Newsletter

Vol. 14, No. 10
May 11, 2012

PEOPLE
Jacob McManus (MS 2012) joined Lookout Ridge Consulting (http://www.lookoutridgeconsulting.com/) in Kalamazoo as an Associate Business Consultant in March 2012.

In May, 2012, the Nevada Board of Regents unanimously approved Marc Johnson (MSU AgEcon PhD 1975) to serve President of the University of Nevada, Reno. Johnson’s research and teaching have focused on the economics of national and international food distribution systems.  During the past year, he served as interim president of U. of Nevada, Reno.

Fred Winch, III (PhD 1976), passed away on April 22 in Asheville, North Carolina, after spending the past three decades in Africa. After his his Ph.D in Ag Econ  at MSU, Fred studied the role of tractor mechanization in Ghana followed by five years as a researcher   at the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture in Ibadan, Nigeria. He then joined USAID and served in the Sudan.and Uganda, before becoming Mission Director in Zambia and Regional Director for Armenia, Georgia and Azerbaijan.  Friends of the Winch family can contact his widow, Mrs Renate J. Winch, at Fred5490@gmail.com.

AWARDS
The UNIDO book, Agribusiness for Africa’s Prosperity (http://www.unido.org/index.php?id=1001692), including a chapter by John Staatz and edited by AFRE former faculty member Kandeh Yumkellah, was awarded the Prix FFA-Turgot, an annual prize for the best book dealing with the economies of French-speaking countries.  Details at http://www.unido.org/index.php?id=7881&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=1170&cHash=aaf9de6fd862729c49761591663baeea

JOBS
USDA ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE (ERS), Associate  Administrator.  The incumbent serves as Associate Administrator of ERS and shares, with the Administrator, responsibility in directing the overall administration of all of its programs and activities, to include formulating current, intermediate, and long-range policies and programs related to economic and social science research and analysis and other activities for which ERS is responsible.  Deadline:  May 21, 2012. Web Site:  http://www.ers.usda.gov/AboutERS/Employment/

USDA ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE (ERS), Director, Food Economics Division (FED). The Food Economics Division (FED) is responsible for providing a program of economic research, monitoring and statistical indicators, and staff and policy analysis of consumer and food economic issues.  Together, with the Administrator for the Economic Research Service (ERS), the Director formulates current and long-range policies and programs to carry out the Division's mission.   Deadline:  May 21, 2012. Web Site:  http://www.ers.usda.gov/AboutERS/Employment/

USDA ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE (ERS), Director, Market and Trade Economics Division (MTED).  The Director provides intellectual leadership by developing and clearly articulating to Division management and staff a “vision” of how the Division’s activities will fill important knowledge gaps, while addressing Agency and USDA priorities. The individual strives for a Division research program that directly addresses policy-relevant issues, focuses on the contributions that economics can make to those issues’ illumination, and makes the best use of ERS’ comparative advantages.  Deadline:  May 21, 2012. Web Site:  http://www.ers.usda.gov/AboutERS/Employment/

USDA ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE (ERS), Director, Resource and Rural Economics Division (RRED).  The ERS Administrator and Director of RRED formulate current and long-range policies and programs to carry out the Division's economic research, monitoring and statistical indicators, and staff and policy analysis of natural resources, environmental and rural issues. Deadline:  May 21, 2012  Web Site:  http://www.ers.usda.gov/AboutERS/Employment/

The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) is seeking an individual who will be responsible for the overall functions of the ARC research program.  The incumbent of this position is assigned to the Division of Regional Planning and Research and is responsible for carrying out the overall functions of the ARC research program.  Deadline:  May 31, 2012. Web Site:  http://www.arc.gov/about/ARCJobOpportunities.asp

Montclair State University, Dept. of Earth and Environment Studies, Postdoctoral Associate in Environmental Remediation. The selected candidate will conduct laboratory and field experiments to support a private sector funded research project. Web Sites:  http://csam.montclair.edu/environ and http://csam.montclair.edu/earth  and http://www.montclair.edu.  

All announcements should be sent to Debbie Conway, Editor, Agriculture Hall, 446 W. Circle Dr., Room 202 or e-mail: conway@msu.edu NO LATER than 12 noon on Thursday; after 12, they will be in the next BI-WEEKLY edition.