College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

Major Professors: Tom Reardon and Ben Belton

Area of Specialization: Development Economics

Expected Graduation Date: Spring 2027

MingDa Li is a Ph.D. student in Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics and a graduate research assistant at Michigan State University, East Lansing. He holds a M.Sc. in Agricultural Economics from McGill University, Montréal. His research focuses on agricultural value chain, rural development, dynamics of income inequality and food security in Asia and Africa. MingDa has conducted research on agricultural productivity in Tanzania, and the quantification of food security and households’ resilience to shocks in Malawi. His current works are related to agricultural value chains in Asia and Africa.