Adauto Rocha Jr
CE Specialist in Small Farm Economics and Rural Development
Agronomic Engineer with an M.Sc. in Economics (Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil), a D.Sc. in Applied Economics (University of São Paulo, Brazil), and a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics (University of Nebraska–Lincoln, USA).
My research focuses on production economics applied to evaluating the impacts of public policies and social programs. I also develop cost studies and simulation models to assess the profitability and costs of agricultural technologies. Much of my work centers on family farming and conservation, with an emphasis on understanding how policies and practices shape economic outcomes and resilience in rural communities.
Dr. Rocha is an Assistant Professor of Cooperative Extension in Small Farm and Rural Development Economics. He is an agricultural economist with two Ph.D.s (Agricultural Economics and Applied Economics) and advanced expertise in econometric and spatial modeling using Stata, R, TSP (OxMetrics), MATLAB, QGIS, and Google Earth. He is skilled in developing accessible extension tools that integrate Power BI, API programming, Power Query, and Qualtrics, and has experience leading interdisciplinary research on the economics of small-scale farming, livestock, and the environment. His work includes securing external funding and delivering extension programming for farmers, agribusinesses, and policymakers.