Tom joined the Department of Agricultural Economics at MSU in 1992, where his work is 70% research, 30% teaching. Before 1992 he was Research Fellow at IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute) in Washington D.C. (1986-91), Rockefeller Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellow in Burkina Faso at ICRISAT and the University of Ouagadougou (1984-86). In the fall semester he teaches the upper-level Food Industry Management/Agribusiness Management course "International Agrifood Markets and Industries" (ABM/FIM 427), and the graduate course "Agriculture in Economic Development" (AEC 861). He supervises masters and doctoral theses. Tom is listed in “Who’s Who in Economics” and is on the board of various journals. Tom is Co-Director of the new IFPRI-MSU Joint Program on Markets in Asia (with major fieldwork for that program in India, China, Indonesia), Principal Investigator on two other large projects, on in Indonesia and Nicaragua (USAID Project in the BASIS AMA CRSP), and in the Philippines (Asian Development Bank project).

Professional Interests

• Links between the rapid rise of supermarkets, processing and wholesale sectors transformation, and farm sector development in developing countries
• Asia and Latin America
• The rise of private food safety and quality standards
• Fruit and vegetables and dairy products markets in Asia and Latin America

Selected Publications

Reardon, T. and C.P. Timmer. 2007. “Transformation of Markets for Agricultural Output in Developing Countries Since 1950: How Has Thinking Changed?” chapter 55 in R.E. Evenson, and P. Pingali. Handbook of Agricultural Economics, 3: Agricultural Development: Farmers, Farm Production and Farm Markets. Amsterdam: Elsevier Press: 2808-2855.

Reardon, T. and A. Gulati. 2007. The Rise of Supermarkets and their Development Implications – the International Experience Relevant for India. Report from the IFPRI/MSU Program on “Markets in Asia”, prepared collaboratively for ICRIER and included as chapter in the ICRIER final report on “The Impact of Organized Retailing on the Unorganized Retail Sector” commissioned by the Government of India. October.

Natawidjaja, R., T. Reardon., and S. Shetty, with T.I. Noor, T. Perdana, E. Rasmikayati, S. Bachri, and R. Hernandez. 2007. Horticultural Producers and Supermarket Development in Indonesia. UNPAD/MSU Report no. 38543, published by the World Bank/Indonesia, June.

Haggblade, S., P. Hazell, T. Reardon (eds.). 2007. Transforming the Rural Nonfarm Economy: Opportunities and Threats in the Developing World, Johns Hopkins University Press. October. (Hardcover and paperback)

Reardon, T., S. Henson, and J. Berdegué. 2007. “‘Proactive Fast-Tracking’ Diffusion of Supermarkets in Developing Countries: Implications for Market Institutions and Trade,” Journal of Economic Geography 7(4): 1-33.

Hernández, R., T. Reardon, and J.A. Berdegué. 2007. “Supermarkets, Wholesalers, and Tomato Growers in Guatemala,” Agricultural Economics, 36(3), May: 281-290.

Hu, D., T. Reardon, S. Rozelle, P. Timmer, H. Wang. 2004. “The Emergence of Supermarkets with Chinese Characteristics: Challenges and Opportunities for China’s Agricultural Development,” Development Policy Review, vol. 22, no. 4, Sept.: 557-86.

Reardon, T., C.P. Timmer, C.B. Barrett, J. Berdegue. 2003. “The Rise of Supermarkets in Africa, Asia, and Latin America,” American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 85 (5), December: 1140-1146.

Reardon, T. and J.A. Berdegué. 2002. The Rapid Rise of Supermarkets in Latin America: Challenges and Opportunities for Development,” Development Policy Review, 20 (4), September: 317-34.

Reardon, T. and C.B. Barrett. 2000. “Agroindustrialization, Globalization, and International Development: an overview of issues, patterns, and determinants,” Agricultural Economics, 23 (3), September: 195-205.

Escobal, J., V. Agreda, and T. Reardon. 2000. “Institutional change and agroindustrialization on the Peruvian coast: innovations, impacts, and implications,” Agricultural Economics, 23(3), September: 267-278.

Funded Research Projects

• • Current funded research projects include work in India, China, Indonesia, Philippines, and Nicaragua