Presentations Available from Crop Insurance and the Farm Bill Symposium

The Crop Insurance and the Farm Bill: A New Paradigm in U.S. Agricultural Policy Symposium took place on October 8-9, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency in Louisville, Kentucky. Invited speakers for the symposium included Keith Collins from National Crop Insurance Services, Barry Barnett of Mississippi State University, and AAEA President-Elect Barry Goodwin of North Carolina State University. The selected paper session topics included Interaction Between Federal Programs and Crop Insurance, Tools and Techniques for Modeling Crop Insurance Performance, Crop Insurance Impacts on Farm Management Decisions, and Balancing Political and Actuarial Considerations in Rating Practices. Along with the invited speaker presentations, many of the selected paper session presentations are available to view and download here: http://www.aaea.org/symposia/crop-insurance-and-the-farm-bill-symposium

Webinar on Teaching Excellence

The Teaching, Learning, and Communication Section (TLC) in conjunction with the Agribusiness Economics and Management Section (AEM) and the Extension Section will be hosting a teaching excellence webinar on January 7, 2014 at Noon CT. 

The objective of the webinar is to increase the quality of teaching in agricultural and applied economics profession. The webinar will focus on the various teaching methods and tools as they apply to undergraduates, graduate students, and extension audiences. This session will highlight how agricultural and applied economists can use the methods to improve their effectiveness with college students and/or extension audiences. The session will start with a presentation by Margot Rudstrom about how to be an effective teacher when working with extension audiences and the methods she uses to accomplish this task. Kerry Litzenberg and Michael Wetzstein will share their experiences and tips on how they have become awarding winning teaching professors in the classroom at the undergraduate and graduate levels, respectively. The sections will conclude the webinar with a question and answer period that will focus on "best practices" for becoming an effective instructor.

Register for the webinar at: https://www.agecon.purdue.edu/cab/programs/webinar/Teaching_Excellence_2014/

Global Health Corps Accepting Applications for 2014-2015 Fellowships

Global Health Corps is excited to announce that the job descriptions for the 2014-2015 fellowship are now up. GHC is looking for driven, passionate, young leaders with diverse skill sets and experiences to join the movement for health equity. One-year paid fellowship positions are available with high impact NGOs and government organizations in East Africa, Southern Africa and the US. Applicants can apply for up to 3 positions that match their interests and skills, from project management to monitoring and evaluation, engineering, communications and more. We are looking for people from a broad range of sectors and disciplines.

We have a variety of job opportunities in nutrition, food security and agriculture, including:

• Community Nutrition Support Fellow at Clinton Development Initiative in Malawi
• Health and Nutrition Fellow at the Ministry of Health in Burundi
• Community Nutrition Education Fellow at Partners In Health in Rwanda
• Monitoring and Evaluation Fellow at Gardens for Health International in Rwanda

Applications for the fellowship close January 26, 2014.

Apply at http://ghcorps.org/fellows/apply/

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

The only requirements are that applicants must:

• Be 30 years old or younger
• Have at least a bachelor's degree
• Be proficient in English

No prior health or international experience is necessary!

WHAT BENEFITS FELLOWS RECEIVE

• Livable monthly stipend
• Free housing and utilities
• Health insurance
• A professional development grant of $600
• A completion award of $1500
• An advising program that pairs fellows with a mentor in their area of work or interest
• A two-week Training Institute at Yale University in the United States to begin the fellowship
• An End-of-Year retreat in East Africa to finish the fellowship
• Three multi-day retreats during the year
• Travel to placement site, all trainings and back home
• Professional development and personal support from a dedicated in-country program manager
• Accompaniment program led by Still Harbor

Applications close January 26, 2014. Apply at http://ghcorps.org/fellows/apply/

New AEPP Available Online!

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy (formerly the Review of Agricultural Economics) publishes articles that achieve two objectives:

• Synthesize, integrate, and analyze areas of current applied economic research within the mission of the AAEA in order to inform the decision-making and policy-making community
• Stimulate linkages between sub-fields of agricultural and applied economics in a way that illuminates and focuses future research and increases knowledge among researchers about the impact of public policy.

AAEA members receive free electronic access to AEPP through the My Account section. Non-members can learn more about the journal including how to subscribe to it through the Oxford University Press website. Electronic access through Oxford University Press includes archives of the journal through 1988. To access AEPP online, log on to your AAEA Account and click on the link to the journal.  

Volume 35 Issue 4

December 2013

Featured Articles

When Is Reliance on Voluntary Approaches in Agriculture Likely to Be Effective?

Kathleen Segerson

Appl Econ Perspect Pol 2013 35: 565-592

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Podcast Interview with Kathleen Segerson on AEPP Featured Article  

From Hopeless to Curious? Thoughts on Hausman's “Dubious to Hopeless” Critique of Contingent Valuation

Timothy C. Haab, Matthew G. Interis, Daniel R. Petrolia, and John C. Whitehead

Appl Econ Perspect Pol 2013 35: 593-612

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Submitted Articles

Economic and Social Implications of Regulating Alcohol Availability in Grocery Stores

Bradley J. Rickard, Marco Costanigro, and Teevrat Garg

Appl Econ Perspect Pol 2013 35: 613-633

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Vulnerability of Primary Care Organizations to the National Health Service Reform in England

José Iparraguirre, Tom Gentry, and Diego Peña

Appl Econ Perspect Pol 2013 35: 634-660

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A Hedonic Valuation of Residential Water Services

William F. Vásquez

Appl Econ Perspect Pol 2013 35: 661-678

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Do High Food Prices Increase Food Insecurity in the United States?

Christian A. Gregory and Alisha Coleman-Jensen

Appl Econ Perspect Pol 2013 35: 679-707

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Tourism Policy as a Tool for Rural Development

Nina Hyytiä and Jukka Kola

Appl Econ Perspect Pol 2013 35: 708-730

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New Issue of Choices Available!

The new issue of Choices features a collections of theme articles. This issue's theme is:  

Attitudes Toward Risk in a Changing Agricultural Marketing Environment

Choices is an online peer-reviewed magazine published by the AAEA for readers interested in the policy and management of agriculture, the food industry, natural resources, rural communities, and the environment. Articles are available free online on the Choices website.

FoodAPS Research Initiative: Understanding SNAP, Food Security, and Geographic Factors in Food Purchase and Acquisition Decisions

Request for Proposals

Date of RFP Announcement: December 3, 2013
Due Date for Requested Letter of Intent: January 10, 2014
Due Date for Applications: February 21, 2014

The University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research (UKCPR), in cooperation with the Economic Research Service (ERS) and the University of Illinois, will competitively award grants to qualified individuals and institutions to provide rigorous research that utilizes the new FoodAPS National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey to expand our understanding of (1) household food behaviors and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) including the issues of benefit adequacy, diet quality, cost of a healthy diet, and food security, and (2) the role of the local food environment and other geographic factors on household food purchase and acquisition decisions. In addition to the FoodAPS data, geographically linked data on the local food environment and food prices compiled as part of the FoodAPS Geography Component (FoodAPS-GC) will be available for awardees. It is anticipated that about 12 grants of up to $40,000 each will be awarded across the two topical domains.

To view the proposal click here.

Deadline Extended to December 9 for Social Networks, Social Media and the Economics of Food Symposium Paper Submission

The organizing committee for the 2014 AAEA/EAAE/CAES Joint Symposium has decided to extend the deadline for abstracts to Monday, December 9, 2013. The symposium will be held in Montreal, Canada, on May 29-30, 2014. For more information about the symposium and submission process please click here.

Questions? Contact the organizing committee at social.food.econ@gmail.com or the AAEA Business Office at info@aaea.org.