Mohammad Tirgariseraji
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About
Tirgariseraji holds a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics-Agricultural Policy and Development. His research interests include bioeconomic modeling, resilience, sustainable food systems, and dietary transitions and preferences.
During his doctoral studies, Tirgariseraji completed research sabbaticals at the Center for Development Research (ZEF), University of Bonn, Germany, and the Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Norway. These experiences helped him further develop his dissertation on less environmentally impactful diets and bioeconomic modeling.
After defending his Ph.D. dissertation in February 2024, Tirgariseraji joined the Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) at Michigan State University, USA, as a Research Assistant, under direction of Prof. A.Poyan Nejadhashemi. His current research focuses on two main areas.
First, he conducts research in normative economics, with particular emphasis on: (i) developing a new functional form of the utility function to capture non-monotonic behavior and the trade-offs between economic gains and environmental benefits; and (ii) proposing a new procedure for identifying the economic and non-economic zones of production functions for nitrogen fertilizer by incorporating the dynamic interactions among farm size, nitrogen-intensive production strategies, and nitrogen-saving strategies. Based on these contributions, the 2026 Annual Meeting of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) accepted his proposal for an organized session entitled “Normative Economics in Eco-Environmental Schemes”, where these new theoretical developments will be discussed by leading agricultural economists.
Second, he develops conceptual frameworks for resilience assessment based on the shock-failure-recovery sequence. His work in this area has been published in Agricultural Systems.
Through these contributions to normative economics and resilience conceptualization, Tirgariseraji seeks to advance economic approaches for evaluating solutions that maintain food production within the planet’s “Safe Operating Space”, contributing to the broader scientific paradigm of the “Planetary Boundaries”.
Experience Details
Experience of working on research projects at Michigan State University (Advisor: Prof. A.Pouyan Nejadhashemi):
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Research project on Resilience and Food Security as part of the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sustainable Intensification (SIIL)
- BRACE: Building Resilience in Agriculture Through Climate-Smart Practices and Socioeconomic Evaluation
Tirgariseraji, M., and A. P. Nejadhashemi. 2026. Empowering Senegalese Farmers Through Adaptive Expenditure Strategies for Climate Resilience. Food and Energy Security15, no. 2: e70216. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.70216.
Moller, K., Nejadhashemi, A.P., Tirgari, M., Junior, N.V., Carcedo, A.J.P., Ciampitti, I., Prasad, P.V. and Diallo, A., 2026. A novel framework for evaluating farmer resilience: Methodological advances and theoretical foundations. Agricultural Systems, 231, p.104554. 10.1016/j.agsy.2025.104554
Moller, K., A. P. Nejadhashemi, M. Tirgari, et al. 2026. Exploring the Impact of Climate Variability on the Resilience of Senegalese Farmers Through Nutrition, Economic, and Risk Factors. Food and Energy Security15, no. 1: e70197. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.70197.
Tirgariseraji, M., and A. P. Nejadhashemi. 2025. Reinforcing Welfare Outcomes of Structural Change in Rural Areas: Evaluation of On-Farm and Off-Farm Income in Senegalese Households. Food and Energy Security14, no. 6: e70173. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.70173.
Tirgariseraji, M., Nejadhashemi, A.P., Sabouni, M.S., Jafari, Y., Persson, T., Mirzabaev, A., Nikouei, A., Moller, K. and Foroushani, N.S., 2025. Assessing the impact of nitrogen regulatory policies on fertilizer use and food production elasticity. Journal of Cleaner Production, 499, p.145218. 10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.145218
Tirgariseraji, M., Nejadhashemi, A.P., Ciampitti, I. and Prasad, P.V.V., 2025. Spatial Patterns and Determinants of Agricultural Resilience: Evidence From Senegal. Food Energy Secur, 14: e70070. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.70070
Tirgariseraji, M., Persson, T., Jafari, Y., Sabouni, M.S., Mirzabaev, A., Nikouei, A. and Foroushani, N.S., 2024. Aiming at low nitrogen leaching diets based on nitrogen fertilizer regulatory policy: A regional bio-economic assessment of the Zayandeh-Rud river basin-Iran. Journal of Environmental Management, 351, p.119650. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2023.119650
Tirgariseraji, M., Nejadhashemi, A. P., Jafari, Y., Persson, T., Sabouni, M. S., Mirzabaev, A., Nikouei, A., & Froshani, N. S., 2024. Exploring the instability in the food security due to nitrogen fertilizer regulatory policy. Food and Energy Security, 13, e549. https://doi.org/10.1002/fes3.549
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