Dr. Keith Fuglie

Keith Fuglie spent 25 years with the Economic Research Service (ERS), USDA, where he conducted research on the economics of technical change and science policy for agriculture. During his career, he also served as a senior economist with USAID, the International Potato Center (CIP), the White House Council of Economic Advisors, and the World Bank. His work has evaluated constraints to agricultural growth, the impact of agricultural research on income generation, food security, and natural resource use, and methods for prioritizing research. Fuglie has been named a senior fellow of the National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy, a Fellow of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, an Honorary Life Member of the International Association of International Economists and received USDA’s top professional honor, the Secretary’s Award. He received his MS and PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics from the University of Minnesota and a BA from Concordia College, Moorhead, Minnesota.