Christopher B. Barrett
About
Christopher Brendan Barrett is an American agricultural and development economist. He is the Stephen B. and Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management and International Professor of Agriculture at Cornell University's Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management. Barrett is also the co-editor-in-chief of the journal Food Policy and former captain with the United States Army Reserve. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2022. He is the most cited author of a number ofagriculture journals such as American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Food Policy, Journal of Development Studies.