Richard Culas

Personal profile

Dr Culas's areas of research interests are within agricultural, environmental and development economics. He has worked in projects funded by sources such as ACIAR, The Crawford Fund and CSU. His research experiences include cross-country analyses, regional and household level case studies (for countries such as Cambodia, Zambia, Pakistan, Australia and Norway) and the application of econometric methods.

Recent research activities

Agricultural value chain and trade policy analysis
Policy analysis of agricultural productivity, food security and poverty reduction
Socioeconomic analysis of groundwater and irrigation management
Modelling agricultural land use and enterprise diversification
Drivers of deforestation and REDD+ policies

Countries of research focus

Pakistan, Cambodia, Zambia, Australia, and PNG

Research Interests

Agricultural economics
Environmental economics
Development economics

Professional Information

External Appointments & Memberships:

Qatar National Research Fund (expert reviewer)

Editorial roles on journals:

BUITEMS Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities (Editorial Board Member)

Teaching

AGB110 Agricultural Economics
AGB351 Commodity Trade and Pricing
AGB440 Resource Economics (PG)
AGB533 Agribusiness Management (PG)
AGB550 International Agriproduct Trade (PG)
AGR502 Special Topic 2(PG)
AHT231 Agricultural Finance and Business Management

Education/Academic qualification

Master of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics (NHH)

Master of Science (Agricultural Economics), Norwegian University of Life Sciences

Doctor of Philosophy (Economics), The University of Sydney

Bachelor of Science (Agriculture), University of Peradeniya

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Research Output

275 Citations
6 h-Index
28 Article
13 Chapter (peer-reviewed)
12 Conference paper
4 Research report not released to public
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Climate change and farmers’ adaptation: Extension and capacity building of smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa

Kalimba, U. & Culas, R., 2020, Global climate change and environmental policy: Agriculture perspectives. Venkatramanan, V., Shah, S. & Prasad, R. (eds.). Singapore: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd, p. 379-410 32 p.

Research output: Book chapter/Published conference paper › Chapter (peer-reviewed)