John
McPeak
Associate Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Public Administration and
International Affairs
215F Eggers Hall
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY 13210
Office Phone: 315-443-6146
Fax: 315-443-9721
e-mail: jomcpeak@maxwell.syr.edu
Courses:
PPA 723 Managerial Economics for Public
Administrators
PPA 757/ ECN 661 Economics
of Development
PPA 730-4
Institutions and Economic Change
PPA
897 Fundamentals of Policy Analysis
Education:
PhD in Applied Economics, University of
Wisconsin-Madison (1999)
MA in Agricultural Economics, University of
Wisconsin-Madison (1996)
BA in Economics and Sociology, Saint Lawrence
University (1988)
Publications
NEW BOOK DETAILS
Risk and Social
Change in an African Rural Economy
Research Projects:
Current:
RIVERS: Management of River Systems for the Future /
La Gestion des Systèmes Fluviaux pour l'Avenir
(GSFA)
The RIVERS project was initiated to:
 | Understand vegetative impact of climate change in riverine
systems |
| Estimate the costs/benefits of converting land to irrigated rice
cultivation in riverine systems |
| Document transhumance patterns in multiple communities using
riverine resources |
Project Abstract:
Riverine systems in arid and semi-arid lands serve as key resources
that support livestock and crop production. For herders, rivers flowing
through drylands are critical for producing dry season grazing reserves
and essential sources of permanent water. For cultivators, the waters
allow cultivation both though recessional cultivation of floodplains and
irrigated cultivation using river water. Due to increased population
pressure and changing rainfall patterns in the Senegal and Niger River
basins, the agricultural economy based on these riverine systems has
already come under the kinds of stresses that climate models predict may
become more widespread in the future. This makes study of these systems
a priority, as understanding what they have already experienced will be
critical in understanding likely outcomes in other similar environments.
The proposed project is designed to investigate three linked questions:
what has been the impact of climate change on the vegetation of riverine
systems to date; what are the benefits and costs of different methods of
increasing food security though irrigated rice production noting the
impact on livestock production; and what are the key points on
transhumance corridors as identified by herders. We believe that, while
the conversion of large areas of land to rice production is inevitable
and if done correctly desirable, the costs imposed on livestock
production systems and the conflict induced by conversion need to be
managed. In order to design management options based on the existing
conditions, including mechanisms that allow adaption to climate change,
we are conducting research with the GSFA project.
Index Based Livestock Insurance in Kenya
Documentary about our project
http://blip.tv/file/3757148
Project web page with our
publications:
http://www.ilri.org/ibli
Funded by the AMA CRSP Hunger Safety Net / Productive Safety Net
Project in Kenya (HSNPPlus)
Game to illustrate insurance, Karare Kenya, August 2008.
Photo by Sommarat Chantarat
ALS CC -CRSP Mali Livestock Pastoralist Initiative (MLPI)
Livestock Market Prices in Mali Markets at : www.malibetail.net
Extension Workshop Reports:
French:
MLPIDOCS/synthese atelier mopti gao OCTOBRE 2011.pdf
English
MLPIDOCS/synthese atelier mopti gao OCTOBRE 2011_English.pdf
Feeding Systems Study
French: MLPIDOCS/MLPISystemes d'alimentation octobre.pdf
English: MLPIDOCS/systemesdalimentationoctobre_English.pdf
Organizations Study
French: MLPIDOCS/OP au Mali.pdf
English: MLPIDOCS/OP au Mali_English.pdf
Animal Fattening Practices Study
French:
Market Organization Study:
French:
Adamou Kalilou's photo. Senna, Mali near Gao
Cattle in the Niger Delta, Mali, June 2008
RiskRankingTenenkouMali2008.pdf
Former ProjectsGL-CRSP
Livestock Marketing in Kenya and Ethiopia
(PI)
GL-CRSP
Pastoral Risk Management Project
(co-PI)
Briefs available at:
http://aem.cornell.edu/special_programs/AFSNRM/Parima/research.htm
BASIS-CRSP
Rural
Markets, Natural Capital, and Dynamic Poverty Traps in East Africa (team
member)
AMAREW ,
working with an Ethiopian researcher on livestock crop interactions in the area
of Debre Berhan, Ethiopia. (mentor)
Conferences and Workshops:
“Pastoralism and Poverty Reduction in
East Africa:
A Policy Research Conference”
Nairobi,
Kenya,
June 27-28, 2006. Co-organizer
“Livestock Marketing in
Kenya and Ethiopia”,
Nairobi,
Kenya
August 11-13, 2003
Nairobi Workshop Proceedings
“Reconciling Rural Poverty Reduction and
Resource Conservation:
Identifying Relationships and Remedies.”
Cornell
University,
May 1-3, 2003. Co-organizer
Some photos from Northern Kenya:
CV:
CVjune2011mcpeak.pdf