David Freshwater - (UK/UKY), Author at COGITO

David Freshwater - (UK/UKY)

David Freshwater is professor emeritus at the University of Kentucky. When he retired he was the H.W. Price Professor of Agricultural Policy in the Department of Agricultural Economics, and held additional appointments in the Martin School of Public Policy at the University of Kentucky, and the Department of Geography at Memorial University in Newfoundland and Labrador. He main areas of expertise are Agricultural Policy and Economic Development Policy in Rural Regions. He has been a consultant on these topics with the OECD since 1993 and was Head of Unit for the Rural Programme in 2009. He also served as a member of the professional staff of the United States Senate Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Nutrition, and as a senior economist for the Congressional Joint Economic Committee. From 1996 to 2001 he managed TVA Rural Studies, a large rural research programme jointly sponsored by the Tennessee Valley Authority and the University of Kentucky. In addition, he has worked with number of Canadian federal and provincial government departments on agricultural and rural policy issues.

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