Serhat Asci

Serhat Asci serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Agricultural Business within Fresno State's Jordan College of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, where he joined as an assistant professor in 2015 after completing his Ph.D. at the University of Florida. His work spans research, teaching, and extension missions with notable publications in agricultural economics.

His academic credentials include:

• B.S. in Food Engineering (2000)
• M.S. in Food Economics and Management (2008)
• Ph.D. in Food and Resource Economics from University of Florida (2013)

Dr. Asci's research specializes in decision-making under uncertainty, demand modeling, and international trade, with empirical applications to water resource management (pricing strategies, quality policy), stochastic production modeling, agricultural land allocation, and trade policy impacts. His work addresses California-specific issues in tree nut and fruit sectors while incorporating international contexts like Turkey's alcohol taxation and Caribbean agricultural energy systems.

Analysis of his 15 publications (2014-2022) reveals evolving research trajectories: early work focused on econometric modeling of production systems (2014-2015), shifting to water economics (2016), then expanding to trade policy analysis (2017-2022) with emphasis on China-US tariff impacts on California agriculture. Recent publications demonstrate methodological diversity spanning demand modeling, policy evaluation, and big data applications.

He teaches core courses including Agricultural Business Quantitative Methods (AGBS 105) and Management of Agri-food Supply Chains (AGBS 109), and has conducted international workshops such as the 2022 faculty development program in India. Professional engagement includes frequent presentations at WAEA, AAEA, and Food Distribution Society conferences on trade, water, and agricultural policy topics.