The Francis B. McCormick Professorship supports work by a distinguished member of the faculty in the area of agricultural marketing and policy. The Professorship funds development of new areas of research and educational programs. Ohio State s Rural Finance Program is world renowned for decades of analyzing rural financial markets. The program s special expertise is in providing financial services to clients deemed difficult to serve. Historically, research and development projects have been located in developing countries and newly-independent states.
New efforts are to develop some domestic applications for the techniques used abroad.
Faculty and graduate students in this program are widely published. The program s international reputation comes from developing theoretical solutions to financial problems and helping countries or international agencies build appropriate policy solutions to those problems. Experts presentations, newsletters, special reports and on-line information about various agricultural, environmental and development issues are updated throughout the year. Some of this material is linked below. Risk Management AED Economics has a number of unique programs in the area of risk management.