AEM/TLC Section Webinar on Case Study Scholarship

The Agribusiness Economics and Management Section (AEM) and the Teaching, Learning and Communication Section (TLC) are co-organizing a webinar about case study scholarship on January 14, starting 12 pm CT. Featured speakers include Lisa House (University of Florida) and Mike Boland (University of Minnesota).

The details of the Case Study Scholarship webinar can be found here.

You can also register for the webinar here.

If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact Fabio Chaddad, University of Missouri or Michael Gunderson, Purdue University Center for Food and Agricultural Business.

Call for Nominations: 2013 TLC Section Graduate Student Teaching Award

The Teaching, Learning and Communications Section (TLC) invites nominations for the 2013 TLC Section Graduate Student Teaching Award. Nominations are due by February 1, 2013. Information regarding the award and submission process can be found in the Call for Nominations on the TLC Section website.

Call for Nominations: AAAS Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Lecture

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the Charles Valentine Riley Memorial Foundation (RMF), and the World Food Prize Foundation (WFPF) invite nominations for the 2013 AAAS CHARLES VALENTINE RILEY MEMORIAL LECTURE which will be held in the spring of 2013 at the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1200 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC
 

Member Profile: Helen H. Jensen

Helen H. Jensen
Professor
Iowa State University

AAEA Activities:

• AAEA Fellow, 2012
• AAEA Executive Board, 2006-2009
• Food Safety and Nutrition Section Founding Chair, 2000-2001
• CWAE Section Chair, 1988-1989

AARES-AAEA Young Professionals Exchange Heading South Award Winner Announced

Congratulations to David Ortega from Purdue University! He was selected to receive the AARES-AAEA Young Professionals Exchange Heading South Award. David will receive funding from the AAEA Trust and from AARES to present his research at the 2013 Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES) conference in Sydney.

Thank you to all of the AAEA Trust donors for supporting this award! More information about this award and other award supported by the AAEA Trust are posted to www.aaea.org/trust/trust-funded-programs.

Ag In Uncertain Times Webinar: Managing Drought and Disaster Impacts

Date: Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Time: 12:00 Eastern/11:00 Central/10:00 Mountain/9:00 Pacific

Droughts and natural disasters have caused widespread effects across the farm economy this past year by increasing price volatility and production risk, as well as increasing financial uncertainty. These risks directly affect farms and ranches impacted by the natural

disaster but also producers far removed are affected by reduced input supplies and price increases. A three part webinar series will present issues concerning managing drought and disaster impacts.

AAEA Fellows in Current Issue of JEP

The American Economics Association's current issue of Journal of Economic Perspectives features articles from a symposium on contingent valuation. Cathy Kling and Richard Carson, both AAEA Fellows and members, are lead authors on two of the papers. 

Content is available free online: http://www.aeaweb.org/articles.php?doi=10.1257/jep.26.4

Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources Case Study Invited Paper Sessions

AAEA welcomes proposals for case studies for a special invited paper session that will be part of the 2013 AAEA & CAES Joint Annual Meeting in Washington, DC. Cases in this invited paper session may be published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics in January 2014, subject to appropriate review. Regular page charges will apply. Proposals from individuals or groups should be submitted to Sarah Kenner by December 7, 2012.

Visit the call for case study invited papers for more information.

6th International Conference on Agricultural Statistics: Call for Papers

This is a call for economists, statisticians, researchers and analysts working on agricultural, forestry, fishery, and rural statistics, in their economic, social and environmental dimensions, to participate in the upcoming Sixth International Conference on Agriculture Statistics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 23-25 October 2013. The theme of the Conference is “Improving Statistics for Food Security, Sustainable Agriculture, and Rural Development. Linking statistics with decision making”. The Conference will provide an opportunity to focus on issues raised by the implementation of the “Global Strategy to Improve Agricultural and Rural Statistics”, unanimously endorsed by the UN Statistical Commission.

GTAP Announces 16th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis

“New Challenges for Global Trade in a Rapidly Changing World”

June 12-14, 2013 at Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade in Shanghai, China

The 16th Annual Conference on Global Economic Analysis is being jointly organized and hosted by the Center for Global Trade Analysis, the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade, the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences and the Shanghai WTO Affairs Consultation Center.