Roley Piggott
Emeritus Professor, Faculty of The Professions, School of Business Economics and Public Policy
Qualifications
BAgEc (Hons 2(1)), University of New England, 1966
Master of Agricultural Economics, University of New England, 1970
PhD, Cornell University, 1974
Contact
| Email: | rpiggot3@une.edu.au |
| Room: | W040 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 2313 (or +61 2 6773 2313 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3281 |
Previous Academic Appointments
University of Wollongong (Temporary Lecturer) 1969-70
Cornell University (Research/Teaching Assistant) 1970-74
Monash University (Lecturer) 1974-76
University of Newcastle (Lecturer/Senior Lecturer) 1976-79
Visiting Appointments
United States Agricultural Biotechnology Council Joyce Fellow, University of California-Davis, 1991Professional Work
Co-editor, Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1981-83
President, Australian Agricultural Economics Society, 1991
Consultant to various government enquiries relating to efficiency of agricultural marketing in Australia (including Royal Commission on Grain Storage, Handling and Transport)
Associate Commission with Industry Commission for its Horticulture Inquiry, 1991-92
Kellogg International Fellow in Food Systems 1986-89 (three year study of agricultural production and marketing systems in Africa, Asia and Americas)
Select Publications
Blandford, D., Carter, C.A. and Piggott, R.R. (Editors) 1993, North-South Grain Markets and Trade Policies, Westview Press, Boulder, xvi + 391.
Piggott, R.R., Parton, K.A. and Treadgold, E.M. 1993, Food Price Policy in Indonesia, ACIAR Monograph 22, Australian Centre of International Agricultural Research, Canberra, x + 189.
Piggott, R.R., Coelli, T.J., Fleming, E.M. and Fisher, B.S. 1988, 'Estimates of operating cost functions for grain handling facilities in New South Wales and South Australia', in Royal Commission into Grain Storage, Handling and Transport, Volume 2, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 71-96.
Piggott, R.R. 1991, 'Agricultural marketing' in D.B. Williams (ed.), Agriculture in the Australian Economy, 3rd ed., Oxford University Press, 287-309.
Piggott, R.R., Fisher, B.S., Alston, J. and Schmitz, A. 1992, 'Australia: grain marketing, institutions and policies', Part 3 in Michael J. McGarry and Andrew Schmitz (eds), The World Grain Trade, Westview Press, San Francisco, 281-339. Note: This publication consists of Chapter 15 ('Background'), Chapter 16, ('Grain Production and Marketing'), Chapter 17 ('Public Policy') and Chapter 18, ('The Australian Wheat Board').
Piggott, R.R. 1992, 'Some old truths revisited', Australian Journal of Agricultural Economics, 36(1), 117-40.
Piggott, R. R., Piggott, N. E. and Wright, V. E., 1995, 'Approximating farm-level returns to incremental advertising expenditure: methods and an application to the Australian meat industry, American Journal of Agricultural Economics 77(3), 497-511.
Books
Pardey, P.G., Alston, J.M. and Piggott, R.R., 2006 Agricultural R & D in the Developing World, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC
Book Chapters
Fuglie, K. and Piggott, R.R., 2006 Indonesia: Coping with economic and political instability, in Agricultural R & D in the Developing World, Philip G. Pardey, Julian M. Alston, and Roley R. Piggott, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, p 398.
Alston, J.M., Pardey, P.G. and Piggott, R.R., 2006 Introduction and overview, in Agricultural R&D in the Developing World, Philip G. Pardey, Julian M. Alston, and Roley R. Piggott, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, p 398.
Alston, J.M., Pardey, P.G. and Piggott, R.R., 2006 Synthesis of themes and policy issues, in Agricultural R & D in the Developing World, Philip G. Pardey, Julian M. Alston, and Roley R. Piggott, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, p 398.
Grants
Approximately $300 000 over last 15 years in Commonwealth-competitive grants, including an ARC large grant for 1995.