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Evert Van der Sluis

Evert Van der Sluis

Title

Professor

Office Building

Harding Hall

Office

248

Mailing Address

Harding Hall 248
Economics-Box 2220
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Biography

Evert Van der Sluis is a professor of economics. He previously served as head of the Department of Economics, and was a visiting professor at Warsaw University of Life Sciences in Warsaw, Poland, at the École Nationale Supérieure Agronomique de Toulouse (ENSAT) and at the Ecole d'Ingénieurs de Purpan in Toulouse, France. Prior to his arrival at South Dakota State University, he was a research associate at the Rural Policy Research Institute at the University of Nebraska.

Education

  • Ingenieur in social economics and animal/dairy science | Hogere Landbouwschool, Leeuwarden, Netherlands | 1982
  • M.S. in agricultural economics | Iowa State University, Ames | 1988
  • Ph.D in agricultural and applied economics | University of Minnesota, St. Paul | 1993

Academic Interests

  • Agricultural economics
  • Agricultural policy
  • Public policy

Committees and Professional Memberships

Committees

  • SDSU International Committee, Chair 2012-2013

Professional Memberships

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

Awards and Honors

  • 2017, Graduate Teaching Award, South Dakota State University Department of Economics
  • September 2015, September 2014, Erasmus Mundus Scholar, Ecole d'Ingénieurs de Purpan
  • Summer 2014, Daschle Scholar, South Dakota State University
  • 2013, Outstanding Contribution to the Faculty of Economic Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences

Grants

  • AES Hatch Project "Agricultural Trade and Public Policies: Economic Effects in the Northern Great Plains"

Areas of Research

  • Agricultural economics and agricultural policy
  • International trade
  • Economics of biotechnology and renewable energy

Publications

  1. Annan, Kenneth, Evert Van der Sluis, Scott W. Fausti, Deepthi E. Kolady. "The Role of Biotechnology and Biofuels in U.S. Corn Belt Cropping System Changes." Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, forthcoming.
  2. Deepthi E. Kolady and Evert Van der Sluis. 2021. “Adoption determinants of precision agriculture technologies and conservation agriculture practices: Evidence from South Dakota.” Western Economic Forum, 19 (2): 28-43.
  3. Kolady, Deepthi E., Evert Van der Sluis, Md Mahi Uddin and Allen P. Deutz. 2020. “Determinants of Precision Agriculture Technology Adoption and Adoption Intensity: Findings from South Dakota.” Precision Agriculture 22. DOI: 10.1007/s11119-020-09750-2
  4. Fausti, Scott, Deepthi E. Kolady, Evert Van der Sluis, Jonathan Lundgren and Bashir A. Qasmi. 2018. “Extensive usage of insecticide and changing crop rotation patterns: A South Dakota case study.” Plos One 13(11): e0208222. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208222  
  5. Elliott, Matthew, Lisa Elliott and Evert Van der Sluis. 2018. “A Predictive Analytics Understanding of Cooperative Membership Heterogeneity and Sustainability.” Sustainability 10(6), 2048. DOI: 10.3390/su10062048
  6. Parlińska, Maria, Oleksii Oliinyk, Evert Van der Sluis, Ewa Wasilewska. 2015. “The International Trade in Sunflower Seed Oil of Poland and Ukraine.” Electronic Journal
  7. Paudel, Bindu, Deepthi E. Kolady, David Just and Evert Van der Sluis. 2021. “Determinants of Consumer Acceptance of GM and Gene-Edited Foods: Market and Policy Implications.” Selected Paper, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association annual meeting, Austin, TX, August 1-3.
  8. Kolady, Deepthi E., Md Mahi Uddin, Evert Van der Sluis and Allen P. Deutz. 2020. “Determinants of Precision Agriculture Technology Adoption and Adoption Intensity: Findings from South Dakota.” Selected Paper, International Food and Agribusiness Management Association (IFAMA) 30th World Conference, presented online September 24.
  9. Kolady, Deepthi E., Md Mahi Uddin, Evert Van der Sluis and Allen P. Deutz. 2020. “Determinants of adoption and adoption intensity of precision agriculture technologies: Evidence from South Dakota.” Selected Paper, Southern Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting, Louisville, KY, February 1-4.
  10. Durowah, Olivia and Evert Van der Sluis. 2018. “Aid for Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Effects on Poverty Reduction.” Selected Paper, 30th International Conference of Agricultural Economists, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 18-August 2.
  11. Ajaero, Victor and Evert Van der Sluis. 2016. “Foreign Direct Investment and Trade in the U.S. Food Processing Industry: Complements or Substitutes?” Selected Paper, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association annual meeting, Boston, MA July 31-August 2.
  12. Adams Inkoom, Sarah and Evert Van der Sluis. 2016. “Organic Production Conversion Subsidies’ Effects on Organic Agriculture Adoption.” Selected Paper, Western Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting, Victoria, BC, Canada, June 21-23.
  13. Chakraborty, Shuvo and Evert Van der Sluis. 2016. “U.S. Intra-Industry Trade in Agricultural Products with NAFTA and EU Trading Partners.” Selected Paper, Western Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting, Victoria, BC, Canada, June 21-23.
  14. El Koudouss, El Mechry and Evert Van der Sluis. 2016. “The Effectiveness of Aid, FDI, Remittances and Government Spending in Poverty and Infant Mortality Reduction.” Selected Paper, Eastern Economic Association annual conference, Washington, D.C., February 25-28.
  15. Fausti, Scott W., Jonathan Lundgren, Evert Van der Sluis and Bashir A. Qasmi. 2015. “The Impact of High GM Adoption Rates on Insecticide Use and Crop Selection.” Selected Paper, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association annual meeting, Newport, RI, June 28-30. 

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