Research Studies

Projects

1. Rural Health and Agricultural Production (funded by USDA - Hatch, PI)

2. Implementing the Case Study Methodology in Distance Learning Agribusiness Courses (funded by USDA - DEG, PI)

3. A Cost Model to Compensate Farmers for Conservation Practices (funded by USDA - NRCS, PI)

4. Agribusiness and Sustainability for Rural Development (funded by USDA - NRCS, PI)

5. STORM: Data -  Driven Approaches for Secure Electric Grids (funded by NSF, Co-PI)

6. Conservation Practices Perceptions among Farmers in the Coffee, Cocoa, and Livestock Industries (jointly with USDA - NRCS, PI)

7. Ecological Study of the Impact of Anthropogenic Interaction with Marine Fauna in the Cantagallo Machalilla Marine Reserve (jointly with Universidad de Las Americas)

Publications 

• Barriga A., Fiala N. "The Seed Supply Chain in Uganda: Where Does it all Go Wrong?". World Development (2020) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.104928 

• Barriga, A., Ferguson, N. T., Fiala, N., & Leroch, M. A. (2023). Ethnic cooperation and conflict in Kenya. Journal of Behavioral and Experimental Economics, 106, 102050. 

• Barriga, A., & Dunn, R. A. (2025). The effect of mass migration on disease transmission: Evidence from the Venezuelan refugee crisis. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 44(2), 428-455. 

Research in Progress

• Barriga A.  "Environmental Conservation and Public Health: The Effects of Protected Areas on Malaria Incidence in the Brazilian Amazon"

• Barriga A. and Hernandez Julio C. "Mortality and Productivity Loss in Rural Communities"