Members in the News: Lele, Wang, Hurt, Ribera, Fischer, McFadden, Lusk, Smith, and Belasco

Uma Lele, Independent Scholar TAAS to deliberate on scaling out innovations for smallholder farmers By: Business Standard and Rural Marketing- October 28, 2017 Trust for Advancement of Agriculture Sciences (TAAS), a non-profit organisation, awarded the 9th Dr. M.S. Swaminathan Award to Uma Lele, agriculture economist and former senior adviser to the World Bank. (Continued...) Read the entire article on Business Standard and Rural Marketing Holly Wang, Purdue University Technological innovation contributing to China's agricultural growth (YouTube video) By: World Insight- October 31, 2017 Can breakthroughs in food production keep pace with the world's growing population? We turn to our panel to find out: Shi Yan, executive director of the Shared Harvest CSA Farm in Beijing; Liu Baocheng, dean of the Center for International Business Ethics from the University of International Business and Economics; and Holly Wang, agricultural economics professor at Purdue University in the US, who’s also with the (Qianren) Global Expert Program of China Academy of Agricultural Sciences. (Continued...) Read the entire article on World Insight YouTube Chris Hurt, Purdue University 2017 Southwest Indiana Agriculture Economic Summit planned for November 17 By: Dubois County Free Press and The Republic- October 31, 2017 The event will be held at the Vincennes University Jasper, Center for Technology, Innovations and Manufacturing Theatre, 961 College Avenue. The Summit is geared towards updating local producers, agricultural businesses, and financial institutions on the latest in economic programs and opportunities for those involved in farming. (Continued...) Read the entire article on Dubois County Free Press and The Republic Luis Ribera, Texas A&M University Bart Fischer, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture Agricultural trade, farm policy focus of 2017 Texas Plant Protection Conference By: Southwest Farm Press - October 27, 2017 The importance of agricultural trade and current and future farm policy will highlight the 2017 Texas Plant Protection Association Conference Dec. 5-6 at the Brazos Center, 3232 Briarcrest Drive in Bryan. (Continued...) Read the entire article on The Southwest Farm Press Brandon McFadden, University of Florida Jayson Lusk, Purdue University Study: Consumers do not distinguish between non-GMO, organic labels By: The Packer- October 30, 2017 University of Florida assistant professor of food and resource economics Brandon McFadden and Purdue University agricultural economics department head Jayson Lusk came to that conclusion during their research on the best ways to communicate whether a product has genetically modified ingredients, according to a news release. (Continued...) Read the entire article on The Packer Vince Smith & Eric Belasco, Montana State University MSU faculty debates Koch-funded research center By: Bozeman Daily Chronicle - November 2, 2017 “I would ask people to judge us by what we do, not by preconceived stereotypes,” Wendy Stock, co-director of the grant with fellow economics professor Vince Smith, said afterward. (Continued...) Read the entire article on Bozeman Daily Chronicle

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