Francis Tsiboe, Ph.D.

Francis Tsiboe, Ph.D.

Senior Research Economist & Program Leader, ARPC, NDSU.

About me

I build the evidence and the open-source tools behind the U.S. farm safety net.

I am a Senior Research Economist and Program Leader at the Agricultural Risk Policy Center (ARPC), North Dakota State University, an applied microeconomist working at the intersection of agricultural risk management and U.S. farm policy. American-Ghanaian, born and raised in Accra, Ghana.

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47 peer-reviewed articles · 10 U.S. Government publications · 2025 JAAE Outstanding Journal Article.

What I work on

  • Farm safety net & risk policy: the Federal Crop Insurance Program (FCIP), Price Loss Coverage and Agriculture Risk Coverage (PLC/ARC), prevented planting, and the One Big Beautiful Bill.
  • Open-source farm-policy tools: an open U.S. farm-policy simulator and a family of R packages for crop-insurance simulation, calibration, and cost benchmarking.
  • Agricultural development in Ghana: productivity, technology adoption, markets, and welfare.

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Research
From FCIP rating to policy design
Leadership
Steering ARPC's applied-policy mission
Outreach
Briefings, briefs, and field engagement
Mentoring
Co-authoring with graduate students
AI
Structure as the harness for AI

Now

A snapshot of what I am working on:

  • Building the open-source U.S. farm-policy simulator.
  • Developing the NDSU Agricultural Risk and Peril Monitor.
  • Analyzing the farm-safety-net effects of the One Big Beautiful Bill.

Education

Ph.D., Applied Economics (Kansas State University, 2021); M.S., Agricultural Economics (University of Arkansas); and B.S., Agriculture/Agribusiness (University of Ghana).

Let’s connect

I am always open to collaborations on FCIP, PLC/ARC, and the broader U.S. farm safety net. Browse my publications and working papers, explore my software, or email me.