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Lucy Lapar

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Agricultural Economist,International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) , Vietman

Lucy Lapar is an agricultural economist based at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)-Vietnam office. Her work focuses on supporting and enhancing decision-making processes and institutions for smallholder competitiveness and participation in livestock markets. Specifically, she currently studies small holder pig systems and livelihoods in North East India, ecosystem approaches to better manage zoonotic emerging infectious diseases in Southeast Asia, cost effectiveness analysis of control strategies for avian influenza in Indonesia, and assessing impacts of sweet potato-based feeding techniques in smallholder pig production in Sichuan, China. 

Dr. Lapar has wide expertise in her field, including the application of discrete choice models in livestock production, consumption and marketing; impact assessment of technology adoption; design and implementation of household surveys; and agricultural economics.

She holds a Ph.D. in agricultural economics from Ohio State University. Prior to joining ILRI, she was a postdoctoral scientist with the International Rice Research Institute, working in rice-based upland systems to investigate soil conservation adoption and impacts.

Curriculum Vitae

Name: Dr. Lucy Lapar

Country of birth:

Nationality:  

Position Title: Agricultural Economist

Institution: International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) , Vietman

Contact Address:

ILRI-Vietnam 17-T5 Trung HOa Nhan Chinh Room 302 Hanoi, Viet Nam

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Tel: +84 4 62816842

Specialty Area:

-          Agricultural Economics

Education:

-  B.D

-  MSc.

-  Ph.D. Ohio State University, USA. Agricultural Economics.

Positions held (since terminal degree):

  Postdoctoral Scientist, International Rice Research Institute.

Expertise:

-          Agricultural economics

-          Application of discrete choice models in livestock production, consumption and marketing

-          Design and implementation of household surveys

-          Impact assessment of technology adoption

Honors and Awards (since terminal degree):

A selection of major research accomplishments: Discoveries and first reports

A Selection of refereed journal publications (2002-present)

Holloway, G. and Lapar, M. L. 2007. How big is your neighborhood? Spatial implications of market participation by Filipino smallholders. Journal of Agricultural Economics 58 (1): 37-60.

Lapar, M. L. A. and S. Ehui. 2004. Factors affecting adoption of dual purpose forages in the Philippine uplands. Agricultural Systems 81: 95-114.

Book chapters:

Invited presentations at major international conferences (2002-present-Maximum 8)

Lapar M. L. A., A. Garcia, A. Aditto, and P Suriya P. 2005. Measuring cost efficiency in smallholder dairy: empirical evidence from Northeast Thailand. Selected paper presented at the American Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Providence, Rhode Island, 24-27 July 2005. Available online at: http://agecon.lib.umn.edu/cgi-bin/pdf_view.pl?paperid=16366

Lapar, M. L. A.; Vu T. B.; Nguyen, T. S.; Tiongco, M.; Jabbar, M.; and Staal, S. 2006. The role of collective action in overcoming barriers to market access by smallholder producers: some empirical evidence from Northern Vietnam. Selected paper presented at the Research Workshop on Collective Action and Market Access for Smallholders, 2-5 October, Cali, Colombia.

Research Grants (2004 – present):

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