Alex Majchrowicz
ERS Publications by this Author
Agricultural Economist
202-694-5355
Email:
alexm@ers.usda.gov
Briefly:Alex Majchrowicz is Assistant Deputy Director for Extramural
Research Management in the Food Economics Division. He is
responsible for directing and managing the Research Innovation and
Development Grants in Economics (RIDGE) Program and for assisting
the Division manage a broad array of extramural research
agreements. As director of RIDGE, Alex works in partnership with
the RIDGE Research Centers at the University of Wisconsin and
Mississippi State University to award competitive grants annually
to social science scholars for the purpose of stimulating new and
innovative research on food and nutrition assistance issues. The
RIDGE Program seeks to broaden and strengthen the network of
university-based researchers who collaborate in tackling the unique
food and nutrition assistance challenges existing across
communities, regions, and States.
Background:Alex joined ERS in January 1980 on a student appointment while
attending the University of Maryland. Initially assigned to monitor
foreign investment in U.S. agricultural land, he later became
involved in a variety of research issues that involved property tax
assessment, agricultural land transfers, rural business and
industry conditions and trends, and changes in farm and
farm-related employment. More recently, his research has focused on
USDA food and nutrition assistance programs, specifically the
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and
Children (WIC); the School Breakfast Program; and the Food
Distribution Program on Indian Reservations.
Education:Alex received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Agricultural and
Resource Economics from the University of Maryland at College
Park.
Selected Publications:Majchrowicz, T. Alexander, ed. RIDGE Project Summaries, 2008: Food Assistance and
Nutrition Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics
Program, USDA, ERS, AP-040, September 2009.
Majchrowicz, T. Alexander. Request for Applications for Competitive Grants
Awards to Establish RIDGE Centers for Food and Nutrition Assistance
Research, USDA, ERS, AP-038, July 2009.
Majchrowicz, T. Alexander, ed. RIDGE Project Summaries, 2007: Food Assistance
and Nutrition Research Innovation and Development Grants in
Economics Program, USDA, ERS, AP-029, July 2008.
Majchrowicz, T. Alexander, ed. RIDGE Project Summaries, 2006: Food Assistance and
Nutrition Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics
Program, USDA, ERS, CCR-31, August 2007.
Beaulieu, Lionel J., in collaboration with the RIDGE Program.
Strengthening Our Nations Food Assistance Programs, Southern Rural
Development Center, June 2007.
Majchrowicz, T. Alexander, ed. Food
Assistance and Nutrition Research Innovation and Development Grants
in Economics Program: Executive Summaries of 2005 Research
Grants, USDA, ERS, CCR-23, October 2006.
Majchrowicz, T.A., and D. Hopkins.
Farm and Farm-Related Employment Estimates Through 2000, USDA,
ERS, Web Data Product, April 2004.
Majchrowicz, T.A., and D. Hopkins.
Farm and Farm-Related Employment by US, State, Farm Production
Region, and Farm Resource Region, 1981-97, USDA, ERS, Web Data
Product, December 2001.
Majchrowicz, T.A. "
Agricultural Wholesale and Retail Trade Jobs Account for Two-Thirds
of Farm and Farm-Related Employment," USDA, ERS, Rural
America16 (1), May 2001.
Frenzen, P., A. Majchrowicz, J. Buzby, B. Imhoff, and the
FoodNet Working Group.
Consumer Acceptance of Irradiated Meat and Poultry Products,
USDA, ERS, AIB-757, August 2000.
Majchrowicz, T.A. "
Farm Employment Losses Outstrip Job Gains in Farm-Related
Industries in Some Nonmetro Areas," USDA, ERS, Rural
Conditions and Trends: Rural Industry10 (2), June 2000.
Majchrowicz, T.A. "
Innovative Technologies Could Improve Food Safety," USDA, ERS,
FoodReview22 (2), May-August 1999.