• Extreme Dry Spells and Larger Storms in the U.S. Midwest Raise Crop Prices 

      Cornejo, Magadalena; Merener, Nicolás; Merovich, Ezequiel (RedNIE Red Nacional de Investigadores en Economía, 2024)
      The U.S. Midwest produces about a third of global corn and soybeans, two of the most important crops for humanity. Earlier literature has found that corn and soybean output is sensitive to weather in a nonlinear manner: ...
    • The potential footprint of alternative meat adoption on corn and soybean producers 

      Blaustein-Rejto, Dan; Merener, Nicolás; Smith, Alex (Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems (ISSN: 2571-581X), 2024-10-22)
      Alternative meat (AltMeat), which includes plant-based and cultured meats, has the potential to improve the global food supply chain on numerous environmental and societal dimensions. Some of these gains, derived from ...
    • The Potential Footprint of Plant- Based Meat Adoption on Leading Crop Producers 

      Merener, Nicolás (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, 2023-12-30)
      Plant-based meat (PBM) has the potential to improve the global food supply chain on numerous environmental and societal dimensions. Some of these gains, derived from lower animal meat production, could disrupt the supply ...