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Calendar of Events:
June 6-7
June 9-11
June 11
June 13
June 18-24
July 8
July 22
July 23-27
July 29
August 18-19
August 22
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GTAP Board Meeting: Lubeck, Germany
8th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis: Lubeck, Germany
Dynamic Learning Session: Lubeck, Germany
Summer Session begins
13th Annual Short Course in Global Trade Analysis: University of Crete, Heraklion, Crete, Greece
Students registered for Degree or Exam only--last day to deposit
Students with regular registration--last day to have final examination
AAEA Annual Meeting--Providence Rhode Island
Students with regular registration--last day to deposit
New Graduate Student Orientation
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Congratulations and Names in the News:
Lt. Governor Becky Skillman today awarded a $ 100,000 Rural Development Grant to Purdue University . Grant funds will be used to provide agricultural entrepreneurs with support in three main areas: a) to educate agricultural producers and producer groups on the innovation and commercialization process for new value-added products and processes; b) to assess the market potential of value-added products or processes which may be initiated by the innovation discoveries of technical partners or the ideas of particular agricultural producers and producer groups; c) to shepard targeted entrepreneurial agricultural producers and producer groups through the innovation and commercialization process. Dr. Thompson accepted the award on behalf of the Department.
LeeAnn Williams was awarded the Purdue Student Government Award for Outstanding Advisor at Purdue for 2004-05 which is a student nominated and selected award.
Congratulations to Alla Golub, Christine Schroeter, Blondel Brinkman, and Alexia Brunet for receiving an AAEA Professional Travel Grant to attend the AAEA Annual Meeting in Providence, RI in July.
Brazil 's President Honors Ed Schuh:
G. Edward Schuh, Foundation Program Officer in Brazil in the 1970s , was recently presented with Brazil 's Order of Scientific Merit-Gra Cruz. This, the nation's highest scientific award, is the equivalent of the U.S President's Medal of Freedom. It is the same high award that was bestowed on Oscar Neimeyer , the architect who designed Brazilia. Schuh is now Regents Professor and former Dean of the Institute of Public Affairs at the University of Minnesota .
One of the stars in the Foundation's agricultural network in the 1970s was G. Edward Schuh. Throughout his remarkably productive career he has maintained close professional ties to Brazil . Ed first became involved in Brazil as a visiting professor of agricultural economics at the University of Vicosa in 1963. He was then a young assistant professor at Purdue. No doubt his career-long association with research, education, and public policy in Brazil was influenced by the fact that a young woman in one of his Vicosa classes became Mrs. Schuh. The medallion was presented to Ed by the President of Brazil in ceremonies at Brazilia on April 26, 2005.
Thought You Would Like To Know:
Raymond Florax will be teaching a grad course "The Theory and Practice of Spatial Econometrics" at the University of Barcelona , in Barcelona , Spain , from June 6-10.
FROM ICEE :
National Value-Added Ag Conference to be held June 16 and 17 in Indianapolis
The 7 th annual National Value-Added Ag Conference is a must for people who work with clients in value-added agriculture. This national event focuses on the needs of practitioners by offering concurrent sessions on topics such as entrepreneurship, profiling a customer base, agritourism, trends in large-scale startups and community food systems. Speakers include Mark Drabenstott , Vice President & Director - Center for the Study of Rural America, Andy Miller , Agriculture Director, State of Indiana, Robert White , USDA Rural Development Director; Deb Markley , Co-Director – Center for Rural Entrepreneurship; James Fischer , Department of Energy; Jim Maetzold, USDA's National Alternative Enterprises and Agritourism Leader; and many more.
The conference will be held at the Adam's Mark Hotel in Indianapolis . Early Bird Registration is $125 and includes a number of meals and transportation to the White River Gardens for Thursday evening's dinner venue. More information is available at www.agecon.purdue.edu/aicc/valueaddconf . Or contact Jane Anderson at (765) 496-3099 or jane1@purdue.edu.
Travel, Speeches and Presented Papers:
Maria Marshall will travel to Cairo and Minia , Egypt from June 2-17 as part of the AERI project.
John M. Connor and Robert Lande, “Thinking about Cartel Remedies,” address at the annual meeting of the American Enterprise Institute, Washington , DC , April 21, 2005.
John M. Connor, “Private International Cartels: Resurgence and Deterrence”, University of Wisconsin's Food System Research Group, Biennial Conference, Madison, Wisconsin, June 26-27, 2003.
Publications:
Liborio s. Cabanilla, Tahirou Abdoulaye and John H. Sanders, “Economics cost of non-adoption of Bt-cotton in West Africa : with special reference to Maili”, International Journal of Biotechnology, Vol. 7, nos. 1/2/3, 2005. p 46.
William A. Masters, “Research prizes: a new kind of incentive in African agriculture,” International Journal of Biotechnolog, Vol. 7, nos. 1/2/3, 2005. pg. 195.
Byun, P., B. Waldorf and A. Esparza. 2005. Spillover and Local Growth Controls: An Alternative Perspective on Suburbanization. Growth and Change , vol. 36(2): 196-219.
Waldorf, B. and P. Byun. 2005. Meta-analysis of the Impact of Age Structure on Fertility. Journal of Population Economics, vol. 18: 15-40.
Fountas, S., S. Blackmore, D. Ess, S. Hawkins, G. Blumhoff, J. Lowenberg-DeBoer, and C.G. Sorensen. 2005. Farmer experience with precision agriculture in Denmark and the U.S. eastern corn belt. Precision Agriculture 6(2):121-141.
Griffin, T., D. Lambert and J. Lowenberg-DeBoer, “Economics of Lightbar and Auto-Guidance GPS Navigation Technologies,“ paper to be presented at the 5 th European Conference on Precision Agriculture, June 9-12, 2005 Uppsala, Sweden.
Temu, Anna, Patrick Kambewa, and J. Lowenberg-DeBoer, ” Preferences of Urban Consumers for Beans in Malawi and Tanzania ”, International Edible Legume Conference, Durban, South Africa, April 17-21, 2005.
Kushwaha, Saket, Sika Gebegbelegbe, J. Lowenberg-DeBoer and Joan Fulton, “Potential for Genetically Modified Cowpea in West Africa”, International Edible Legume Conference, Durban , South Africa , April 17-21, 2005.
Ibro, Germaine, J. Lowenberg-DeBoer, Joan Fulton, “Market Value of Cowpea Protein and Cooking Time in Niger ”, International Edible Legume Conference, Durban , South Africa , April 17-21, 2005.
Yuliya Bolotova, John M. Connor, and Douglas J. Miller. “Factors Influencing the Magnitude of Cartel Overcharges: An Empirical Analysis of Food Industry Cartels,” paper prepared for submission to the Second Biennial Conference of the Food System Research Group, University of Wisconsin-Madison, June 16-17, 2005, 33 pp.
McNamara, Kevin T. and “Farm Household Income and On- and Off-Farm Diversification.” Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. 37(1): 37-48, 2005
Weiss, Christoph, and Kevin T. McNamara, “Farm Income Diversification”, Chapter 18 in, The Economics of Natural and Human Resources in Agriculture , Edited by Ayal Kimhi and Israel Finkelshtain. Forthcoming, Springer (Natural Resource Management and Policy Series)
Vassolo, Roberto S., Filipe de Almeida Ravara, and John M. Connor. “Valuing Strategic Growth Options: A Portfolio Approach.” Management Research 3 (Winter 2004-2005: 85-97.
John M. Connor, “Optimal Deterrence and Private International Cartels,” paper prepared for submission to the Second Biennial Conference of the Food System Research Group, University of Wisconsin-Madison, June 2005, 18 pp.
New Extension Publications:
Visit the AICC (Agricultural Innovation and Commercialization Center ) website for information on business planning: www.agecon.purdue.edu/planner .
Job Announcements: http://www.fao.org/VA/vac_en.htm
Food Marketing Policy Center , University of Massachusetts Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Applications for postdoctoral fellowships in the School of Economics and Political Science at the University of Sydney .
University of Kentucky
California State University , Fresno : Department Chair
Virginia Tech: Department Head
Purdue: Extension Educators
North Caroline A&T State University : Assist/Assoc Prof Agribusiness
Sam Houston State University : Assist/Assoc Agribusiness
Clemson University : Assist/Assoc Community and Economic Development
Michigan State University : Assist/Assoc – Mgmt, Production or Marketing
North Dakota State University : Faculty position – Agribusiness and Applied Economics
Purdue Extension Service: see website listed below
Career and Job Sites on the Internet:
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