Ramu Govindasamy
Research
Horticultural Produce Industry and African Indigenous vegetables in Zambia & Kenya; Post-harvest technology practice and adoption in Zambia; Partnership in Food Industry Development in South Africa, Zambia, Senegal, Ghana & Rwanda; An Economic Evaluation of African Natural Products Industry; Supply Chain Analysis in the Lentil Industry in Sri Lanka; Returns to Investment on the Jersey Fresh State Sponsored Promotion Program; Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing & Agritourism Developments During the Last Decade; Consumer Willingness to pay for Genetically Modified Foods; Demand for Organic, IPM and Ethnic Produce in the Northeastern U.S.
Dr. Govindasamy is serves as the Chair of the Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Rutgers University. He has developed an effective, nationally and internationally recognized program of research and scholarship leading to over 100 refereed publications, 150 professional presentations, plenary and invited talks and 45 external research grants. Because of his accomplishments, Dr. Govindasamy was elected in 2004 as the Chair of S1019, National Research Committee that focuses on the issues relating to fruit and vegetable marketing in the U.S. He also served as the editorial board member for the Agricultural and Resource Economics Review and The Journal of Food Distribution Research Society. Dr. Govindasamy was awarded the Presidential Emerging Leadership Award by the Food Distribution Society in October of 2004 and was elected to serve as the president-elect of the association in 2016. In the past ten years, Dr. Govindasamy’s research program has been supported by external grants and contracts of over $11 million from over 10 sources.