Carl Eicher's career is devoted to training students, building institutions and helping develop applied agricultural research capacity throughout Sub-Saharan Africa. He served as Visiting Professor at the University of Nigeria (1963-66), Stanford University (1968) and the University of Zimbabwe (1983-87). In 1963, he helped establish the Economic Development Institute at the University of Nigeria and subsequently served as the Director of the Institute from 1964 to 1966. He received the Foreign Francqui Prize, University of Leuven, Belgium in 1986 and he was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science Degree by the University of Zimbabwe in 1998. His dedication to African development continues today through his work with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Bank, the Kellogg Foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and African organizations such the Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA) and the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD).

Selected Publications

Facing Up to Africa's Food Crisis. Foreign Affairs. 1982. 61 (1): 151-174.
International Agricultural Development, Third Edition (with J. Staatz) 1998.

Institutions and the African Farmer. Third Distinguished Economist Lecture. 1999. Mexico, D.F.: CIMMYT. Available at http://www.worldbank.or /hg tml/cgiar/publications/issues/issuesl4.pdf

Flashback: Fifty Years of Donor Aid to African Agriculture. Paper presented at an International Policy Conference "Successes in African Agriculture: Building for Future", sponsored by InWent, IFPRI, NEPAD and CTA, Pretoria, South Africa, December 1-3, 2003. Available at httv://www.ifvri.org/events/conferences/2003/120103/papers/paperl6:pdf

Rebuilding Africa's Scientific Capacity In Food and Agriculture. Background Paper No 4 commissioned by the InterAcademy Council (IAC) Study Panel on Science and Technology Strategies for Improving Agricultural Productivity and Food Security in Africa. Amsterdam: InterAcademy Council. 2004.

Mozambique's Experience in Building a National Extension System (with Helder Gemo and Solomon Teclemariam) East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University Press. 2005.

Crop Biotechnology and the African Farmer (with Karim Maredia and Idah Sithole-Niang). Food Policy 31 (6): 504-527. 2006.

The Evolution of Agricultural Education and Training: Global insights of relevance for Africa. Staff Paper 2006-26. East Lansing, MI, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University. Available at http://agecon.lib.umn.edu/cgi-bin/pdf view.pl?paperid=23691 &ftype=.pdf