Jonathan Kydd

Who is Jonathan Kydd?

Professor Jonathan Kydd, born in Hemel Hempstead,1951, and educated at Kimbolton School, is a leading expert in Agricultural Development Economics, has examined the demand and supply constraints affecting poor farmers in sub-Saharan Africa, and has argued for dramatic policy reform and increased attention to governance issues in the region. Professor Kydd garnered notoriety for his analysis of the 2001/2002 food crisis in Malawi, Malawi's redeployment of labour in the 1970s, and his analysis of Zambia's transition to coffee crops.

Professor Kydd is currently Dean of the University of London International Programmes and Visiting Professor at the Imperial College London. Prior to his appointment at the University of London, Professor Kydd was Director of the Distance Learning Programme, Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College London, which focuses on international development and poverty reduction, sustainability, environment, biodiversity, economics and agribusiness. While in the latter role, Professor Kydd was instrumental in helping to create the MSc in Applied Environmental Economics, a programme which now boasts over 1000 students and over 40 courses.