Calendar of Events:
Nov. 13
Nov. 21
Nov. 26-29
Dec. 13
Dec. 15-20
Dec. 21
Jan. 12
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Seminar by William Amponsah
Seminar by Paul Johnson
Thanksgiving vacation
Fall classes end
Fall final exams
Fall Commencement
Spring 2004 classes begin
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Upcoming Seminars:
William Amponsah will present a seminar on November 13,
2003, 3-5:00 p.m., in KRAN 661, entitled, “Challenges
Facing Africa in Ongoing Multilateral Negotiations.”
Paul Johnson, W.K. Kellogg Chair in Agriculture Food and
Community Ethics, Michigan State University, will present
a seminar November 21, 2003, 3-5:00 p.m. in KRAN 661 entitled
“Commodification: What Does It Mean and Why Does It
Matter?”
Congratulations and Names in the News:
The Purdue University based, Indiana Council for Economic
Education celebrated its 50th anniversary of providing teacher
training and resources to K-12 educators with a gala celebration
which took place October 10th at the Indianapolis Athletic
Club. The program began with a teacher’s award program
followed by a demonstration of the Mini-Economy curriculum.
The Mini-Economy is a program where students experience
entrepreneurship in the classroom. The master of ceremonies
was Scott Swan, news anchor at channel 13-WTHR and the keynote
speaker was Peter Harrington, former executive director
of the ICEE. The evening included a silent auction and historical
displays.
The ICEE is a partnership of leaders from business, labor,
agriculture, education, and government dedicated to increasing
economic literacy in Indiana. Through a statewide network
of 13 regional University Centers, and in cooperation with
the Indiana Department of Education, the ICEE provides economic
education training, materials, and consulting assistance
to thousands of Indiana educators each year.
A $1 million grant from the United States Department of
Agriculture will allow Purdue to create the Agricultural
Innovation and Commercialization Center (AICC). Mike Boehlje
and Joan Fulton will be the co-directors of the center.
The purpose of AICC is to provide education on, assessment
of, and shepherding of value-added products or processes
from initial idea to value-added enterprise. These products
or processes result from technological discoveries, producer
ideas, or consumer needs identification. The pursuit of
these goals will create opportunities for agricultural producer
groups to develop value-added agricultural businesses. An
integral part of the center will be the development of assessment
tools for entrepreneurs to use in developing their businesses.
Educational seminars to producer groups will be another
part of the center’s activities. Four projects have
already been identified for initial testing and business
analysis. The projects include a soy-based laundry detergent
additive, new pork products, a soy nutritional enhancement
for food and a feasibility study for a corn mesa flour plant.
Purdue’s New Venture team is an integral component
of the AICC. After innovations have gone through the assessment
phase, they will be turned over to the New Ventures team
for assistance in implementing their ideas.
A special symposium was held October 10 at the University
of Lethbridge (Canada) to celebrate Kurt Klein’s 60th
birthday. Otto Doering traveled west to join the festivities
over the weekend. A number of Purdue alumni attended: Kerry
Litzenberg from Texas, Lars Brink came from Moscow, Randy
Westgren from Illinois, and Mauro Lopes from Brazil. Recently,
Kurt has been designated a “research professor”
at Lethbridge.
Congratulations to the following winners of Extension awards
presented at the recent Extension banquet:
Team Award “Executive Institute for Commercial Producers
Team.” The team members are Allan Gray, Craig Dobbins,
Cole Ehmke, Michael Boehlje, Aissa Slayton, Betty Ottinger,
Linda Heckaman and Alan Miller.
Leadership and Community Development Innovator Award: John
Huie.
Thought You Would Like To Know:
Jayson Lusk was awarded a USDA/NRI grant titled: “Antibiotic
Drug Use in Livestock Production: Effects of a Ban on Producers
and Consumers.”
Janet Ayres, Working with Bill Hoover in FNR, launched
a new program for people working in the natural resources
area, Natural Resources Leadership Development Institute.
The first three-day workshop was held October 15-17, 2003,
at McCormick’s Creek State Park. Over 60 people in
the natural resources area applied to participate in this
program; 30 were selected to give the greatest diversity
to the group. Three, three-day workshops will be held to
teach skills in dealing with controversial public issues;
leadership; collaborative problem-solving; mediation; and
negotiation. The other sessions will be held in November
and December. Follow-up sessions will be planned next spring
on working with the media and how controversial issues move
into the policy arena.
The New Ventures team held a Value-Added Grant Writing
Workshop on October 1, 2003, via IP videoconference. Over
50 people in nine locations around the state participated.
Ernesto Gallo presented a seminar on October 23 entitled,
“The Hottest Fruit in America: The Mango.” He
is a former grad student in the department and is currently
on the faculty at the University of Piura in Peru.
Travel, Speeches and Presented Papers:
Corinne Alexander presented “Biotechnology and Contracts
at a conference “Truth or Consequences: The Future
of Contracting in Agriculture” held September 4th
in Kansas City.
Will Masters presented “Research Prizes: A Mechanism
to Reward Agricultural Innovation in Low-Income Regions”
at Columbia University on September 30 and at Rutgers on
October 17.
Betina Dimaranan and Tom Hertel from the GTAP Center attended
the Second CEPII-IDB Conference, “Economic Implications
of the Doha Development Agenda for Latin America and The
Caribbean,” October 6-7, 2003, held at the Inter-American
Development Bank in Washington, D.C. This conference was
organized by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and
the Commissariat General du Plan (CEPII). The objective
of the conference was to provide a comprehensive analysis
of the challenges and opportunities offered by this new
round of multilateral negotiations with a view to defining
an agenda for future policy research and to evaluate the
economic implications for Latin America and The Caribbean.
Betina presented a paper at this conference and Tom was
a Panel Chair.
Terrie Walmsley attended the “APEC Capacity-Building
Workshop on Quantification of NTMs and Trade Facilitation,”
October 8-10, 2003. The workshop was organized by staff
from the Australian Productivity Commission and the U.S.
International Trade Commission. The workshop was designed
to build on the momentum achieved by research organizations
in the Asia-Pacific region in improving techniques for the
quantitative assessment of trade policies other than tariffs.
Joan Fulton visited Zamorano University in Honduras from
October 15-18. While there she taught a course in Developing
a Business Plan to a group of 72 third-year students.
Jayson Lusk presented “Consumer Preferences as Impetus
for Non Tariff Trade Barriers: Experimental Evidence of
Demand for Genetically Modified Food in the United States
and European Union” at the University of Illinois.
Tom Hertel was an invited presenter at an experts’
workshop on “Quantifying the Impact of Developed Countries’
Policies on Developing Countries,” at The Center for
Global Development in Washington, D.C. on October 23-24,
2003, This workshop was sponsored by The Center for Global
Development (CGD) and the Global Development Network (GDN).
This workshop is to seek to increase knowledge about the
“filters” between developed-country policies
and socioeconomic outcomes in developing countries. Tom’s
presentation at this workshop was entitled, “The Earnings
Effects of Multilateral Trade Liberalization.”
Jayson Lusk presented a paper entitled, “Risk Aversion
in the Presence of Background Risk: Evidence from the Lab”
at the Bloomington Lafayette Indianapolis Social Science
(BLISS) Conference at IUPUI on October 24.
Lowenberg-Deboer, J., Economics of Remote Sensing in Management
Zone Delineation.” Invited paper, Agronomy Society
of America Annual Meeting, November 4, 2003, Denver, CO.
Publications:
Lusk, J.L. “Using Experimental Auctions for Marketing
Applications: A Discussion”, Journal of Agricultural
and Applied Economics, 35(August 2003):349-360.
Masters, W.A., “Research Prizes: A Mechanism to Reward
Agricultural Innovation in Low-Income Regions,” (2003),
AgBioForum 6(1&2, November):1-5.
Sanders, John H., and Barry I. Shapiro, “Crop Technology
Introduction in Semiarid West Africa: Performance and Future
Strategy,” Journal of Crop Production, 9(2003).
Job Announcements:
University of Arizona: faculty position in international
trade
University of California, Santa Cruz: Assist Professor –
Econometrics
University of California, Santa Cruz: Assist Professor –
Industrial Organization
Purdue Extension Service: see website listed below
Career and Job Sites on the Internet:
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