Scott
Swinton
agricultural economics
Biography
Scott Swinton is a University Distinguished Professor in agricultural and environmental economics. He recently taught undergraduate managerial economics and graduate research design and writing. His economic research looks at agriculture as a managed ecosystem, focusing on management and policy analysis for enhanced ecosystem services. He concentrates on problems involving crop pest, pollination, and nutrient management; precision agriculture; resource conservation; bioenergy crop production; and management of risks to human health and income. Besides his work on U.S. farming, he has extensive experience with agricultural and natural resource management in Latin America and Africa. He served as President of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association during 2017-18 and on its elected Executive Board during 2012-15 and 2016-19. MSU granted him its William J. Beal Outstanding Faculty award in 2015 and named him University Distinguished Professor in 2019.
Projects
Fellow researchers
Germán Escobar Páez
agricultural economy
Mauricio Proaño Cifuentes
Agricultural policy
Raúl Jaramillo Velasteguí
soil science
Charles Crissman
agricultural economics
Irma Baquero Haeberlin
agricultural economics
Fernando Cardozo
agricultural economics
Julio Ricardo Galindo Pacheco
agriculturasl economics
Javier Escobal
agricultural economics
Lisandro Blanco
agricultural economics
Carlos Ferrando
pastures
Miguel Bahamondes Parrao
sociology anthropology
Roberto Quiroz
biophysics
Bernardo Rivera Sánchez
production systems veterinary
Rubén Darío Estrada
public policy Ecosystem services
