Research

​WORKING PAPERS
RESEARCH IN PROGRESS
  • "Her time: the effect of livelihoods interventions on women's economic activities and child health outcomes" with Tamara McGavock

JOURNAL ARTICLES
  • McCullough, EB. 2017. Labor productivity and employment gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa. Food Policy 67 (February 2017): 133-152.
  • McCullough, EB., P.A. Matson. 2011. Evolution of the knowledge system for agricultural development in the Yaqui Valley, Sonora, Mexico. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. May 23, 2011.
  • Gómez, M.I., C. B. Barrett, L. E. Buck, H. De Groote, S. Ferris, H. O. Gao, E. McCullough, D. D. Miller, H. Outhred, A. N. Pell1, T. Reardon, M. Retnanestri, R. Ruben, P. Struebi, J. Swinnen, M. A. Touesnard, K. Weinberger, J. D. H. Keatinge, M. B. Milstein and R. Y. Yang. 2011. Research Principles for Developing Country Food Value Chains. Science 332 (6034): 1154.
  • Jacobs, K., L. Lebel, J. Buizer, L. Addams, P. Matson, E. McCullough, P. Garden, G. Saliba, and T. Finan. 2010. Linking knowledge with action in the pursuit of sustainable water-resources management. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. January 11, 2010.
  • Omiti, J.M., D.J. Otieno, T.O. Nyanamba and E.B. McCullough. 2009. Factors influencing the intensity of market participation by smallholder farmers: a case study of rural and peri-urban areas of Kenya. African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 3 (1): 57-82.
  • Galloway, J.N., M.B. Burke, G.E. Bradford, R. Naylor, W. Falcon, A.K. Chapagain, J.C. Gaskell, E.B. McCullough, H.A. Mooney, K.L. Oleson, H. Steinfeld, T. Wassenaar and V. Smil. 2007. International trade in meat: The tip of the pork chop. Ambio 36 (8): 622.
  • Burke, M., K. Oleson, E. McCullough, and J. Gaskell. 2009. A Global Model Tracking Water, Nitrogen, and Land Inputs and Virtual Transfers from Industrialized Meat Production and Trade. Environmental Modeling and Assessment 14 (2): 179.
  • Falcon, W.P., R.L. Naylor, W.L. Smith, M.B. Burke and E.B. McCullough, 2004. Using climate models to improve Indonesian food security. Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies 40 (3).

BOOKS
BOOK CHAPTERS
  • McCullough, Ellen B. 2018. “Agricultural Labor Is Not So Unproductive in Africa.” In: Christiaensen, Luc, and Lionel Demery (eds). Agriculture in Africa: Telling Myths from Facts. Directions in Development. Washington, DC: World Bank, pp 47-56. 
  • McCullough, EB., PA Matson. 2012. Linking knowledge with action for sustainable development: a case study of change and effectiveness. In PA Matson (ed). Seeds of sustainability: Lessons from the birthplace of the Green Revolution in Agriculture, Washington DC: Island Press, pp 63-83.
  • Matson, P., Luers, A. and EB McCullough. 2012. Exploring vulnerability in the Yaqui Valley human-environment system. In PA Matson (ed). Seeds of sustainability: Lessons from the birthplace of the Green Revolution in Agriculture, Washington DC: Island Press, pp 83-92.
  • Schoups, G., L. Adams, D. Battisti, E. McCullough, and JL Minjares. 2012. Water resources management in the Yaqui Valley. In PA Matson (ed). Seeds of sustainability: Lessons from the birthplace of the Green Revolution in Agriculture, Washington DC: Island Press, pp 197-230.
  • McCullough, E.B., P.L. Pingali, and K.G. Stamoulis. 2010. Small farms and the transformation of food systems: an overview. In R. Haas, M. Canavari, B. Slee, C. Tong, and B. Anurugsa (Eds) Looking East Looking West: Organic and quality food marketing in Asia and Europe. Wageningen, The Netherlands: Wageningen Academic Publishers, pp 47-85.
  • Pingali, P., and E. McCullough. 2010. Drivers of Change in Global Agriculture and Livestock Systems. In H. Steinfeld, H. A. Mooney, F. Schneider, and L.E. Neville (Eds) Livestock in a Changing Landscape: Drivers, Consequences, and Responses. Washington, DC: Island Press, pp 5-10.
  • Tobgay, S.K. and E.B. McCullough. 2008. Linking small farmers in Bhutan with urban consumers: the importance of market access. In E.B. McCullough, P.L. Pingali, and K.G. Stamoulis (eds) The Transformation of Agri-food Systems: Globalization, Supply Chains, and Smallholder Farmers. London, UK: Earthscan Press, pp 235-258.
  • Omiti, J.M., T. Nyanamba, E.B. McCullough and D. Otieno. 2008. Factors influencing diversification of smallholder agriculture in Kenya. In E.B. McCullough, P.L. Pingali, and K.G. Stamoulis (eds) The Transformation of Agri-food Systems: Globalization, Supply Chains, and Smallholder Farmers. London, UK: Earthscan Press, pp 259-278.