Ag Econ-O-Gram

Vol. 9, No. 14
August 31, 2007

MUKUMBI RECEIVES FELLOWSHIP
Ag. Econ graduate student Kuzai Mukumbi was awarded a three-year C.S. Mott Predoctoral Fellowship in Sustainable Agriculture.  The title of her research proposal is "Increasing Levels of Industrialization and Concentration of Organic Agriculture: A Benefit or Cost to Society?"  Her dissertation advisor is Dr. Dave Weatherspoon.

PUBLICATIONS
Natawidjaja, R., T. Reardon, and S. Shetty, with T.I. Noor, T. Perdana, E. Rasmikayati, S.  Bachri, and R. Hernandez.  2007.  Horticultural Producers and Supermarket Development in Indonesia.  UNPAD/MSU Report No. 38543, published by the World Bank/Indonesia, June.

Loveridge, Scott, Janet Bokemeier, and Peter Kakela, “Jobs Today, Later, or….Never?  An Exploration of Resistance to Economic Change in Communities.” Community Development: Journal of the Community Development Society.  38(2): 16-32.  2007.

LOCAL CONFERENCES
Sept. 10-11 (Mon. & Tues) - 2007 Manufacturing and Developing Wind Energy Systems in Michigan Conference; Kellogg Hotel & Conference Center, East Lansing, MI

Fall Extension Conference is Oct. 9, 10 & 11 at MSU Kellogg Center: www.msue.msu.edu/go/go.cfm?0001.  

The MSU Product Center is hosting a conference, "Growing Your Business" on November 2nd at the Kellogg Center.  Details at:  http://www.productcenter.msu.edu/conference.htm

SEMINARS:
Sept. 4 -  Marek Kolar, Michigan State University, “The Effect of Comovement on the Supply of Trade Credit,” Koo Room, Marshall-Adams Hall; 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.

Sept. 13 – Thom Jayne.  “Under-appreciated Facts about African Agriculture: Implications for Poverty Reduction and Agricultural Growth Strategies” African Studies Center Brown Bag 12:00 noon, Room 201 International Center.

ENVIRONMENTAL SPEAKER SERIES
Oct. 18 - Lisa Heinzerling, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center
“Climate Change at the Court.”

Oct. 25 - Mr. Scott Vitters, Director of Coca Cola Company's Global Sustainable Packaging Platform, “From Waste to Resource:  Enhancing the Sustainability of Packaging.”
http://www.msu.edu/user/mercuro/fall07.html

MSU-BRAZIL WORKSHOP
Sept. 4 - “Infrastructure Development in the Brazilian Amazon:  Understanding Social, Economic, Political, and Gender Dynamics, and Assessing Environmental Risk.”  303 International Center, 10:00am – 5:00 p.m. 

2007 FALL FACULTY MEETINGS
Sept. 14;  Oct. 12;  Nov. 9;  Dec. 7.
All meetings will be on Fridays, 1:30 pm, Rm 75 Ag Hall.

RETIREMENT
Chris Wolf is retiring from the University. We wish him well and, again, thank him for his many years of dedication and devotion to the Department's outstanding Computer Service Unit.

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

CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY, Dept. of Marketing, invites applications for two Assistant/Associate professor (#C08-005 & C08-006); tenure-track positions.  Deadline:  Oct. 10, 2007.  Submit a letter of application specifying search number(s), CV, and names of three references preferably via email to: Dr. Jean Lefebvre, CCSU Marketing Dept., 1615 Stanley Street New Britain, CT 06050, at lefebvrej@ccsu.edu.

ERS (Economic Research Service) has three Senior Level Positions openings:

ERS Associate Administrator, referred to: http://www.ers.usda.gov/AboutERS/Employment/.  Deadline:  Sept. 10, 2007.

Director, Food Economics Division; contact Betsey Kuhn, current FED Director (202-694-5400; bkuhn@ers.usda.gov), or Agency Admin., Kitty Smith (202-694-5000; ksmith@ers.usda.gov).  Deadline:  Sept. 20, 2007. 

Chief, Farm and Rural Household Well-being Branch, Resource and Rural Economics Division.  Referred to: http://www.ers.usda.gov/AboutERS/Employment/.  Deadline:  Sept. 14, 2007.

THE LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO), Halle (Saale), Germany, Dept. of Structural Development of Farms and Rural Areas, has both a postdoctoral and a PhD position availableGo to http://www.iamo.de/iamo/institut/stellenangebote.html. Submit application by 15 September 2007.

MICHIGAN STATE U;NIVERSITY-Extension seeks:
POS ID #1573 - District Livestock Extension Educator; in Lake City Experiment Station, Lake City, MI.  Available:  Oct. 1, 2007.  Deadline:  Sept. 21, 2007.

POS ID # 1574 - County Extension Director, Presque Isle County in Rogers City, MI.  Available: Nov. 1, 2007  Deadline: Sept. 28, 2007

NCRC (National Community Reinvestment Coalition), a economic justice trade association based in Washington, D.C, has an immediate job opening for a research analyst.  Required:  a Bachelor’s degree.  To apply, send materials to Joshua Silver, Vice President of Research & Policy, NCRC, 727 15th St. NW, Suite 900, Washington DC 20005.  Fax (202) 628-9800, jsilver@ncrc.org.

ProGRA (Programs for a Green Revolution in Africa) is seeking for a Program Officer for Education and Training, Program for Africa’s Seed Systems (PASS); located in Nairobi, Kenya.  There is no deadline for applications but it is rather urgent in finding a suitable woman for the job advertised.  Inquiries:  Dr. Peter Matlon, Managing Director, The Rockefeller Foundation, Eden Square, Block 1, 5th Floor, P.O. Box 66773, Westlands 00800, Nairobi, Kenya;  Tel: +254 (-020) 3750 627 (Pilot);  Fax: +254 (-020) 3750 653;  Email:  PMatlon@rockfound.org

USDA/NCRC – seeks for an Agricultural Economist, GS-110-12, Portland, OR; full-time; permanent.  Deadline:  09/20/07.  For more info, go to:  http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/getjob.asp?

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.