon Receives the AAEA 2026 Publication of Enduring Quality Award

ARE is very pleased to announce the induction of UC Santa Barbara Professor Kathy Baylis as an AAEA Fellow, the AAEA's most prestigious honor.

"The main consideration for selecting Fellows is...Read more about ARE Alumna '03 Kathy Baylis Inducted as 2026 AAEA Fellow

Alain de Janvry was awarded the 2025-2026 Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award, honoring Emeriti Professors in the University of California system. Professor de Janvry, a Distinguished Professor of the Graduate School and Professor Emeritus of Agricultural and Resource...Read more about Professor Alain de Janvry awarded Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award 2025-26

Abdoulaye Cisse received his PhD from ARE in 2025. He is now a postdoctoral researcher at Princeton and a research economist at the World Bank. "I am getting the credit for this work, but it's the result of the training received in ARE....Read more about Abdoulaye Cisse wins AAEA Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award

Professor Madhu Khanna, an environmental economist and alumn of Berkeley ARE's PhD program, is among three University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professors recognized...Read more about ARE Alumna Madhu Khanna named AAAS fellow

In collaboration with her co-authors, Rajdev's research titled "...Read more about PhD Candidate Rajdev Brar publishes in Journal of Development Economics

ARE is very pleased and excited to share this news regarding tenure for an outstanding scholar, Professor Shaoda Wang. This news follows Shaoda being...Read more about ARE Alumnus '19 Shaoda Wang Tenured at the University of Chicago

Joint with Paul Stainier and Alan Barreca, the paper examines the impact of temperature on household diets in rural India. High temperatures in the growing season reduce crop yields, which can both reduce incomes and home-grown food for consumption. However, household...Read more about ARE Professor Manisha Shah publishes in JAERE