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Brown, Zachary Steven
Agricultural and Resource Economics
zsbrown2@ncsu.edu
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Since 2013, Associate Professor in Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics, co-appointment in the NCSU Genetic & Engineering Society Center. Previously economist in the Environment Directorate at the Organization of Economic Cooperation & Development (OECD) in Paris. In my PhD dissertation (completed in 2011), I led the conduct of a household survey in northern Uganda to assess households' valuation of insecticide-based mosquito control programs.
Expertise:
Ecology | Environmental Management | Natural Resources and Conservation | Development Economics | Environmental Economics | Bioenergy and Renewable Energy | Agroecology | Soil Fertility and Management | Entomology | Integrated Pest Management | Weed Science
Country(s) of experience:
Ghana | Kenya | Philippines | Tanzania | Uganda | United States | France |
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Zack Brown is an associate professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, and also part of the NCSU faculty cluster in the Genetic Engineering & Society Center. He earned his PhD from Duke University and his BA from Lawrence University. His research and teaching broadly revolve around the field of bioeconomics, analyzing the dynamic interactions between human behavior and complex environmental and ecological systems, using experimental methods, observational data, mathematical models and theory. His current and previous pursuits include researching the effects of alternative economic incentives and policies for managing pesticide resistance in agricultural systems, public perceptions and consumers’ willingness to pay for food products using new genetic engineering technologies, the economics of controlling vector-borne diseases such as malaria, as well as economic evaluations of more efficient household cookstoves for reducing air pollution and deforestation.
Projects:
Environmental Policies and Individual Behaviour Change Research project
01/01/2023 - 01/01/1900
Funding Agency/Sponsor: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
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Environmental Policies and Individual Behaviour Change
01/01/2023 - 01/01/1900
Funding Agency/Sponsor: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
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Website:
https://cals.ncsu.edu/agricultural-and-resource-economics/people/zachary-brown/