Agricultural & environmental economics
Cost-benefit analysis, ex-ante and ex-post impact assessment, and the economics of technology adoption and practice change.
International consulting
Economics & climate insight for global agricultural projects
I work with development agencies, multilateral and bilateral project teams and international research consortia, bringing agricultural and environmental economics, climate risk analysis and spatial data to agricultural development and natural resource projects.
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Typical partners include teams preparing or delivering projects for UN agencies, multilateral development banks, international agricultural research programs and multi-country research consortia such as those under European research framework programs.
Services
Climate risk & evapotranspiration
Reference evapotranspiration (ETo) analysis and classification using WRF/GFS numerical weather prediction and remote sensing.
GIS, data & water risk
Spatial and data analysis, land-use mapping, and irrigation and water-availability risk assessment.
Capacity building
Training and workshops for project teams, analysts and extension staff in economic, climate and spatial methods.
Credentials
- PhD Agricultural Economics, University of Western Australia (2020)
- MSc Environmental Earth Science, James Cook University (2013)
- 2026 ASSCT President's Medal for best research paper
- Published at AARES (Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society), ASSCT (Australian Society of Sugar Cane Technologists), IGARSS and EGU, including peer-reviewed papers on evapotranspiration climate classification
- Member of an international research collaboration since 2019 spanning Ecuador, Iceland and the USA, under the Azure-supported project ‘A New Methodology for Evaporation Classification based on AI’
Ways to engage
Short-term expert inputs
Focused technical inputs to project design, appraisal or evaluation missions.
Remote analysis
Economic, climate and spatial analysis delivered remotely from Australia.
Tender bid team member
Named expert on consortium bids for development and research tenders.
Research partner
Partner in research consortia on climate, water and agricultural economics.
Building a team or preparing a bid?
Contact Maria Solis at maria@agrosol.com.au or 0477 905 494.
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