Front row (left to right):
Anita Regmi, Delmy Salin, Suchada Langley, Agapi Somwaru
Second row (left to right): Shiva Makki, Stefan
Osborne, Chris Bolling, Carlos Arnade, Thomas Vollrath
Third row (left to right): James Cash, Christopher
Davis, John Wainio, Mark Gehlhar, Greg Price, James
Hansen
Recognizing the need to meld the expertise of many people in order
to address the research questions related to global food markets
comprehensively, Mark and Anita are now leading a newly formed research
team. A wide array of emerging issues are on the agenda for further
research. For example, how does market coordination between retailing
and processing firms affect global and intraregional food trade?
And how do government policy and technological change influence
the location of food production and manufacturing? Several researchers
in ERS's Market and Trade Economics Division (MTED) have investigated
aspects of these issues. The 15-person team draws expertise from
different branches within MTED. Several researchers have country-
or industry-specific knowledge, while others are experts in theories
of trade, foreign investment, and consumer behavior. The diversity
of the group is a great asset for the project, which will help USDA
and its stakeholders confront the maturing markets in industrialized
countries while tapping the growing middle-class demand in developing
countries.
