Madhav Regmi

Phone: (870) 224-3310

Kansas State University
Email: mregmi@ksu.edu
Department of Agricultural Economics
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Manhattan, KS 66506
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Education
Ph.D. Economics, Kansas State University [Expected: December, 2018].
Emphasis: Agricultural Economics
Adviser: Allen M. Featherstone

M.A. Economics, Kansas State University, 2017.

Adviser: Philip G. Gayle
M.S. Agricultural Economics, Louisiana State University, 2014.
Thesis Tile: Three Essays on Migration Decision, Migration Destination Choice, and Food Security:
Evidence from Chitwan, Nepal
Advisers: Krishna P. Paudel and Robert W. Harrison
B.S. Agriculture, Tribhuvan University, 2010.
Minor: Agricultural Economics

Research Interests
Agricultural Finance, Banking and Credit Risk, Production Economics, Farm Household Economics

Publications
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Khanal, Aditya and Madhav Regmi. Financial Constraints and Production Efficiency: A Case from
Rice Growers in Drought Prone Areas. Forthcoming Agricultural Finance Review 2017.
Regmi, Madhav and Krishna P. Paudel. Food Security in a Remittance Based Economy. Food Security
(2017): 1-18.

Book Chapter
Regmi, Madhav and Krishna P. Paudel. Impact of Remittance on Food Security in Bangladesh. Food
Security in a Food Abundant World (Frontiers of Economics and Globalization, Volume 16) Emerald Group
Publishing Limited 16 (2016): 145-158.
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Selected Presentations
Pokharel, Krishna, Madhav Regmi, Allen M. Featherstone, David Archer. Examining the Financial
Performance of Agricultural Cooperatives in the United States. Selected for presentation at Western
Education and Research Activities Group Meeting , Boise, Idaho , June 11- June 13, 2017.
Regmi, Madhav, Allen M. Featherstone, Cortney A. Cowley and Mykel R. Taylor. Economies of Scale
and Scope in U.S. Agricultural Banks. Selected for presentation at Agricultural and Applied Economics
Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting , Chicago, Illinois , July 30- August 1, 2017.

Regmi, Madhav and Allen M. Featherstone. Farm Households Consumption Heterogeneity and Ru-
ral Business Dynamics.Selected for presentation at Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA)
Annual Meeting, Mobile, AL, February 4-7, 2016.
Regmi, Madhav and Allen M. Featherstone. U.S. Energy Price Volatility Spillover in Global Corn
Markets, Mobile, AL, February 4-7, 2016.

Regmi, Madhav. Estimating Price Flexibility of Demand in Agricultural Commodities. Selected for
presentation at Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting , Boston, Mas-
sachusetts, July 31- August 2, 2016.
Regmi, Madhav, Oladipo Obeme and Jason Bergtold. Efficiency Evaluation of Rice Production in
Bangladesh.Selected for presentation at Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA) Annual Meet-
ing, San Antonio, Texas, February 6-9, 2016.
Khanal, Aditya, Krishna Hari Koiral and Madhav Regmi. Do Financial Constraints Affect Production
Efficiency in Drought Prone Areas? A Case from Indonesian Rice Growers.Selected for presentation at
Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA) Annual Meeting, San Antonio, Texas, February 6-9,
2016.

Regmi, Madhav, Krishna P. Paudel and Ashok K. Mishra. Impact of Remittance on Food Security
in Bangladesh. Selected for presentation at Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA) Annual
Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, January 31-February 3, 2015.
Regmi, Madhav, Krishna P. Paudel, Aditya R. Khanal and Krishna H. Koirala. Consumption Pattern of
Rural and Urban Households in Namibia: A Quantile Regression Approach. Selected for presentation
at Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA) Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, January 31-
February 3, 2015.
Regmi, Madhav, Krishna P. Paudel and Deborah Williams. Push and Pull Factors Associated with
Migration in Nepal: An Economic Perspective. Selected for presentation at Agricultural and Applied
Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota on July 27-29, 2014.

Regmi, Madhav, Krishna P. Paudel and Deborah Williams. Migration and Remittance and Their Im-
pacts on Food Security in Nepal. Selected for presentation at Southern Agricultural Economics Association
(SAEA) Annual Meeting, Dallas, Texas on February 1-4, 2014.

Teaching Experience
Instructor
AGEC 115 Decision Tools for Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness at Kansas State University
(Fall, 2016) [Overall effectiveness as a teacher: 4.1/5.0, Amount learned in the course: 4.1/5.0]
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Teaching Assistant
AGEC 120 Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness at Kansas State University
(Spring, 2017) [Lab Instructor and TA for Jason Bergtold]
AGEC 115 Decision Tools for Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness at Kansas State University
(Spring, 2017) [TA for Christine Wilson]
AGEC 115 Decision Tools for Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness at Kansas State University
(Spring, 2016) [TA for Christine Wilson]
AGEC 315 Contemporary Issues in Global Food and Agricultural Systems at Kansas State University
(Spring, 2015) [TA for Nathan Hendricks]
AGEC 3413 Agricultural Business Management Decision at Louisiana State University
(Fall,2014) [TA for Krishna Paudel]

Reviewer of Journal
Regmi, Madhav. Reviewer. World Development. 2016.
Regmi, Madhav. Reviewer. International Migration. 2016.
Regmi, Madhav. Reviewer. Journal of Rural Studies. 2016.

Awards and Recognition

GSC Professional Development Certificate,Graduate Student Council, Kansas State University, 2017.
[To receive the certificate students must attend at least five professional development events (10 hours) hosted
by GSC throughtout the academic year.]
GTA Recognition of Achievement in Professional Development Certificate, Teaching and Learning
Center, Kansas State University, 2017.
[To receive the certificate students must attend at least 10 teaching events (10 hours) throughtout the aca-
demic year. Also, GTAs observe and evaluate each others teaching.]
Graduate Student Council Travel Grant, Kansas State University, 2017 [$500].
Graduate Student Council Travel Grant, Kansas State University, 2016 [$500].
Graduate Student Council Travel Grant, Kansas State University, 2015 [$500].
Graduate Research and Teaching Assistantship for PhD in Economics with Emphasis in Agricultural
Economics by Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University, 2015.
Graduate Student Merit Honor Roll Award , Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society, Louisiana State
University Chapter, 2014.
Outstanding M.S. Student Award, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana
State University, 2014.
Graduate Research Assistantship for MS in Agricultural Economics by Department of Agricultural
Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University, 2013.
Fellowship for BS in Agriculture by Institute of Agriculture and Animal Sciences (IAAS), Tribhuvan
University,2006.
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Employment
Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State Uni-
versity, Manhattan, KS, Jan 2015-current.
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana
State University, Baton Rouge, LA, Jan 2013- Dec 2014 .
Project Coordinator of Livelihood Project (Agricultural Project), SRDF/World Vision International
Nepal, Sunsari, Nepal, Jan 2012-June 2012 .

Computer Skills
Fluent: STATA, R, LaTex
Good: GAMS, GeoDa, ArcGIS, MATLAB, SAS

Leadership Skills
President, Nepalese Student Association (NSA), Kansas State University, April, 2017- April, 2018.
President, Agricultural Economics Graduate Student Association (AEGSA), Kansas State University,
January 2017-December 2017.
Vice-President, Agricultural Economics Graduate Student Association (AEGSA), Kansas State Univer-
sity, January, 2016- December, 2016.
Treasurer, Nepalese Student Association (NSA), Kansas State University, April, 2015- April, 2016.
Coordinator, Amnesty International Innovative Youth Network, Bharatpur, Nepal , December, 2009-
January, 2011.

References
Allen M. Featherstone
Professor and Department Head, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University
Email: afeather@k-state.edu
Jason Bergtold
Professor and Director of Graduate Programs, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University
Email: bergtold@k-state.edu
Jesse B. Tack
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University
Email: jtack@ksu.edu
Mykel R. Taylor
Associate Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University
Email: mtaylor@k-state.edu

Last updated: 08-04-17