Roberto O. Valdivia is an Economist graduated from the Universidad Nacional del Altiplano-Puno, Peru with a B.S. in Economic Sciences in 1995. In 1996 he earned the title of Economist Engineer. He was involved in projects funded by the IDRC-Canada in Bolivia, and then he worked at the International Potato Center in Lima, Peru as a research assistant and consultant for several projects in the Andean region funded by the IFAD, ILRI, and the IDRC among others. In 1998 he began working for the Tradeoffs in Sustainable Agriculture Project funded by the SM-CRSP/USAID.  He obtained his MSc. in Applied Economics in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Economics at Montana State University. Current research include modifying the Tradeoff Analysis method and TOA model software to be applied for different analysis such as soil conservation investments, carbon sequestration and policy decision analysis in the Andes and the US.

 

 

Updated: 01/15/2004