SAES-422 Multistate Research Activity Accomplishments Report
Sections
Status: Approved
Basic Information
- Project No. and Title: NC_OLD1034 : Impact Analyses and Decision Strategies for Agricultural Research (NC1003)
- Period Covered: 10/01/2014 to 09/30/2015
- Date of Report: 05/30/2016
- Annual Meeting Dates: 02/26/2016 to 02/27/2016
Participants
Jorge Avila, University of Florida Diwash Neupane, University of Florida Maria Medina, Uniiversity of Florida Kelly Davidson, University of Florida Anwar Nasseem, Rutgers University Gal Hochman, Rutgers University Alejandro Plastina, Iowa State University Kate Fuller, Montana State University Zhen Lei, Pennsylvania State University Marshall Martin, Purdue University Juan Sesmero, Purdue University David Bullock, University of Illinois James Oehmke, USAID Robbin Shoemaker USDA/NIFA Sun Ling Wang USDA/ERS Brian Wright UC-Berkeley George Frisvold, University of Arizona Wallace Huffman, Iowa State University Richard Shumway, Washington State University Manhong Zhu, University of Florida Vincent Smith, Montana State University Andrew Schmitz, University of Florida Charles Moss, University of Florida Zhen Sun, Universiity of California, Davis George Norton, Virginia Tech Olufemi Bolerinwa, University of Florida
Accomplishments
Project participants published more than 70 peer reviewed journal articles in 2015 alone. In addition, there were several book chapters and extension publications (see publication list).
Project particpants were also highly active at the Joint Meeting of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) and the Western Agricultural Economics Association (WAEA) in San Francisco, California held July 26-28, 2015. The following were AAEA/WAEA paper or poster presentations where NC-1034 members were authors or co-authors:
Regulation and technological change
Mandated Labels for GMOs, Julian Alston, University of California, Davis
Food Waste: The Role of Date Labels, Package Size, and Product Category, Bradley Rickard, Cornell University
Do Improvements in Environmental Performance Lead to Job Loss? Madhu Khanna, University of Illinois
Technology adoption
Changes in Technology Use in the Beef Industry: Welfare Analysis and Trade Implications, David Bullock, University of Illinois
Testing for Complementarity: Glyphosate Tolerant Soybeans and Conservation Tillage, Moschini, Iowa State University
ICTs for Agriculture: Exploring the Impact of a Text-message Based Intervention on Adoption of Blackberry ICM in Ecuador, Jeffrey Alwang and George Norton, Virginia Tech
Measuring Productivity and its Impacts
Non-Neutral Marginal Research Costs and Induced Innovation Hypothesis, C. Richard Shumway, Washington State University
University Research Productivity and its Impact on the Regional Agricultural Economy: The Case of Colorado State, Gregory Graff, Colorado State University
An Empirical Investigation of the Stanford’s “1.2 Rule” for Fertilizer Recommendation, David Bullock, University of Illinois
Technical Efficiency and Adoption of Conservation Practices in Iowa Soybean Production Alejandro Plastina, Iowa State University
Asset Fixity under State-Contingent Production Uncertainty, C. Richard Shumway, Washington State University
Effects of Joint Primal-dual Estimation and Concavity Restrictions on Parameter Estimates of US Agricultural Production, Alejandro Plastina, Iowa State University
Education, Labor Quality, and US Agricultural Growth, Sun Ling Wang, V. Eldon Ball, USDA-Economic Research Service
Irrigation technology and climate change adaptation Water Storage Capacities versus Conservation Efficiency: Substitutes or Complements? David Zilberman, University of California, Berkeley
Land Use Change as an Adaptation Strategy of US Farms to Climate and Risk, John Miranowski, Iowa State University
The Information Value of Decadal Climate Variability and Adaptation: A Case in the Missouri River Basin, Bruce McCarl, Texas A&M University
The Diffusion of Process Innovation: The Case of Drip Irrigation in California, David Zilberman, University of California, Berkeley
Bio-energy technologies
Estimating Producers’ Willingness to Supply Switchgrass as a Bioenergy Crop, Richard Perrin and Lilyan Fulginiti, University of Nebraska
Potential Welfare Effects of Soy-Based Mariculture Feed, Richard Perrin and Lilyan Fulginiti, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
The Biomass Crop Assistance Program: Critical, Notional, or Distortional Support for Cellulosic Biofuels? Madhu Khanna, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Research policy
The Economic Role of Plants in Global Health George Frisvold, University of Arizona
Mechanisms of Patent Licensing for Varietal Innovation, Bradley Rickard, Cornell University
The Political Economy of the Global Bio-Economy, David Zilberman, University of California, Berkeley
The following were AAEA / WAEA organized symposia where NC-1034 members served as organizers, panelists or discussants:
Guiding Investments in Sustainable Agricultural Intensification in Africa: New Research Evidence and Implications for Policy, Discussant: William Masters, Tufts University
Ebola: Predicting it, Addressing it, and Food Security Impacts Organizer: George Norton, Virginia Tech
Mapping the Economics of the Beef Genome, Organizer: Nicole Ballenger, University of Wyoming, Discussant: Julian Alston, University of California, Davis, Panelist: Matthew Andersen, University of Wyoming;
Policy for Managing Infectious Livestock Diseases, Organizers: Julian Alston, University of California, Davis;
Measurement of US Agricultural Productivity: What Follows the External Review? Organizer: C. Richard Shumway, Washington State University, V. Eldon Ball, USDA-Economic Research Service
Enhancing African Agricultural Transformation, Panelists: Charles Moss, University of Florida; Discussant: Andrew Schmitz, University of Florida
Impacts
- Improved measurement and communication of agricultural productivity measures. Project participants were active organizers and contributors to the external review of USDA state and national agricultural productivity account methods. The review committee made several recommendations for improved measurement, communication of results, and data access. ERS, as a result has begun to implement several of the recommended improvements. Project participants served on and contributed to the external review committee to evaluate USDA agricultural productivity accounts. ERS is now implementing several of the recommendations the committee to improve methods, communication, and data access.