Rate My Professor Roderick Rejesus

Rejesus maintains an active research and extension program in applied production economics, with emphasis on agricultural policies for risk management, including crop insurance compliance, fraud prevention, and premium rate-setting. His work also assesses economic impacts of agricultural technologies, policies, and programs in the United States and other countries, particularly regarding climate change effects, cover crops, and soil health practices. Key publications include "Greater sensitivity to drought accompanies maize yield increase in the US Midwest" (Science, 2014), "Cover Crops, Crop Insurance Losses, and Resilience to Extreme Weather Events" (American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2024), "Economic and Policy Drivers of Climate-Smart Soil Health Practices in the United States" (Annual Review of Resource Economics, 2025), and "Adoption and economics of alternate wetting and drying water management for irrigated lowland rice" (Field Crops Research, 2015). With over 6,700 citations on Google Scholar and more than 90 refereed journal articles, his research influences agricultural policy and risk management. Rejesus has received the AAEA Agricultural Finance & Management Section Outstanding Research/Quality of Communication Award in 2025, 2023, and 2019; the AAEA Applied Risk Analysis Section Best Paper Award in 2022; the Centennial Outstanding Alumni Award from the University of the Philippines Los Baños College of Economics & Management in 2019; and served as Co-Editor of Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy (2015–2017) and Associate Editor of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics (2012–2015).