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Vale Dr. Erika Meng |
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We are saddened by the passing of our friend and CIMMYT economist, Dr. Erika Meng, on the first of June this year. With Erika’s family support and participation during the last few months of her life, the University of California, Davis, has established a scholarship to celebrate her legacy.
To give each of us the opportunity to honor the memory of Erika, the Erika C.H. Meng Scholarship Fund for Development Policy and Research has been created to support Agricultural and Resource Economics graduate students in bridging applied development research and policy, as Erika did so well in her career. As funds are available, this scholarship can provide seed funding for graduate students to initiate applied fieldwork, travel to present findings at meetings and conferences, or collaborate with appropriate policy research and development agencies.
Erika was born in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, in 1963. She obtained a PhD in agricultural and resource economics from the University of California at Davis in 1997, and began working at CIMMYT as an Associate Scientist in the Economics Program the same year. Her research focused on the valuation of maize and wheat diversity and on farmer and market linkages in Asia. She has left a significant legacy of published studies on this important region. Please consider making a tax-deductible, generous contribution to this fund and help us reach the $25,000 goal of creating a permanently endowed fund. A reply form is linked here for your convenience.
Cheques should be made payable to the UC Davis Foundation (note "Erika C.H. Meng Fund") and mailed to:
Laurie Greene, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616.
We encourage you to share information about the Scholarship with others who may have known Erika or her work, or with those who wish to contribute to support our graduate students.
Erika is survived by her husband, Jacob, her sister, Brita, her brother, Henrik, and her niece, Kaia.