Tim Dalton

Dr. Tim Dalton is Professor and Director of Research for the Global Collaboration on Sorghum and Millet in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Kansas State University. His research examines international agricultural development, focusing on how new crop varieties impact food productivity, production risk management, and nutrition in developing countries.

Education:

• A.B., History, Columbia University, 1988
• M.S., Agricultural Economics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992
• Ph.D., Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, 1996

His work analyzes natural resource degradation effects on agriculture, particularly soil health and agricultural biodiversity impacts on human wellbeing. Field experience includes projects in Africa and Southeast Asia examining sorghum, rice and maize systems.