Ag Econ-O-Gram

May 4, 2007

ANNUAL FACULTY MEETING
May 10 (Thurs), Kellogg Center, Centennial ABC.  The meeting will begin with a light lunch at 12:00 noon.  Please RSVP to Ann Robinson.

WELCOME BACK!
Dr. Lindy Robison has returned from leavel. His office is in Room 81 Agriculture Hall.  Phone: 353-7226;  Intercom:  137;  E-mail: robison@msu.edu

ABATE ACCEPTS BOARD POST
Getachew Abate has been named to the Board of Directors of the East Lansing Food Coop.

PRODUCT CENTER IMPACTS
Since its inception in 2003, activities by the Department's Product Center for Ag. & Natural Resources have lead to 60 new businesses or business expansions.  Impacts from these new businesses and expansions are estimated to be:  annual sales of $68M, value of investment of $35M, and 371 new jobs created with an estimated annual payroll of $11M.

NEW BORLAUG FELLOW
Hikuepi (Epi) Katjiuongua has been named as a Borlaug Fellow.  She will be working on a project entitled, "EU-Africa Economic Partnership Agreements:  Economic Impact and Challenges for SACU, The Case of Agriculture."  Her advisor is David Weatherspoon. 

NEW GRAD STUDENT ORGANIZATION OFFICERS
President:  Athur Mabiso; VP: Nicky Mason;
Secretary/Treasurer:  Nicole Olynk; Cook Hall Rep.:  Ramzi Adjao; COGS Rep:  Sonja Perakis; Seminar:  Ben Gramig; Brownbag:  Domenico Dentoni; Reference Room:  Hunter Nielson; Admission:  Byron Reyes; Computer Services:  Tim Komarek; Orientation (Domstic):  Tim Komarek; Orientation (International):  Dingi Banda; Social Capital:  Alda Tomo and Ramzi Adjao; Coop:  Beth Walsh, Sonja Perakis, Byron Reyes and Anna Medrano; Potluck:  Michelle Corzine, Joleen Hadrich, Alda Tomo and Nicole Olynk; and Recycling:  Ben Gramig.

PUBLICATION
Negassa, Asfaw, and Robert J. Myers.  2007.  “Estimating policy effects on spatial market efficiency: an extension of the parity bounds model.”  American Journal of Agricultural Economics.  89(2):  338-352.

CITE SEEING
According to Google Scholar, Li An, Frank Lupi, Jianguo Liu, Marc Linderman, Jinyan Huang, “Modeling the choice to switch from fuelwood to electricity Implications for giant panda habitat conservation,” – in Ecological Economics, 2002, has been cited 10 times.

AG EXPO
This year Ag Expo at Michigan State University is Tuesday – Thursday, July 17-19, 2007 at the corner of Farm Lane and Mount Hope Road, East Lansing, MI

JOB OPPORTUNITIES (Details available from Pat Neumann for 30 days)

UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, Tuscaloosa, two tenure track positions beginning in August, 2007.  Areas of specialization within applied microeconomics and macroeconomics are open, but strong modeling and/or empirical skills are desired.  Deadline:  June 1, 2007.  For more info, go to:  http://www.cba.ua.edu/efl

UNIVERSITY OF PURDUE , Dept. of Ag. Econ., seeks for Research Economist, Database Administrator (#:  1145.201.0704).  For more info, go to:  http://www.purdue.edu/hr/Employment/Job_Vacancies/wlprof.shtml

UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE  Professor in Agricultural Economics- Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics, Economics or related field.  Knowledge of and experience in business management at the executive level. For more info, go to:  http://uthr.admin.utk.edu/emplcomp/FacultyVacancy.shtml