Agriculture Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, India 1986 Research Economics of the food marketing system with a primary focus on the problems and issues related to structure and performance of food industries.
Additional interests are in the theories and practices of cooperatives and rural development.
Past and current research include modeling and measurement of structure, conduct and performance of food industries, analysis of vertical integration by farmer cooperatives, market potential studies for non-agricultural businesses and cooperatives, and performance analysis of farmer cooperatives. I am also associated with the South Asia Initiative at Rutgers University. Teaching Similar to research interests, with a continued goal to create a strong curriculum in the economics of food marketing. Bhuyan, S. and R. A. Lopez, 1998. Oligopoly power and allocative efficiency in the U.S. food and tobacco manufacturing.