Wesley Peterson (agricultural economist)

E. Wesley F. Peterson is an American agricultural economist . He is a professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln .

Life

Peterson first studied anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley ( BA , 1967). He then worked for three years in agricultural development programs for the Peace Corps in Benin and the US Virgin Islands . In 1973 he received a Masters in Public Policy from Princeton University . From 1974 to 1976 he worked at the Regional Economic Research and Documentation Center in Lomé . He received his PhD in Agricultural Economics from Michigan State University in 1981 . From 1981 to 1983 he was junior professor at the Institut de gestion internationale agroalimentaire in Cergy , from 1983 to 1990 at Texas A&M University . He has been a professor at Lincoln since 1990.

Peterson's research interests are agricultural development, public policy, and international agricultural trade.

personal data
SURNAME	Peterson, Wesley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Peterson, E. Wesley F.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American agricultural economist
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century