Frederick Boadu

Areas of Expertise

• Agricultural Law
• Marketing
• Natural Resources

Professional Summary

Frederick O. Boadu, Ph.D. is a professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics. His research focuses on applying tools in law and economics to address issues in international trade law and economics, resource economics, and institutions in development. He teaches agricultural law and Land Economics courses. Boadu has extensive research background in international development and works closely with the Center for Conflict and Development in the Department of Agricultural Economics. He has considerable projects and programs research experiences under the sponsorship of the major donor and multilateral organizations such as U.S. Agency for International Development, World Bank, and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Boadu was a 2005-2006 Risk Policy Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Selected Publications

Boadu, F., The Law and Economics of Agriculture in Sub-Saharan (December, 2016 Elsevier).

McCarl, B.M. and F. Boadu, “Bioenergy and US Renewable Fuels Standards: Law, Economic, Policy/Climate Change and Implementation Concerns,” Drake Journal of Agricultural Law, Vol. 14, No 1 (Spring 2009), pp. 43-73.

Boadu, F., and E. W. Peterson. “Multilateral Agreements and Visions of the World.” University of Nebraska Law Review 71(2) (1992):460-87

Boadu, F., McCarl, B.M., and Gillig, D., “An Empirical Investigation of Institutional Change in Groundwater Management in Texas: The Edwards Aquifer Case.”, Natural Resources Journal Vol. 47. No. 1 (Winter, 2007).

Brock  A. and F. Boadu, “Global Demand for U.S. Environmental Goods and Services” Journal of Agriculture and Applied Economics, Vol. 36, Number 1, April 2004.

Boadu, F., ‘Law and Economic Development:  The Supply of Precedents in Ghana”, Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, Vol. 5, No. 1, Summer 2005.