Marc Bellemare's research lies at the intersection of agricultural economics, food policy, and development economics. His research includes land markets, market access, risk and uncertainty, agricultural value chains, food prices, and agricultural policy. He has been co-Principal Investigator on a National Science Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant and Principal Investigator on an Index Insurance Innovation Initiative grant. He currently serve as associate editor at Food Policy, and is an associate editor at the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.