- Project No. and Title: NCAC12 : Agricultural Economics
- Period
Covered: 11/01/2003
to 11/01/2004
- Date of
Report: 10/19/2004
- Annual Meeting
Dates: 11/06/2003
to 11/06/2003
Dan Bernardo (Kansas State University), dbernar@agecon.ksu.edu
J. Bruce Bullock ( University of Missouri) bullockb@missouri.edu
Richard T. Clark(University of Nebraska Lincoln) rclark3@unl.edu
Vernon Eidman (University of Minnesota veidman@apec.umn.edu
Cornelia Flora (North Central Regional Center for Rural Development),cflora@iastate.edu
Steve Hanson (Michigan State University), hansons@msu.edu
Arne Hallam (Iowa State University), ahallam@iastate.edu
Fen Hunt (USDA - CSREES), fhunt@csrees.usda.gov
Andrew M. Isserman (University of Illinois) isserman@uiuc.edu
Steven Kraft (Southern Illinois University), sekraft@siu.edu
David Lambert (North Dakota State University), dlambert@ndsu.nodak.edu
Alan Randall (Ohio State University), randall.3@osu.edu
Lynn Robbins (University of Kentucky), lrobbins@uky.edu
Kenneth Schneeberger, Admin. Advisor (Univ. of Missouri),schneebergerK@missouri.edu
Sally Thompson (Purdue University). sallyt@purdue.edu
The meeting took place as part of the national meeting of NAAEA that started off with a workshop on future directions for agricultural economics in the The meeting took place as part of the national meeting of NAAEA that started off with a workshop on directions for agricultural economics in the 21st Century that was organized by the Council on Food, Agriculture, and Resource Economics (C-FARE). Some of the areas identified were the following: Economics of International Agricultural Trade: Global Competitiveness and Profitability; Enhancing Economic Opportunities in Rural Areas; Responding to Consumer Concerns about Food, Health and Safety; Resolving Natural Resource and Environmental Issues; and Assessing Future technologies and Infrastructure (T&I) investments.
NCA-12 met on the night of 6 November 2003. The meeting began with reports from the department heads which were present followed by a report from the Committee's Administrator Advisor. State Reports included material on enrollment in undergraduate and graduate programs; faculty news related to open positions, new hires, recent retirements, budget for the upcoming year; new departmental initiatives; and other relevant items. The committees Administrative Advisor discussed reporting requirements and the regional committees NCA-12 had to review. Members were asked to volunteer to serve as reviewers for the various committees. Over the following two months, evaluations of the regional committees were obtained and submitted to NIMSS. Steven Kraft was selected as the chair for the next year. Meeting was adjourned.
Committee members shared information relevant to the efficient administration of agricultural economics programs as well as criteria to be used in reviewing regional committees.