Alexandra Peralta Sanchez

Alexandra is an Associate Professor in Agricultural and Food Economics with The Centre for Global Food and Resources (CGFAR) at Adelaide University. Her research focuses on evaluating the adoption of agricultural innovations on income and household welfare-related outcomes. She uses econometric methods, lab-in-field experiments, farmer decision-making models, and qualitative methods. Alexandra’s work includes collaboration with agricultural scientists, anthropologists, and geographers. Her current research projects study the economic and social impacts of mobile finance on men and women in farming households in Cambodia and Laos, and the impacts of the national seed system on food production and food security in Timor-Leste. She conducted work on the evaluation of the adoption of improved seed varieties and postharvest practices in Angola, Haiti, Nicaragua, Uganda, and Vanuatu, and dairy farming practices in Indonesia. Alexandra researched farmers’ decisions on whether to grow trees or crops in the highlands of western Kenya. She has presented her work in Australia, Brazil, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, and the United States. Alexandra has extensive experience with the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). She has worked as a Research Associate at the Department of Community Sustainability at Michigan State University and consulted for the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). Alexandra has experience with the International Centre for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and the International Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF). Alexandra is a Fulbright alumna.