Mywish Maredia has worked extensively in the area of impact assessment and the economics of agricultural science and technology. She has extensive experience working with projects in Africa and Latin America and has worked as a consultant with many international organizations including, the World Bank, FAO, UNDP, CGIAR, CIMMYT and WIPO. She has broad expertise and experience in project management and impact evaluation in developing countries, with a particular focus on the economic impacts of agricultural research (both biological and social sciences), institutional capacity building and the economics of science and technology policies. In addition to her appointment in the Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Mywish serves as the Impact Assessment researcher for the USAID-funded Dry Grain Pulses CRSP in the Institute of International Agriculture and as a member of the Standing Panel on Impact Assessment of the CGIAR’s Science Council. She was the recipient of the Outstanding Ph.D. Dissertation Award in 1994 from the American Agricultural Economics Association.
Professional Interests
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Impact assessment of agricultural R&D
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Methods and approaches to evaluate impacts of agricultural development interventions on developmental goals (i.e., poverty, food security, environmental sustainability)
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Economics of science and technology policies, especially those related to biotechnology
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Implications of intellectual property rights on public policy and agricultural research in developing countries
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Assessment of research spillovers
Seed system development issues and policies in developing countries
Selected Publications
Maredia, Mywish and David Raitzer. 2010. Estimating Overall Returns to International Agricultural Research in Africa through Benefit-Cost Analysis: A 'best-evidence' approach. Agricultural Economics 41 (2010): 81-100. http://www3.interscience.wiley.com.proxy2.cl.msu.edu/journal/117962754/home
Maredia, Mywish, Bernsten, Richard H., Ragasa, Catherine. 2010. Returns to Public Sector Plant Breeding in the Presence of Spill-ins and Private Goods: The Case of Bean Research in Michigan. Agricultural Economics (forthcoming). http://www3.interscience.wiley.com.proxy2.cl.msu.edu/journal/117962754/home
Maredia, Mywish. 2009. Improving the proof: Evolution of and emerging trends in impact assessment methods and approaches in agricultural development. IFPRI Discussion Paper 929. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute. http://www.ifpri.org/sites/default/files/publications/ifpridp00929.pdf
Nelson, M. and M. Maredia. 2007. International Agricultural Research as a Source of Environmental Impacts: Challenges and Possibilities. Journal of Environmental Assessment Policy and Management, Vol. 9, No. 1 (2007) 103-119.
Maredia, M.K. 2004. Assessing the costs and benefits of seed policy liberalization and harmonization: concepts, evidence and methods. In: D. Rohrbach and J. Howard (eds) “Seed Trade Liberalization in Sub-Saharan Africa” Bulawayo, Zimbabwe: ICRISAT
Maredia, M., J. Oehmke, D. Byerlee. 2004. Economic Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights in Agricultural Biotechnology. In: F.H.Erbisch and K.M.Maredia (eds.) “Intellectual Property Rights in Agricultural Biotechnology” Wallington: CAB International.
Maredia, M.K., D. Byerlee, and P. Pee. 2000. Impacts of Food Crop Improvement Research: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. Food Policy 25(5): 531-559.
Maredia, M.K. and D. Byerlee. 2000. Efficiency of Research Investments in the Presence of International Spillovers: A Case Study of Wheat Research. Agricultural Economics 22 (2000):1-16
Maredia, M.K., Ward, R. and Byerlee, D. 1996. Econometric Estimation of a Global Spillover Matrix for Wheat Varietal Technology. Agricultural Economics, 14(3):159-173
Maredia, M.K. and Eicher, C.K. 1995. The Economics of Wheat Research Investments in Developing Countries: The One Hundred Million Dollar Puzzle. World Development, 23 (3).
Funded Research Projects
- Co-PI on Impact Evaluation of the MCC funded Land Project and the Farmer Income Support Project in Mozambique. Funded by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (through 2013).
- Co-PI on USAID Initiative for Long-term Training and Capacity Building grant. Funded by CIAT (for USAID) (through 2013).
- Co-PI on the impact assessment of the Pulse CRSP project in Latin America, Africa and the U.S. (through 2012).
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