08/05/2005

Jolly Top Black Ag Economist

Curtis Jolly, a professor in and interim chair of the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at Auburn University, has been named one of the nation’s ten outstanding black agricultural economists

The recognition came last month during the American Agricultural Economics Association’s 2005 meeting in Providence, R.I. Jolly and the nine other honorees were selected based on their outstanding contributions in the areas of teaching, research, extension and administrative duties. The association’s Committee on the Opportunities and Status of Blacks in Agricultural Economics presented the awards

Jolly, who holds a bachelor’s degree from Tuskegee University, a master’s degree from Auburn University and a doctorate in agricultural economics from Louisiana State University, joined the faculty at AU in 1980. In addition to his roles as teacher and student adviser, Jolly conducts extensive research, primarily in the areas of international trade and the economics of aquaculture.

He also participates in a number of international programs and has worked in more than 15 African and Caribbean countries. He was recently invited by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, as one of 39 international experts to develop a strategy to reduce the economic and health effects of mycotoxin in legumes and grains in Africa and the developing world.

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