Mark W. Rosegrant
Division Director
Environment and Production TechnologyM.Rosegrant@cgiar.org
Mark W. Rosegrant is Director, Environment and Production Technology Division, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). A Ph.D. in Public Policy from the University of Michigan, he has 28 years of experience in research and policy analysis in agriculture and economic development, with an emphasis on water resources and other critical natural resource and agricultural policy issues as they impact food security, rural livelihoods and environmental sustainability. Rosegrant developed IFPRI's International Model for Policy Analysis of Agricultural Commodities and Trade (IMPACT), which has become a standard for projections and scenarios for global and regional food demand, supply, trade and prices; and IMPACT-WATER, which integrates a detailed water supply and demand model with the food model. He currently directs research on climate change, water resources, sustainable land management, genetic resources and biotechnology, and agriculture and energy. He is the author or editor of six books and over 100 refereed papers in agricultural economics, water resources and food policy analysis.
Current Research
Countries/Regions of Expertise
Selected Publications
Optional water development strategies for the Yellow River Basin: Balancing agricultural and ecological water demands
2004. Cai, Ximing; Rosegrant, Mark W. Water Resources Research 40 (4) doi: 10.1029/2003WR002488.
The Role of Nitrogen in Sustaining Food Production and Estimating Future Nitrogen Fertilizer Needs to Meet Food Demand
2004. Wood, Stanley; Henao, S. J.; Rosegrant, Mark W. In Agricultural and the Nitrogen Cycle, ed. A.R. Mosier, J.K. Syers, and J.R. Freney. Island Press, Washington.
- 2004. von Braun, Joachim; Swaminathan, M.S.; Rosegrant, Mark W. 2003-2004 IFPRI Annual Report Essay.
Global Food Security: Challenges and Policies
2003. Rosegrant, Mark W.; Cline, Sarah. Science 302(5652): 1917-1919.
- 2003. Runge, Ford; Senauer, Benjamin; Pardey, Philip G.; Rosegrant, Mark W. Johns Hopkins University Press.
- 2002. Rosegrant, M. W.; Cai, X.; Cline, S. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute and Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute.
Global Water Outlook to 2025: Averting an Impending Crisis. A Report Summary of the 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture, and the Environment Initiative
2002. Rosegrant, M.W.; Cai, X.; Cline, S.. Washington, D.C.: International Food Policy Research Institute and Colombo, Sri Lanka: International Water Management Institute.
- 2001. Rosegrant, Mark; Paisner, Michael S.; Meijer, Siet; Witcover, Julie. IFPRI 2020 Vision Book.
- 2001. Rosegrant, Mark; Paisner, Michael S.; Meijer, Siet; Witcover, Julie. IFPRI Food Policy Report.
The Politics and Economics of Water Pricing in Developing Countries
2002. Rosegrant, M. W.; Cline, S. Water Resources IMPACT 4 (1) (January 2002): 6-8. 2002.