also fundamental in the creation of the International Food Policy Research Institute in 1975, of which he became their second director-general in 1977. A post he held through 1991. He has also served as a professor at the American University of Beirut, as well as at Balwant Rajput College in India. Mellor served as a member of the Agricultural Credit Commission for the Reserve Bank India between 1986–88, and then served on the board on agriculture at the National Academy of Sciences from 1989–1992. Accomplishments American Agricultural Economics Association Award - Best Published Research (1967) Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (since 1977) American Agricultural Economics Association Award - Publication of Enduring Quality (1978), for his 1967 book, The Economics of Agricultural Development Fellow, American Agricultural Economics Association (since 1980) Wihuri International Prize (1985) Presidential Award (The White House, USA) Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science Significant publications Books Agricultural Development and Economic Transformation (2017) - Named one of the best economy books of 2017 by The Financial Times Agricultural Price Policy for Developing Countries (1988) Accelerating Food Production in Sub-Saharan Africa (1987) The New Economics of Growth (1976) The Economics of Agricultural Development (1967) - won the American Agricultural Economics Association award Articles While he has written (or co-written) hundreds of articles, these are some of his most cited: "The World Food Equation: Interrelations Among Development, Employment, and Food Consumption" (1984 - co-authored with Bruce F. Johnston) "Food Price Policy and Income Distribution in Low-Income Countries" (1978) "The role of agriculture in economic development" - The American Economic Review (1961) External links John W. Mellor on Researchgate References 1928 births People from Neuilly-sur-Seine American development economists Cornell University alumni Alumni of the University of Oxford Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences American Association for the Advancement of Science American agriculturalists Cornell University faculty Living people French emigrants to the United States American expatriates in the United Kingdom American expatriates in Lebanon American expatriates in India