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Calendar of Events:
October 6
October 23
October 25
October 27
December 1
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Seminar: 3:45, KRAN 661: Dr. Finn Tarp, University of Copenhagen, “Development and Aid”
Seminar: 3:45, KRAN 661: Dr. Aaron Smith, UC, Davis, “Volatility Dynamics of NYMEX Natural Gas Futures Prices”
Last day to drop/add – Advisor and Instructor signature required
Brown Bag Lunch/Seminar, Noon, KRAN 661: Rick Brock, Brock and Associates, “The Past, Present, and Future of Ag Marketing”
Seminar: 3:45, KRAN 661: Dr. Elena Irwin, The Ohio State University, TBA
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Congratulations and Names in the News:
Dr. Jess Lowenberg-DeBoer has accepted an offer to become the Associate Dean of Agriculture and Director of the Office of International Programs in Agriculture. He will begin his new assignment October 1 st .
As part of the Purdue Extension Professional Development Conference, October 17-19, the department will have a Showcase of Excellence. This takes place on Wednesday, October 18 from noon to 1:45 in the Ballrooms of the Union.
Thought you would like to know:
The 2006 Economic Education Expo and ICEE Annual Awards Program will be held on Friday, November 3 rd , 8:00 am to 2:30 pm at The Fountains, Carmel Indiana.
The Center for Global Trade Analysis:
Welcome to Kavitha Muthuraman who joins GTAP as Administrative Assistant.
The Center for Global Trade Analysis recently held a Short Course in Dynamic Global Trade Analysis here on the campus of Purdue University from October 6-11, 2006. This course consisted of a mix of daily lectures, lab assignments, and informal discussions designed to introduce participants to the basic features of the Dynamic GTAP Model. These activities culminated in a major application undertaken by small groups and presented on the final day of the course. The Center's goal was for participants to leave with the capability to conduct and analyze their own GTAP-Dyn simulations.
The aim of the course was to:
- Introduce participants to a dynamic model designed for conducting global trade analysis in an applied general equilibrium setting;
- Provide participants with ample hands-on training with software that has been tailored for undertaking analysis using a dynamic recursive model; and
- Give participants the opportunity to interact with economists working on global trade and resource use issues using a dynamic modeling framework.
More information on the Short Course in Dynamic Global Trade Analysis can be found on the GTAP website.
Travel, Speeches and Presented Papers:
Wally Tyner will be at Warsaw University in Poland on a Fulbright grant October 8-28. Then he will be in Morocco to work on agricultural policy analysis October 29 – November 11.
Jessica Perdew traveled to South Sulawesi to administer a farm level survey to nearly 800 cocoa farmers.
Otto Doering will be moderating plenary sessions and presenting a paper with USDA and Australian colleagues at the Soil and Water Conservation Society workshop on Managing Environmental Landscapes for Environmental Quality, October 10-13 in Kansas City .
Bruce Erickson was an invited speaker at the Colombian Sugar Cane Technologists Annual Congress September 5-8 in Cali , Colombia . Bruce delivered a presentation about Precision Agriculture and the Implications for Sugar Cane production to the 500 attendees at the meeting, toured Cenicana, the Colombian sugar industry/grower-funded organization, Incauca, Colombia's largest sugar mill and its adjoining ethanol facility, and several large commercial farming operations.
Publications:
Dryland Agriculture, Agronomy Monograph No. 23, Second edition, Gary a. Peterson, Paul W. Unger, and William A. Payne, Editors. Chapter 21 “Policies and Market Development to Accelerate Technological change in the Semiarid Zones: A Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa” John Sanders and Barry Shapiro.
Langyintuo, Augustine, and J. Lowenberg-DeBoer, “Potential Regional Trade Implications of Adopting Bt Cowpea in West and Central Africa ”, AgBioForum , 2006 9(2), p. 111-120.
Bongiovanni, Rodolfo, “ Argentina ” in Ancha Srinivasan ed., Handbook of Precision Agriculture: Principles and Applications , Haworth Press, Binghamton , NY , USA , 2006, p. 615-633.
Walmsley, T., T. W. Hertel, and E.I. Ianchovichina 2006. “Assessing the Impact of China's WTO Accession on Investment,” Pacific Economic Review 11(3):315-339.
Garrett, T.A., T.L. Marsh, and M.I. Marshall. 2006. “Political Allocations of Agricultural Disaster Payments in the 1990s.” International Review of Law and Economics 26(2):143-161.
Job Announcements:
University of Kentucky : Extension Dairy Systems – Assist Prof
Kansas State University : Extension Associate assigned to the Office of Local Government
Purdue Extension Service: www.ces.purdue.edu/careers/
Career and Job Sites on the Internet:
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