Ag Econ-O-Gram

Vol. 9, No. 11
July 20, 2007

WELCOME
Dr. Abdullahi Abdulkadri, our newest faculty member, will be working in the Center of Economic Analysis.  His temporary office is Room 216A Ag Hall; his phone number is 353-7856; intercom 123; e-mail:  abdulka5@msu.edu .

SEMINAR
Sarma Aralas, “Essays in Environment and Trade.” Dissertation proposal seminar.  Wednesday, July 25, 3:30 PM in Room 75 Agriculture Hall.

CLASS IN NEWS
Richard Bernsten's AEC 874 class was featured in Sunday's Lansing State Journal (7/15/07) for its service project to help the City of East Lansing better understand residents' attitudes towards the environment. 

GRANT AWARDED
Satish Joshi has been awarded a grant for "Sustainable Systems Analysis of Biofuels for Light-Duty Vehicles," a subcontract with University of Toronto for work funded by GM Canada. 

PUBLICATIONS
Tonsor, G.T. and T.L. Marsh.  2007.  “Comparing Heterogeneous Consumption in US and Japanese Meat and Fish Demand.”  Agricultural Economics. 37:1(July 2007):81-91.

Loveridge, S., and D. Nizalov.  2007. “Operationalizing the Entrepreneurial Pipeline Theory: An Empirical Assessment of the Optimal Size Distribution of Local Firms.”  Economic Development Quarterly.  21(3):244-262.

Crawford, Eric W., T. S. Jayne, and V. A. Kelly (2006).  Alternative Approaches for Promoting Fertilizer Use in Africa.  Agriculture and Rural Development Discussion Paper 22.  Washington, D.C.:  World Bank.

AWARDS:
Laura Donnet, David Weatherspoon, and John Hoehn, were awarded 1st Place Award for Best Paper 2007 IAMA Symposium, Parma, Italy, for their paper, "What Adds Value in Specialty Coffee?  Managerial Implications from Hedonic Price Analysis of Central and South American E-Auctions."

Departmental Best MS Thesis Award for 2006 - Cristobal A. Aguilar - "Trade Analysis of Specific Agri-Food Commodities Using a Gravity Model" - Major Professor Suzanne Thornsbury.

Departmental Best PhD. Thesis Award for 2006 - Lesiba Elias Bopape - "The Influence of Demand Model Selection on Household Welfare Estimates: An Application to South African Food Expenditures: - Major Professor Robert Myers.

AG ECON INFORMS WORLD BANK
MSU Ag. Economics research is widely used in the forthcoming and highly influential World Bank World Development Report.  MSU Ag. Econ researchers who are cited, many of them multiple times and with several works, include: J. Ariga, E. Crawford, N. Dembele, C. Donovan, C. Eicher, L. Flores, J. Govreh, S. Haggblade, R. Hernandez, T. Jayne, V. Kelly, E. Mghenyi, R. Myers, D. Nevin, J. Shaffer, J. Staatz, D. Tschirley, H. Wang, D. Weatherspoon, and Z. Xu.  In addition, post-graduation work of numerous MSU Ag. Econ alumni is cited.

WIND ENERGY SYMPOSIUM
Monday and Tuesday, September 10-11, 2007
Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, East Lansing, Michigan

ECON. DEV. EXCHANGE WITH THAILAND
University of Missouri Extension invites participation in the 2007 Global Leadership Exchange with Thailand on November 3-16-focus on community economic development.  http://extension.missouri.edu/cd/gle/.

DISSERTATION COMPLETION APPLICATIONS
Dissertation completion fellowship applications are due August 20, 2007, November 5, 2007, and March 31, 2008.  See Debbie Conway in Rm. 202 Ag. Hall for application guidelines.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS
The CGIAR Challenge Programs: Call for pre-proposals on themes including Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security.  Pre-proposals are due Sept. 10, 2007.  More detailed information is available at:  http://www.cgiar.org/impact/challenge/cp_cycle2.html

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

FOREIGN AG SERVICE PAID INTERNSHIPS
(1)  International Agricultural Internship Program (IAIP)–  SPRING 2008 Online registration for the spring 2008 semester closes August 18, 2007.  The summer 2008 application deadline is November 15, 2007 and the fall 2008 application deadline is April 3, 2008. 
http://www.fas.usda.gov/admin/newjobs/newjobs.html    For further information, email: internships@fas.usda.gov

(2) Career Internship Program (CIP) - Interns will participate in a two-year program that is designed to fine-tune their skills and abilities.  http://www.fas.usda.gov/admin/newjobs/newjobs.html

UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN, Faculty of Life Sciences Institute of Food and Resource Economics, wishes to appoint a Ph.D. fellow in Food Economics with focus on Obesity Prevention from September 1st, 2007 (or as soon as possible thereafter) for three years. The position requires the applicant to be approved for admission to the Ph.D. programme at the University of Copenhagen when accepted for the post.  Deadline:  August 10, 2007.

IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute) seeks a Senior Research Assistant (SRA) who will work on agricultural technology, natural resource management and climate change research within the Environment and Production Technology Division (EPTD).  This is a one-year, fixed-term, renewable appointment located at IFPRI Headquarters in Washington, DC.  Deadline:  July 26, 2007 or until filled.

IRRI (International Rice Research Institute) is seeking a senior economist to head its Social Science Division (SSD).  The position, initial appointment for three years, will be based in Los Baños, Philippines.  Submit your application online at www.irri.org/jobs/adda.asp.  Deadline:  Sept. 1, 2007 or until a suitable candidate is found. 

KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, Dept. of Ag. Econ., is seeking for a tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor, Economics of Production Agriculture, tenure-track; 60% research, 40% teaching.  Starting date:  Jan. 2007, but is negotiable.  For more info, go to:  www.ksu.edu

MICHIGAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, seeks Business Development Manager; provides retention and expansion assistance to businesses and serves as the one-stop liaison between state and local government.  For more info, go to e-mail address:  medchr@michigan.org.
Deadline:  July 24, 2007.

MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY-EXTENSION:
POS ID 1566 - County Extension Director, Livingston County; located in Howell, MI.  Available:  Sept. 2, 2007.  Deadline:  Aug. 5, 2007.

POS ID 1569 - Extension Educator, Integrated Vegetable Crop Management for Southeast Michigan & Northwest Ohio; located in Monroe, MI.  Available:  Oct. 1, 2007.  Deadline:  Sept. 5, 2007.

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY  is seeking a Program Specialist in Wildlife Extension at School of Environment & Natural Resources, College of Food, Agriculture & Environmental Sciences. This is a 12-month, non-tenure track position.  Deadline:  July 20, 2007, or until position is filled.

PURDUE UNIVERSITY seeks: 
Assistant Professor - Tenure track, Environmental and Natural Resource Economics, Dept of Agricultural Economics.  Available:  January 2008. 

Assistant Professor - Tenure track, Food and Agricultural Business Economics, Dept of Agricultural Economics.

Closing Date for above:  Begins Sept. 1, 2007 and will continue until the positions are filled.  For more info, go to:  http://www.agecon.purdue.edu.

All announcements should be sent to Pat Neumann, Editor, in room 219 Ag. Hall or e-mail: neumannp@msu.edu  NO LATER than 12 noon on Thursday; after 12, they will be in the next BI-WEEKLY edition.