Center for Agricultural Policy and Trade Studies

The primary mission of this research center is to enhance net farm income through in-depth trade and agricultural policy research for crop producers, ranchers, and decision makers in private and public sectors in the Northern Plains region.

The Center focuses on economic research and outreach activities for the Northern Plains region in the following areas:

• Agricultural trade policies, multilateral trade treaties, regional/bilateral trade agreements, and cross-border trade issues in North America
• Macroeconomic and agricultural policies, net farm income, and agricultural competitiveness
• Development of foreign markets under the changing trade environment
• Economics of bio-energy production and climate change

The center publishes annual outlooks for the North Dakota farm economy, the United States and world wheat industries, and the United States and world sugar industries.

Stephanie Sinner
Executive Director
ND Soybean Council
ssinner@ndsoybean.org

Jean Henning
Executive Director
ND Corn Council
jean@ndcorn.org

Greg Lardy
Asso VP
Ag Affairs/Acting Director ND Ag Exp Station/Interim Dir NDSU Ext
gregory.lardy@ndsu.edu

Mark Watne
President
ND Farmers Union
mwatne@ndfu.org

Neal Fisher
Director
ND Wheat Growers Commission
nfisher@ndwheat.com

Dan Wogsland
Executive Director
ND Grain Growers Assn.
danw@ndgga.com

Tom Astrup
President and CEO
American Crystal Sugar Co.
tastrup@crystalsugar.com

Bob Sinner
President
SB&B Foods, Inc.
rsinner@sb-b.com

Doug Goehring
Commissioner
ND Agricultural Commission
goehring@nd.gov

Sandro Steinbach
Associate Professor, CAPTS Director
Office: Richard H. Barry Hall 400F
Phone: (701)231-7459
Email: sandro.steinbach@ndsu.edu

Anupa Sharma
Assistant Professor, CAPTS Assistant Director
Office: Richard H. Barry Hall 400G
Phone: (701) 231-7448
Email: anupa.sharma@ndsu.edu

William Nganje
Department Chair, Professor
Office: Richard H. Barry Hall 500B
Phone: (701) 231-8587
Email: william.nganje@ndsu.edu

Kwame Addey
Research Associate
Office: Richard H. Barry Hall 524
Email: kwame.addey@ndsu.edu

Frayne Olson
Associate Professor/Director, QBCC
Office: Richard H. Barry Hall 614B
Phone: (701) 231-7377
Email: frayne.olson@ndsu.edu

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Sharma, Anupa, Jason Grant, and Kathryn Boys. "Truly Preferential Treatment? Reconsidering the Generalised System of (Trade) Preferences with Competing Suppliers." Journal of Agricultural Economics 72, no. 2 (2021): 500-524.https://doi.org/10.1111/1477-9552.12414

Miljkovic, Dragan, Miguel Gomez, Anupa Sharma, and Sergio Puerto. ''Testing the Alchian - Allen Theorem for Three Goods Using the Pseudo Poisson Model.'' Agricultural    Economics 55, no. 6 (2019): 793-802.  https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12525

Sharma, Anupa, Kathryn Boys, and Jason Grant. ''The Bright Side of the Generalized System of (Trade) Preferences: Lessons from Agricultural Trade.'' Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 44, no. 1 (2019): 32-61. https://jareonline.org/articles/the-bright-side-of-the-generalized-system-of-trade-preferences-lessons-from-agricultural-trade/

Addey K.A. (2021). The Cost of Partners’ Genetically Modified Organisms Regulatory Index on U.S. Corn and Soybean Exports. Food and Ener. Sec. 10:1. (https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.265)

Addey K.A., Jatoe J.D.B and Kwadzo G.T-M (2020). Adoption of crop insurance in Ghana: An application of the complementary log-log truncated Poisson double-hurdle model. Agricultural Finance Review 81(1):76 -93. (https://doi.org/10.1108/AFR-06-2019-0062)

Addey K.A., Shaik S. and Sakouvogui K. (2019). Comparative Sectoral Elasticities of US Energy Demand. Cogent Economics and Finance 7:1. (https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2019.1682743)

Nganje W. and Addey K.A. (2019). Health Uninsurance in Rural America: A Partial Equilibrium Analysis. Health Econ. Review 9:19. (https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561-019-0234-x)

DEFENDED THESES

Enoch Adom. 2021. "GLOBAL IMPACT OF THE U.S.- CHINA TRADE WAR IN AGRICULTURAL SECTOR." Major Advisor: Anupa Sharma.

Michael Owusu Ansah. 2020. "INCOME AND PRICE EFFECT ON BILATERAL TRADE AND CONSUMPTION THROUGH EXPENDITURE CHANNEL: A CASE OF CHICKPEA." Major Advisor: Anupa Sharma.

Joseph Mwagura. 2019. THE IMPACT OF THE AFRICAN GROWTH AND OPPORTUNITY ACT ON SUB-SAHARA AFRICAN VALUE-ADDED AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS." Major Advisor: Anupa Sharma