May 2003

Calendar of Events

Congratulations and Names in the News

Paul V. Preckel received the Award of Merit for Graduate Teaching from Gamma Sigma Delta. New initiates from AGEC were: Joshua Detre, Michelle Swank Rice and Noah Winslow, graduate students and Jennifer Weinzapfel and Jamie Williams, undergraduates.

Thought You Would Like To Know

Upcoming programs sponsored by the Center for Food and Agricultural Business:

June 25-26, 2003 Charge! Leading Your Team: Maximizing Sales Opportunities
Contact Scott Downey, downeyws@purdue.edu

July 14-15, 2003 Strategic Customer Relationship Management
Contact Sharie Wall, swall@purdue.edu

For more information: http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/cab/programs/nca/index.htm

Publications:

Marie E. Walsh, Daniel G. De La Torre Ugarte, Hosein Shapouri, and Stephen P. Slinsky, “Bioenergy Crop Production in the United States: Potential Quantities, Land Use Changes, and Economic Impacts on the Agricultural Sector.” Environmental and Resource Economics, 00: 1-21, 2003.

Daniel G. De La Torre, Marie E. Walsh, Hosein Shapouri, Stephen P. Slinsky. “The Economic Impacts of Bioenergy Crop Production of U.S. Agriculture,” U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of the Chief Economist, Office of Energy Policy and New Uses, Agricultural Economic Report No. 816, February 2003.

Lovejoy, Stephen B., “Your SWCD: An agent of change or a millstone?” Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, March-April 2003: Vol. 58, No. 2.

Dr. Hardin Honored*

Dr. Lowell Hardin was named a Sagamore of the Wabash at the recent Distinguished Ag Alumni breakfast, held on Saturday, April 26. The Sagamore of the Wabash award was created during the term of Governor Ralph Gates, who served from 1945 to 1949. The term "sagamore" was used by the American Indian Tribes of the northeastern United States to describe a lesser chief or a great man among the tribe to whom the true chief would look for wisdom and advice. The award is the highest honor which the Governor of Indiana bestows.

Dr. Hardin’s first appointment at Purdue was effective January 1, 1943—60 years ago! His exceptional capabilities as a professor, academic leader, former department head of Agricultural Economics, and mentor for students and faculty have been widely recognized and honored in the past. In 1990, Purdue conferred the degree of Doctor of Agriculture honoris causa (an honorary doctoral degree, the highest recognition conferred by Purdue University) on Dr. Hardin, and he has also been selected as a Professor emeritus. Although officially retired since the mid-1980s, Lowell comes to his office almost every day to contribute to the international work of the School of Agriculture.

Lowell’s distinguished contributions as a citizen of Indiana have been both to higher education and to the broader arena of international agriculture. By playing a central role in the conceptualization and implementation of the two major international agricultural research organization [the global network of International Agricultural Research Centers (IARCs) and the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR)], Dr. Hardin has made a significant and enduring contribution to international agriculture, food security, and rural sector modernization. The IARCs and the CGIAR constitute perhaps the most unique international organizational innovation of the last half of the 20th century. These institutions were designed to focus global efforts in a coordinated response to the profound problem of world hunger. Lowell richly deserves much of the credit for this initiative. His contributions to these organizations grew from the 16 years (1965-1981) which he spent with the Ford Foundation’s International Division. As senior agriculturalist, he had major responsibility for the Foundation’s international activities related to the alleviation of world hunger. Although located in New York City, Dr. Hardin spent more than a third of his time in the developing countries working with Ford Foundation personnel and with local agricultural scientists and educators in universities, research systems, and government agencies. During this period, Dr. Hardin directed the staffs in both the Ford and Rockefeller Foundations in their joint global agricultural activities. Tens of millions of people are able to obtain better, more nutritious food under more secure circumstances because of the research and development efforts of the IARCs and the CGIAR support system. Moreover, from his base and home in Indiana, Dr. Hardin continues to reach around the world, assisting agriculture in multiple dimensions. Congratulations, Lowell!

* Information obtained from http://www.in.gov/sic/about/sagamore.html and courtesy of Dr. Dave Sammons.

Travel, Speeches and Presented Papers

John Sanders and Kevin McNamara participated in the workshop on strategy for agriculture in developing countries held in Chicago, April 23, sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Hertel, Thomas W. 2003. “Do US Trade Policies Affect Poverty in Developing Countries?” presentation to the “Town and Gown” seminar series, Lafayette, Indiana, April 25, 2003.

Hertel, Thomas W., Maros Ivanic, Paul V. Preckel and John Cranfield, 2003. “Multilateral Trade Liberalization and Poverty in Indonesia”, paper presented as part of the International Scientific Conference in celebration of Jan Tinbergen, the first Nobel Laureate in Economics, Erasmus University, April 10, 2003.

Hertel, Thomas W., Maros Ivanic, Paul V. Preckel and John Cranfield, 2003. “Multilateral Trade Liberalization and the Structure of Poverty in Developing Countries.” Paper presented as part of the Conference on Globalization and Poverty, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, April 11-12, 2003.

Recent Achievements:

Congratulations to the following individuals who have successfully completed advanced degrees:

Job Announcements

Mississippi State University: Assist/Assoc Extension Professor:
1) Enterprise & Community Resource Development
2) Community Resource Development

University of Vermont: Extension faculty position in Agricultural Marketing

University of Illinois: Program Coordinator, Farm Risk Mgmt Research and Outreach

Purdue University: Dept of Consumer Sciences and Retailing – Assist Prof – E-Commerce

University of Arizona: Cardon Chair in Agricultural Economics and Policy

University of Wisconsin: Director of the School of Agriculture

University of Wisconsin-Madison: Three positions: Land Economics, Environmental, Economics of Entrepreneurship

University of Florida: Lecturer (2 positions)

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