Bijesh Mishra
Postdoc
Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
Office Number: 307A/B Comer Hall | bzm0094@auburn.edu
BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION
- PhD, Oklahoma State University, USA
- MS, Kentucky State University, USA
- BSc, Tribhuvan University, Nepal
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- October 2022- present: Postdoctoral Fellow, Auburn University
HONORS/AWARDS
- 2021: Eugene and Doris Miller Distinguished Graduate Fellowship, Oklahoma State University
- 2021: Robertson Summer Dissertation Fellowship/Research and Creative Activity Grants, Oklahoma State University
- 2017: Academic Excellence Award (MS), Kentucky State University
RESEARCH
My research focuses on agriculture, energy, sustainability, climate change, and policy. I am also interested in developmental and political economics. I use econometrics, geospatial analysis, social surveys, and machine learning.
Selected Publications
Mishra, B., Miao, R., Musa, N., Brothers, D., Khanna, M., Rabinowitz, A.N., Mwebaze, P., and McCall, J. (2025). Specialty crop agrivoltaics in the Southeastern USA: Profitability and the role of Rural Energy for America Program. Choices, 39(4). (Accepted)
Hanby, G. Zhai, Lu, Mishra, B., Joshi, O. (2025). A comprehensive analysis of drought-caused economic losses and landowners’ perception concerning drought and erratic rainfall patterns. Forest Policy and Economics, 170, 103405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103405
Mishra, B., Joshi, O., Masters, R.E., McKinney, C. Adhikari, A., Zou, C.B., Will, R.E. (2023). Economic returns and the perceived obstacles to adopting active management in the forest-grassland transition ecoregion in south-central USA. Journal of Environmental Management, 343, 118225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.118225
Mishra, B., Joshi, O., Chapagain, B.P., Lambert, L.H., Will, R.E. (2023). Intentions of landowners towards active management of the Ecosystem for Deer Habitat. Environmental Management, 72, 529-539. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-023-01810-3.
Mishra, B., Gyawali, B.R., Poudyal, N.C., Paudel, K.P., Simon, M.F., Dasgupta, S., Antonious, G. (2018). Adoption of sustainable agriculture practices among farmers in Kentucky, USA. Environmental Management, 62(6), 1060-1072. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-018-1109-3.