José Falck-Zepeda joined IFPRI in 2004 as a Research Fellow. His work at IFPRI focuses on the economics and impact assessment of biotechnology and biosafety. In addition, José focuses on agricultural R&D policy and technogical innovation in developing countries. Prior to joining IFPRI, José Falck-Zepeda worked as a Research Fellow at the International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR) in the Hague, the Netherlands. He also was a Post Doctoral Research Fellow at Auburn University, Alabama, and Assistant Professor/Instructor at the Panamerican Agricultural School (Zamorano) in Honduras. A citizen of Honduras, he holds and Agrónomo Degree from Panamerican Agricultural School (Zamorano), B.S. degree (Animal Science) from Texas A&M University, and M.S. and Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Auburn University.

• Economics of biotechnology and biosafety
• Socio-economic impact assessment of agricultural technologies
• Agricultural innovation and innovation systems

• Honduras
• Central America
• East Africa
• Southeast Asia

• Surplus Distribution from the Introduction of a Biotechnology Innovation
  2000. Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin; Traxler, Greg and Nelson, Robert. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 82, Num. 2, Pages 360, May 2000.
• Rent creation and distribution from biotechnology innovations: The case of bt cotton and Herbicide-Tolerant soybeans in 1997
  2000. Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin; Traxler, Greg and Nelson, Robert. G. Vol. 16, Num.1, Pages 21-32. February 2000.
• Production risk and the evolution of varietal technology
  2000. Traxler, Greg; Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin; Ortiz-Monasterio, J.I.; and Sayre, Ken. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Vol. 77, Num. 1. Pages 1-7, May 2000.
• Size and Distribution of Market Benefits From Adopting Biotech Crops
  2003. Price, Gregory K.; Lin, William; Falck-Zepeda, José B. and Fernandez-Cornejo, Jorge. USDA Economic Research Service Technical Bulletin No.(TB1906). November 2003.
• Agricultural Biotechnology Development, Policy, and Impact in China
  2002. Huang, Jikun; Hu, Rufa; Wang, Qinfang; Keeley, James; Falck-Zepeda, José. Economic and Political Weekly. Pages 2756-2761, July 2002.
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• Economic Impacts of Adopting GM Crops in the United States
  2004. Lin, William; Price, Gregory; Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin; Fernandez-Cornejo, Jorge. Farm Policy Journal, Vol. 1, Num. 2, pp. Pages 50 - 64, August 2004.
• Cotton GMO adoption and Private Profitability
  2001. Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin; Traxler, Greg; and Nelson, Robert G. In Genetically Modified Organisms in Agriculture-Economics and Politics. Gerald Nelson ed. Academic Press, London, U.K.
• National Agricultural Biotechnology Research Capacity in Developing Countries
  2004. Cohen, Joel; Komen, John; and Falck-Zepeda José Benjamin. FAO ESA Working Paper No. 04-14. Contributing paper to FAO State of Food and Agriculture (SOFA) 2004.
• Impact Assessment and Agricultural Biotechnology-Research Methodologies for Developing, Emerging and Transition Economies
  2002. Falck-Zepeda, José; Cohen, Joel; and Komen, John. Paper commissioned for the OECD Global Forum on Knowledge Economy- Biotechnology, Paris 18-19 November, 2002.
• The Role of Federal, State, and Private Institutions in Seed Technology Generation
  2002. Traxler, Greg; Falck-Zepeda, José Benjamin. In Public-Private Collaboration in Agricultural Research: New Institutional Arrangements and Economic Implications. Iowa State University Press, Ames, Iowa.