Dr. Tran

Dr. Doc Lap Tran 
Assistant Professor
Department of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
College of Agriculture

Contact Information
211F-211D CARP Building
(615) 963-6520
dtran2@tnstate.edu


Research Areas
Consumer Economics
Food Safety
Value Chains in Agriculture
Water Resource Management

Publications
Tran Hoai Nam, Quy Minh Trung, Le Thi Hue Trang, Tran Doc Lap, Nguyen Minh Ton (2021). Analysis of factors affecting the application of net-house model in agricultural productions of famers in Ninh Phuoc District, Ninh Thuan Province. Journal of Forestry Science and Technology, No 1, 2021.

Tran H. Nam, Tran D. Lap, Le Vu, Nguyen M. Ton, Nguyen V. Cuong (2020). Analysis of factors affecting the awareness probability about the fair-trade model of the coffee farmers in Xuan Truong commune, Dalat city, Lam Dong province. Van Hien Journals, 7(1). 74-84, ISSN 1859

Nguyen Minh Ton, Tran Doc Lap, Nguyen Duyen Linh (2018). Factors affecting new technology adaptation in asparagus production in An Hai commune, Ninh Phuoc, NinhThuan Province. Journal of Trade and Industry, 15, 2018.

Tran Hoai Nam, Le Vu, Nguyen Duyen Linh, Nguyen Anh Tuan, Tran Doc Lap (2017). Optimizing input factors in coffee cultivation in Lam Ha district, Lam Dong province. Van Hien University Journal of Science, Vol 5(3), 2017. ISSN 1859 – 2961.

Tran Doc Lap, Dang Duc Huy, Le Vu, Le Thanh Tung (2017). The comparative advantage of coffee production in lam ha district, Lam Dong province, Vietnam: A domestic resource cost approach. Van Hien University Journal of Science, Vol 5(2), 2017. ISSN 1859 – 2961.

Tran Doc Lap and Nguyen Anh Tuan (2016). The Economic Efficiency of Crop Switching: a case study on switching from the growing of robber tree to pomelo at Hieu Liem commune, Tan Uyen District, Binh Duong Province. Journal of Agricultural Sciences and Technology, Nong Lam University HCMC, No2, 2016.

Tran, L.D., David Zilberman., Schilizzi, S., Chalak, M., Kingwell, R (2016). Policy implication of managing reservoir water for multiple-use of irrigation and fisheries in Vietnam. Water Utility Journal- European Water Resource Association. 69-81, Issue 13.

Tran Doc Lap, Thai Anh Hoa, Nguyen Minh Ton (2013). Optimized water management for rice production under uncertain weather conditions. Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, Nong Lam University, HCMC No. 1/2013.

Tran, L.D., Schilizzi, S., Chalak, M., Kingwell, R., (2012). Modelling the management of multiple-use reservoirs: Deterministic or stochastic dynamic programming? The Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society 2012, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia, p27, ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/124463.

Tran Lap Doc, Schilizzi Steven, Chalak Morteza, Kingwell Ross S (2011). Optimizing competitive uses of water for irrigation and fisheries Optimizing competitive uses of water for irrigation and fisheries. Agricultural Water Management. Volume 101, Issue 1, Pages 42-51.

Tran, L.D., Schilizzi, S., Kingwell, R., (2010). Dynamic Trade-offs in Water Use Between Irrigation and Reservoir Aquaculture in Vietnam. The Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society 2010, Adelaide, Australia, pp. 37. ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/124463.

Books
J-D Cesaro , D. Sautier, Nguyen Manh Cuong, I. Baltenweck, Tran Doc Lap, Le Thi Thanh Huyen (2019). Chapter 4: The sustainability of pig production. Cesaro J.-D., Duteurtre G., Nguyen Mai Huong (Eds.), 2019. Atlas of Livestock Transitions in Vietnam: 1986-2016, IPSARD, CIRAD, Montpellier, Hanoi, 64 p. [In both English and French].

Doc Lap Tran (2016). Multiple-use resource management: optimal reservoir water release strategies for irrigation and fisheries in Vietnam. LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, Germany.

Le Thanh Loan and Tran Doc Lap (2000). Chapter 3: The Economic Performance of the Southeast Region. Nguyen Van Ngai and Le Thanh Loan (Eds) (2000), Bases for Territory – Based Rural Development in Southeast Region, Viet Nam, National University-HCMC Publisher. [In both English and Vietnamese]

Grants 
Australian Center for International Agricultural Research, Australian Government, 2019-2020
Department Of Science and Technology Of An Giang Province, Vietnamese Government, 2018- 2021
Nong Lam University-HCMC, 2018 – 2020
Department Of Science and Technology Of An Giang Province, Vietnamese Government, 2017- 2020
The International Livestock Research Center (ILRI), 2013 – 2015
Australian Center For International Agricultural Research, Australian Government, 2011-2012

Teaching 
AGSC-4100 Organization and Contemporary Issues 

Awards 
First Prize Award 2014
The 6th Annual Youth Scientific and Technological Conference of 
Agriculture - Forestry - Fisheries – for Universities and Colleges, Tay Nguyen University, Vietnam
Overseas Travel Award 2009 The University of Western Australia

Fellowships
Fulbright Fellowship, Us Government 2015
Endeavor Research Fellowship, Australian Government 2014
John Allwright Fellowship, Australian Government 2007
Nong Lam University Scholarship for Postgraduate Study 2003
Fulbright Economics Teaching Program in Vietnam, Us Government 2000

Education 
Postdoc Study, Agricultural Economics 2015 University of California, Berkeley

PhD, Agricultural Economics  2012 The University of Western Australia

MSC, Agricultural Economics 2003 Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Postgraduate Diploma, Applied Economics for Public Policy Analysis 2001 Fulbright Economics Teaching Program in Vietnam Ho Chi Minh City University of Economics and Harvard University

B.A, Agricultural Economics 1998 Nong Lam University, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Date joined TSU: August 2022