People
Walter P. Falcon, PhD
Deputy Director of FSE; FSI Senior Fellow; Stanford Woods Institute Senior Fellow; and Helen Farnsworth Professor of International Agricultural Policy, Economics (Emeritus)
Stanford University
Encina Hall, E404
Stanford, CA 94305-6055
Research Interests
biotechnology; food security; food and agricultural policy in developing countries
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Working Papers
- Project Timeline: Program for the Study of Biofuels, Poverty and Food Security
Jikun Huang, Mark Rosengrant, Scott Rozelle, Rosamond L. Naylor, Walter P. Falcon, David Victor, Kenneth Cassman
(2007)
- Reliability of Punjab Agricultural Data
Walter P. Falcon
Statistical Papers, Institute of Development Economics (1962)
Reports
- Results summary from NSF-funded project - Impacts of El Nino-Southern Oscillation Events (ENSO) on Chinese Rice Prouduction and the World Rice Market
Rosamond L. Naylor, Walter P. Falcon, David S. Battisti, Richard Palmer, Scott Rozelle, Xiangzheng Deng, Jikun Huang, Marshall Burke
Center on Food Security and the Environment, Stanford University (2010)
- Final report: Agricultural Decision-Making in Indonesia with ENSO Variability: Integrating Climate Science, Risk Assessment, and Policy Analysis
Rosamond L. Naylor, David S. Battisti, Daniel Vimont, Walter P. Falcon
Center on Food Security and the Environment, Stanford University (2009)
Agriculture Decision-Making in Indonesia with ENSO Variability: Conference poster
Rosamond L. Naylor, David Battisti, Dan Vimont, Walter P. Falcon
(2005)
Policy Reforms and Mexican Agriculture: Views from the Yaqui Valley
Rosamond L. Naylor, Walter P. Falcon, Arturo Puente Gonzalez
CIMMYT (2001)
Environmental Quality and Regional Conflict
Donald Kennedy, David Holloway, Erika Weinthal, Walter P. Falcon, Paul Ehrlich, Rosamond L. Naylor, Michael M. May, Stephen H. Schneider, Stephen Fetter, Jor-San Choi
Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict (1998)
- World Rice Trade
Walter P. Falcon
H.O. Carter (ed.), Impact of U.S. Farm Policy and Technological Change on U.S. and California Agriculture, California Agricultural Center, University of California, Davis (1986) - Growth of Livestock Products in East Pakistan During the Second Plan Period
Walter P. Falcon, Carl H. Gotsch
Pakistan Planning Commission (1985) - Reflections on the Presidential Commission on World Hunger
Walter P. Falcon
American Journal of Agricultural Economics vol. 63, 5 (1981) - Food Self-Sufficiency: Lessons from Asia
Walter P. Falcon
Proceedings of the International Food Policy Issues Conference, United States Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Economic Report No. 143 (1978) - Technical Assessment of Public Health Aspects of Pest Control, A
Walter P. Falcon, Ray F. Smith, et al.
Report of the Public Health Study Team, National Academy of Science (1976) - Economic Implications
Walter P. Falcon, Erik Thorbecke, Carl H. Gotsch, Mordecai Ezekiel
The World Food Problem, Report of the President's Science Advisory Committee Panel on the World Food Supply, the White House (1967) - Role of Agricultural Diversification in the Development of West Pakistan and Prospects in Sind, The
Walter P. Falcon
contributions to the White House - Interior Panel Report (the "Revelle Report") on Land and Water Development in the Indus Plain (1964)
Journal Articles
Field Notes from an Iowa Farm
Walter P. Falcon
Farming Magazine vol. 12, 17 (2012)
The Global Costs of American Ethanol
Rosamond L. Naylor, Walter P. Falcon
The American Interest vol. 7, 2 (2011)
Food Security in an Era of Economic Volatility
Rosamond L. Naylor, Walter P. Falcon
Population and Development Review vol. 36, 4 (2010)
Impacts of El Nino-Southern Oscillation events on China's rice production
Deng Xiangzheng, Huang Jikun, Qiao Fangbin, Rosamond L. Naylor, Walter P. Falcon, Marshall Burke, Scott Rozelle, David S. Battisti
Journal of Geographcial Sciences vol. 20 (2010)
El Nino-Southern Oscillation impacts on rice production in Luzon, the Philippines
Martha G. Roberts, David Dawe, Walter P. Falcon, Rosamond L. Naylor
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology vol. 48, 8 (2009)
Our Daily Bread: Without public investment, the food crisis will only get worse
Rosamond L. Naylor, Walter P. Falcon
Boston Review (2008)
Prioritizing Climate Change Adaptation Needs for Food Security in 2030
David Lobell, Marshall Burke, Claudia Tebaldi, Michael D. Mastrandrea, Walter P. Falcon, Rosamond L. Naylor
Science vol. 319 (2008)
International trade in meat - The tip of the pork chop
Jim Galloway, Marshall Burke, Eric Bradford, Rosamond L. Naylor, Walter P. Falcon, Harold A. Mooney, Joanne Gaskell, Kirsten Oleson, Ellen McCollough, Henning Steinfeld
Ambio vol. 36, 8 (2007)
The Ripple Effect: Biofuels, Food Security, and the Environment
Rosamond L. Naylor, Adam Liska, Marshall Burke, Walter P. Falcon, Joanne Gaskell, Scott Rozelle, Kenneth Cassman
Environment vol. 49, 9 (2007)
Assessing risks of climate variability and climate change for Indonesian rice agriculture
Rosamond L. Naylor, David S. Battisti, Walter P. Falcon, Marshall Burke, Daniel Vimont
PNAS vol. 104, 19 (2007)
Rethinking Food Security for the 21st Century
Walter P. Falcon, Rosamond L. Naylor
American Journal of Agricultural Economics vol. 87, 5 (2005)
Losing the Links Between Livestock and Land
Rosamond L. Naylor, Henning Steinfeld, Walter P. Falcon, James Galloway, Vaclav Smil, Eric Bradford, Jackie Alder, Harold A. Mooney
Science vol. 310, 5754 (2005)
Analysis of Wheat Yield and Climate Trends in Mexico
David Lobell, Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio, Gregory P. Asner, Pamela Matson, Rosamond L. Naylor, Walter P. Falcon
Field Crops Research vol. 94 (2005)
Combining Field Surveys, Remote Sensing and Regression Trees to Understand Yield Variations in an Irrigated Wheat Landscape
David Lobell, Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio, Gregory P. Asner, Rosamond L. Naylor, Walter P. Falcon
Agronomy Journal vol. 97 (2005)
Using Climate Models to Improve Indonesian Food Security
Walter P. Falcon, Rosamond L. Naylor, Whitney L. Smith, Marshall Burke, Ellen McCullough
Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies vol. 40, 3 (2004)
Biotechnology in the Developing World: A Case for Increased Investments in Orphan Crops
Rosamond L. Naylor, Walter P. Falcon, Robert M. Goodman, Molly M. Jahn, Theresa Sengooba, Hailu Tefera, Rebecca J. Nelson
Food Policy vol. 29, 1 (2004)
Using forecasts from national and regional El Nino/Southern Oscillation (ENSO) models to improve Indonesian food security
Walter P. Falcon, Rosamond L. Naylor, Whitney L. Smith
Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies (2003)
- Carving up the Commons-Emergence of a New International Regime for Germplasm Development and Transfer
Walter P. Falcon, C. Fowler
Food Policy vol. 27, 3 (2002)
Using El Nino/Southern Oscillation climate data to improve food policy planning in Indonesia
Rosamond L. Naylor, Walter P. Falcon, Wada, Nikolas, Rochberg, Daniel
Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies vol. 38, 1 (2002)
- Using El Nino/Southern Oscillation Climate Data to Predict Rice Production in Indonesia
Rosamond L. Naylor, Walter P. Falcon, Daniel Rochberg, Nikolas Wada
Climate Change vol. 50 (2001)
- Comments: Searching for Sustainability
Walter P. Falcon
Ecology Law Quarterly vol. 27, 4 (2001)
- Dealing with Pakistan and Afghanistan
Walter P. Falcon
(2001)
Feeding the World: A Challenge for the Twenty-First Century, by Vaclav Smil
Walter P. Falcon
(2001)
Maize Transition in Asia: Unlocking the Controversy, The
Rosamond L. Naylor, Walter P. Falcon
American Journal of Agricultural Economics vol. 80, 5 (1998)
Variability and Growth in Grain Yields 1950-1994: Does the Record Point to Greater Instability?
Rosamond L. Naylor, Walter P. Falcon, E. Zavaleta
Population and Development Review vol. 23, 1 (1997)
Is the Locus of Poverty Changing?
Rosamond L. Naylor, Walter P. Falcon
Food Policy vol. 20, 6 (1995)
- Food Security in Indonesia: Defining the Issues
Walter P. Falcon, C. Peter Timmer
Indonesian Food Journal vol. II, 3 (1991) - Future Linkages Between U.S. Agriculture and the World Food Economy
Walter P. Falcon
Journal of Production Agriculture vol. 3, 3 (1990)
Whatever Happened to the Green Revolution
Walter P. Falcon
Stanford Magazine (1988)- Fertilizer Policy for the 1990s
Walter P. Falcon, J.K. Ahmad, C.P. Timmer
A.I.D. Symposium on Agriculture (1988)
Review: T.W. Schultz's Transforming Traditional Agriculture
Walter P. Falcon
American Journal of Agricultural Economics (1988)- Discussion: Achievements and Challenges: Policy Environment Issues
Walter P. Falcon
CIMMYT, The Future Development of Maize and Wheat in the Third World, Mexico City (1987)
Aid, Food Policy Reform, and U.S. Agricultural Interests in the Third World
Walter P. Falcon
American Journal of Agricultural Economics vol. 69, 5 (1987)
Review: E.O. Heady and L.G. Tweeten's, Resource Demand and Structure of Agricultural Industry
Walter P. Falcon
American Economic Review (1984)
Recent Food Policy Lessons from Developing Countries
Walter P. Falcon
American Journal of Agricultural Economics vol. 66, 2 (1984)- Political Economy of Rice Production in East Asia, The
Walter P. Falcon, C. Peter Timmer
Development Digest vol. XXX, 1 (1983) - International Trade in Rice
Walter P. Falcon, Eric Monke
Food Research Institute Studies vol. XVIII, 3 (1980) - Asia, Kids, Calories and Poverty
Walter P. Falcon
Agenda (1979) - Perspective on China's Food Policy, A
Walter P. Falcon, C. Peter Timmer, Gerald C. Nelson
CERES, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations vol. 12, 2, 3, 4 (1979)
Ways to Improve International Training
Walter P. Falcon, Lyle P. Schertz
American Journal of Agricultural Economics (1975)- Green Revolution and the Economics of Punjab, The
Walter P. Falcon, Carol H. Gotsch
Food Research Institute Studies vol. XIV, 1 (1975)
Food: War on Hunger or New Cold War?
Walter P. Falcon, C. Peter Timmer
The Stanford Magazine (1974)- Key Issues in Taiwan's Agricultural Development
Walter P. Falcon
Industry of Free China vol. XXXXI, 4 (1974)
Green Revolution: Generations of Problems, The
Walter P. Falcon
American Journal of Agricultural Economics (1970)- Cigarette Smoking and the Tobacco Farmer
Walter P. Falcon, Charles K. Mann
Public Policy (1970)
Agricultural Policy and Performance in the Punjab: A Comparative Study of India and Pakistan
Walter P. Falcon, Carl H. Gotsch
Asian Review (1968)
Paths of Rural Change: Two Approaches with the Same Results
Walter P. Falcon, Carl H. Gotsch
Asian Review vol. 1, 4 (1968)
Agricultural and Industrial Interrelationships in West Pakistan
Walter P. Falcon
Journal of Farm Economics (1967)
Agricultural Development Policies
Walter P. Falcon
Journal of Farm Economics (1966)
Farmer Response to Price in a Subsistence Economy: The Case of West Pakistan
Walter P. Falcon
American Economic Review (1964)
Some Comments on the Real Effects of Foreign Surplus Disposal in Underdeveloped Economies
Walter P. Falcon
Quarterly Journal of Economics (1963)
Books & Book Chapters
Frontiers in Food Policy for Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
Walter P. Falcon, Rosamond L. Naylor
Stanford Center on Food Security and the Environment (2013)
Seeds of Sustainability: Lessons from the Birthplace of the Green Revolution
Pamela Matson, Walter P. Falcon, Ashley Dean, Rosamond L. Naylor, Ivan Ortiz-Monasterio, Peter Jewett, Ellen McCullough, Michael Beman, Amy Luers, David Lobell, Toby Ahrens, John Harrison, Gerrit Schoups, Lee Addams, David S. Battisti, Jose Luiz Minjares
Island Press (2011)
The Asian Maize Economy in 2025
Walter P. Falcon
Maize in Asia: Changing Markets and Incentives (2008)
Herbicide Strategies for Asian Rice Systems
Rosamond L. Naylor, Walter P. Falcon, Donald Kennedy
International Rice Research Institute Publications (Los Banos, The Philippines) in "Herbicides in Asian Rice: Transitions in Weed Management", R. L. Naylor, ed. (1997)

Developing a Weed Management Strategy for Asian Rice Production
Donald Kennedy, Rosamond L. Naylor, Walter P. Falcon
Stanford University Institute for International Studies and International Rice Research Institute in "Herbicides in Asian Rice: Transitions in Weed Management",R. Naylor. ed. (1996)

- Recent Policy Influences on Rice Production
Rosamond L. Naylor, Walter P. Falcon, S. Person
Cornell University Press in "Rice Policies in Indonesia", S. R.. Pearson et al. (1991)

- Whither Food Aid?
Walter P. Falcon
Cornell University Press in "Agriculture and the State", C. Peter Timmer, ed. (1991)
Rice Policy in Indonesia
Walter P. Falcon, Scott Pearson, others
Cornell University Press (1991)
- World Food and Hunger Problem: Changing Perspectives and Possibilities, 1974-1984, The
Walter P. Falcon
The World Bank in "Food Policy: Integrating Supply, Distribution, and Consumption", J. Price Gittinger, Joanne Leslie and Caroline Hoisington, eds. (1987) - Corn Economy of Indonesia, The
Walter P. Falcon, Paul Dorosh, others
Cornell Press in "The Corn Economy of Indonesia", C. Peter Timmer (1987)
- Food for a Developing World
Walter P. Falcon, Robert Dorfman
Wiley, New York in "Resources and World Development", D.J. McLaren and B.J. Skinner, eds. (1987) - Rice Policy in Indonesia, 1985-1990: The Problem of Success
Walter P. Falcon, L.A. Mears, C.P. Timmer, M.M. Hastings, S.R. Pearson
BULOG, Jakarta (1985) - Role of the United States in Alleviating World Hunger, The
Walter P. Falcon
Johns Hopkins Press in "Agricultural Development in the Third World", Carl K. Eicher and John M. Staatz, eds. (1984) - World Food Economy: Recent Lessons for the United States and Mexico, The
Walter P. Falcon
Stanford University Press in "U.S.-Mexico Relations: Economic and Social Aspects", Clark W. Reynolds and Carlos Tello, eds. (1983) - Food Policy Analysis
Walter P. Falcon, C. Peter Timmer, Scott R. Pearson
Johns Hopkins Press (1983)

- Economic Dimensions of International Development
Walter P. Falcon
Lincoln Press in "Social, Cultural, Economic and Political Dimensions of International Agricultural Development", Dale G. Anderson and Norman E. Tooker, eds. (1982) - Experiment in Rural Development, An
Walter P. Falcon, Richard Patten, Belinda Dapice
Praeger in "The Indonesia Economy", Gustav Papanek, ed. (1980) - Elements of a Food and Nutrition Policy in Indonesia
Walter P. Falcon, Saleh Afiff, C. Peter Timmer
Praeger in "The Indonesia Economy", Gustav Papanek, ed. (1980) - Energy and Agriculture in Developing Countries
Walter P. Falcon, Richard S. Dosik
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy in "Land Management Issues and Development Strategies in Developing Countries", Sein Lin and S. Ramakrishnan, eds. (1979) - Transforming Knowledge into Food: Recent Lessons from Asia
Walter P. Falcon
The Miller Publishing Company in "Transforming Knowledge into Food in the Worldwide Context", William F. Hueg, Jr., and Craig A. Gannon, eds. (1978) - Impact of Price on Rice Trade in Asia, The
Walter P. Falcon, C. Peter Timmer
Ballinger Books in "Agriculture, Trade, and Development", George S. Tolley, ed. (1975) - Political Economy of Rice Production and Trade in Asia, The
Walter P. Falcon, C. Peter Timmer
Yale University Press in "Agriculture in Development Theory", Lloyd G. Reynolds, ed. (1975) - Lessons and Issues in Taiwan's Development
Walter P. Falcon
Joint Commission Rural Reconstruction, Taipei, in "Agriculture's Place in the Strategy of Development", T. H. Shen, ed. (1974)
Relative Price Response, Economic Efficiency and Technological Change: A Study of Punjab Agriculture
Walter P. Falcon, Carl H. Gotsch
Harvard University Press in "Development Policy II - The Pakistan Experience", Walter P. Falcon and Gustav F. Papanek, eds. (1971)- Lessons in Agricultural Development - Pakistan
Walter P. Falcon, Carl H. Gotsch
Harvard University Press in "Development Policy - Theory and Practice", Gustav F. Papanek, ed. (1968)
Programming Models for the Planning of the Agricultural Sector
Walter P. Falcon
Johns Hopkins Press in "The Theory and Design of Economic Development", Irma Adelman and Erik Thorbecke, eds. (1966)
Op-eds & Editorials
- Our Daily Bread
Without public investment, the food crisis will only get worse
Rosamond L. Naylor, Walter P. Falcon
FSI Stanford, FSE Op-ed: Boston Review on October 1, 2008 - When we allow cars to compete with people for food
Rosamond L. Naylor, Walter P. Falcon
FSI Stanford, FSE Op-ed: San Francisco Chronicle on May 18, 2008



