Ben Belton

Ben Belton holds a joint appointment as Professor of International Development in the Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics at Michigan State University, USA, and Research Fellow with the International Food Policy Research Institute in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is an interdisciplinary social scientist who has worked extensively in South and Southeast Asia, in countries including Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. His research interests span value chains, food systems, livelihoods, rural transformation, food and nutrition security, poverty, and the environment. He has published100 peer-reviewed journal articles, using a mix of qualitative and quantitative methods to develop an evidence base for effective policy actions.