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Shourish Chakravarty

Assistant Professor
Shourish Chakravarty
Southern Piedmont AREC
2375 Darvills Road
Blackstone, VA 23824

Shourish Chakravarty completed his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the Food and Resource Economics Department, University of Florida.

His core research interest is in using economic tools to analyze issues in agricultural production, technology adoption, conservation practice adoption, and crop profitability.

The primary objective of his research program is to provide timely, relevant, and comprehensive research output on issues in agricultural productivity, profitability, and sustainability to farmers and agricultural stakeholders in Virginia. The key component of the program will be communicating with agricultural stakeholders to understand their issues, especially in plant commodities, and conducting research focused towards solving them.

  • Batuman, O., Britt-Ugartemendia, K., Kunwar, S., Yilmaz, S., Fessler, L., Redondo, A., Chumachenko, K., Chakravarty, S. & Wade, T. (2024). The use and impact of antibiotics in plant agriculture: A review. Phytopathology®, 114(5), 885-909. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-10-23-0357-IA
  • Cosgray, C., Chakravarty, S., Wade, T., & Gao, Z. (2023). “Citrus Growers’ Willingness to Pay and Perceptions of Cover Crops.”. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 52(3), 582-603. https://doi.org/10.1017/age.2023.15
  • Brancalion, P. H., Broadbent, E. N., De-Miguel, S., Cardil, A., Rosa, M. R., Almeida, C. T., Chakravarty, S., Zhou, M., Gamarra, J.G.P., Liang, J., Crouzeilles, R., Hérault, B., Aragão, L.E.O.C., Silva, C.A., & Almeyda-Zambrano, A. M. (2020). Emerging threats linking tropical deforestation and the COVID-19 pandemic. Perspectives in ecology and conservation, 18(4), 243-246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2020.09.006.