Lovell Jarvis

Professor & Divisional Associate Dean for Human Sciences in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics

159 Mrak Hall
sjarvis@ucdavis.edu
(530) 752-0110 office
(530) 752-5614 fax

Education

Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1969
B.A. University of Kansas

Bio

Lovell S. "Tu" Jarvis was raised in Winfield, Kansas. He received a B.A. in economics with highest distinction from the University of Kansas in 1964, and a Ph.D. in economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1969.

Jarvis was an assistant professor of economics at the University of California, Berkeley, and an international consultant before becoming a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Davis, in 1984. He was named divisional associate dean in 1999.

Jarvis conducts research on agricultural development and agricultural policy in less-developed countries, particularly in Latin America. He has a particular interest in livestock-related issues, and his research experience includes theoretical and empirical modeling of cattle as capital goods, the adoption and effect of new technologies, and the costs and benefits of efforts to eradicate animal diseases such as Foot and Mouth Disease.
Jarvis also has written extensively on the historical development of Chile's agricultural sector, including the effect of its land and economic reforms, technical change in the fruit sector, and the functioning of its agricultural labor markets. He has written on international trade issues, biotechnology and nutrition policy in developing countries. He has consulted extensively for the U.S. government, international agencies such as the World Bank, foreign governments and private firms and is the recipient of grants and awards from NSF, USDA, the Fulbright Foundation and the Social Science Research Council. He has published four books and numerous peer-reviewed professional journal articles.

Jarvis has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in economic development, food and nutrition policies in less developed countries, international trade and environmental economics.

Research Interests

Aspects of livestock development in LDCs, including supply, demand, international trade, policy, agricultural research and technical change, with an emphasis on cattle. Food and nutrition policies in LDC's especially as they affect the growth of young children.

Professional Associations

• American Economic Association
• American Association of Agricultural Economists
• International Association of Agricultural Economists

Awards & Honors

• Social Science Research Council Award, 1991-1992
• Fulbright Award for Research, 1991
• UC Berkeley Chancellor's Summer Faculty Fellowship, 1970
• NSF Research Fellowship, 1967/68
• MIT Economics Department Fellowship, 1966/67
• Woodrow Wilson Fellowship, 1964/65-1965/66
• Phi Beta Kappa, 1964
• John Ise Award for Outstanding Economics Student at K.U., 1964
• Solon Summerfield Scholarship, 1960/61-1963/64