Alex McCalla

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Alex Frederick McCalla (born April 21, 1937 in Edmonton ) is a Canadian agricultural economist . He is Professor Emeritus at the University of California, Davis .

Life

After graduating from high school in 1954, he worked for three years on his family's dairy and grain farm in Bremner (near Edmonton). From 1957 to 1961 he studied Agricultural Sciences ( B.Sc. ) at the University of Alberta . During his studies he was in a debating club and was president of the student council . After completing his bachelor's degree, he studied economics ( MA , 1963). His Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics in 1966 from the University of Minnesota . In the same year he came to Davis as an assistant professor .

He has been advising the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research since the 1970s

In 1994 McCalla retired early as a professor at Davis and became director of the Agriculture and Natural Resources Division of the World Bank . In 1999 he retired.

job

McCalla taught microeconomics , agricultural and trade policy, and development. His research interests are international agricultural trade, the international impact of US agricultural policy, agriculture and development, and world food policy.

Publications

  • Alex McCalla (1999): Prospects for food security in the 21st Century: with special emphasis on Africa. Agricultural Economics 20: 95-103.
  • Alex McCalla (2009): World Food Prices: Causes and Consequences. Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics 57: 23-34.
  • Hans Binswanger-Mkhize & Alex F. McCalla (2010): The Changing Context and Prospects for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa. In (Prabhu Pingali & Robert Evenson , eds.): Handbook of Agricultural Economics Volume 4: 3571-3712.

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personal data
SURNAME McCalla, Alex
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McCalla, Alex Frederick (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian agricultural economist
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Edmonton