Birgit Meade

Assistant Director for Communication
202-694-5159
birgit.meade@usda.gov

Briefly

Birgit Meade is the Agency International Coordinator as well as the Assistant Director for Communication of the Market and Trade Economics Division at USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS).

Background

Birgit Meade has been at ERS since 1995. Prior to taking on her current responsibility, Birgit was the Acting Associate Director of the Market and Trade Economics Division. Before that, she was a Senior Economist with a research focus on international food demand issues. She has worked on a broad range of topics, including estimating global food security indicators; examining the influence of income and prices on global dietary patterns; analyzing the impact of trade agreements on agriculture and food consumption; and comparing the cost of production and export competitiveness in corn and soybeans of the United States, Argentina, and Brazil.

Education

Birgit received a M.A. from the University of Maryland, College Park, and a Diploma in Economics from the University of Saarland, Germany.

Professional Affiliations

Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

Selected Publications

Thome, Karen, Michael D. Smith, Kamron Daugherty, Nicholas Rada, Cheryl Christensen, and Birgit Meade. International Food Security Assessment, 2019-2029, GFA-30, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, August 2019.

Meade, Birgit and Michael D. Smith. Who Are the World's Food Insecure? Identifying the Risk Factors of Food Insecurity Around the World. Amber Waves, USDA Economic Research Service, June 2019.

Muhammad A, Meade B, Marquardt DR, et al. "Global patterns in price elasticities of sugar-sweetened beverage intake and potential effectiveness of tax policy: a cross-sectional study of 164 countries by sex, age and global-income decile." BMJ Open 2019;9:e026390.

Meade, Birgit and Alex Melton. "International Food Security Expected To Improve, But Regional Differences Persist." Amber Waves, USDA Economic Research Service, November 2018.

Meade, Birgit and Karen Thome. "Sub-Saharan Africa's Food Security Situation Varies by Region." Amber Waves, USDA Economic Research Service, September 2018.

Thome, Karen, Birgit Meade, Kamron Daugherty, and Cheryl Christensen. International Food Security Assessment, 2018-28, GFA-29, (Special Outlook report), U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, June 2018.

Beghin, John, Birgit Meade, and Stacey Rosen. “A Food Demand Framework for International Food Security Assessment,” Journal of Policy Modeling, 39(5):827-42. 2017.

Meade, Birgit, and Karen Thome. “International Food Security Assessment: Prospects Through 2027,” Amber Waves (feature), U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, June 2017.

Muhammad, Andrew, Anna D’Souza, Birgit Meade, Renata Micha, and Dariush Mozaffarian. The Influence of Income and Prices on Global Dietary Patterns by Country, Age, and Gender, ERR 225, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, March 2017.

Meade, Birgit, Estefanía Puricelli, William McBride, Constanza Valdes, Linwood Hoffman, Linda Foreman, and Erik Dohlman. Corn and Soybean Production Costs and Export Competitiveness in Argentina, Brazil, and the United States, EIB-154, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, June 2016.

Muhammad, Andrew, Anna D’Souza, Birgit Meade, Renata Micha, and Dariush Mozaffarian. “How income and food prices influence global dietary intakes by age and sex: evidence from 164 countries,” British Medical Journal of Global Health, 2017; 2:e000184. doi:10.1136/bmjgh-2016-000184.

Burfisher, Mary E., John Dyck, Birgit Meade, Lorraine Mitchell, John Wainio, Steven Zahniser, Shawn Arita, and Jayson Beckman. Agriculture in the Trans-Pacific Partnership, ERR 176, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, October 2014.

Regmi, Anita, and Birgit Meade. “Demand-side drivers of food security,” Global Food Security 2(3)166-71, 2013.

ERS Publications by this Author

International Food Security Assessment, 2018-28 International Food Security Assessment, 2017-27 The Influence of Income and Prices on Global Dietary Patterns by Country, Age, and Gender International Food Security Assessment, 2016-26 Corn and Soybean Production Costs and Export Competitiveness in Argentina, Brazil, and the United States See all

Amber Waves Articles by this Author

Sub-Saharan Africa’s Food Security Situation Varies by Region The Influence of Income and Prices on Global Dietary Patterns by Country, Age, and Gender International Food Security Assessment, 2017-2027 Production, Transportation, and Policy Factors Determine U.S. Export Competitiveness in World Corn and Soybean Markets Food Security of Developing Countries Expected To Improve Through 2026 as Food Prices Fall and Incomes Rise See all

Data by this Author

International Food Security

International Food Security Assessment, 2019-29 International Food Security Assessment, 2018-28 International Food Security Assessment, 2017-27 The Influence of Income and Prices on Global Dietary Patterns by Country, Age, and Gender International Food Security Assessment, 2016-26

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Number of Food-Insecure People in Selected Low- and Middle-Income Countries Projected To Fall 45 percent Over Next Decade Who Are the World’s Food Insecure? Identifying the Risk Factors of Food Insecurity Around the World International Food Security Expected To Improve, But Regional Differences Persist Sub-Saharan Africa’s Food Security Situation Varies by Region The Influence of Income and Prices on Global Dietary Patterns by Country, Age, and Gender

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International Food Security