RODRIGO DE SOUSA HERNANDEZ, Guaymango, El Salvador: Agronomic
and Economic Modeling of Soil Conservation and Agricultural Productivity
in Relay Cropping System, University of California, Davis,
Richard Howitt, Advisor.
KEELY STARRH MARTIN, Two-Stage Estimation of Import Demand:
Analysis of Selected U.S. Apple Export Markets, Cornell
University, David Lee, Advisor.
CHRISTINA L. WELCH STAIR, An Economic Analysis of Alternative
Methods of Corn Rootworm Control: Soil Insecticides, Areawide
Pest Management, and Transgenics, Purdue University, Marshall
Martin, Advisor.
Outstanding
Ph.D. Dissertation
JOHN MICHAEL CRESPI, Generic Commodity Promotion and Product
Differentiation, University of California, Davis, Richard
Sexton, Advisor.
MICHAEL JAMES ROBERTS, Hotelling Reconsidered: The Implications
of Asset Pricing Theory on Natural Resource Price Trends,
University of California, Berkeley, Peter Berck, Advisor.
Honorable Mention
STAVROULA MALLA, Searching for Genes: Public and Private
Spillovers in Agricultural Research, University of Saskatchewan,
Richard Gray, Advisor.
SILVIA SECCHI, Economic Issues in Resistance Management,
Iowa State University, Bruce Babcock, Advisor.
YOSHITO TAKASAKI, The Microdynamics of Conservation and
Development in Tropical Forests, University of Wisconsin,
Bradford L. Braham, Advisor.
Distinguished Teaching
Less Than Ten Years' Experience
Michael A. Boland, Kansas State University Undergraduate Teaching, More Than Ten
Years' Experience
Jay T. Akridge, Purdue University Graduate Teaching Award, More Than Ten
Years' Experience
Ron Mittelhammer, Washington State University
Distinguished Extension Program
Individual
G. ART BARNABY, JR., Kansas State University.
GERALD A. DOEKSEN, Oklahoma State University.
Group
H. DOUGLAS JOSE, University of Nebraska, KEVIN KLAIR, University
of Minnesota, JON NEWKIRK, Washington State University, JAMES
L. NOVAK, Auburn University, KENNETH W. STOKES, Texas A&M
University and
H. DON TILMON, University of Delaware, Extension Risk Management
Education Coordinating Team.
Distinguished Policy Contribution
JULIAN M. ALSTON, University
of California, Davis and PHILIP G. PARDEY, International Food
Policy Research Institute.
Quality of Communications
RICHARD A. LEVINS, University of Minnesota, Willard Cochrane
and the American Family Farm, University of Nebraska Press,
Lincoln.
Quality of Research Discovery
GORDON C. RAUSSER, University of California, Berkeley and
ARTHUR A. SMALL, Columbia University, Valuing Research
Leads: Bioprospecting and the Conservation of Genetic Resources,
Journal of Political Economy 108 (1): 173206.
Honorable Mention
ROBERT G. CHAMBERS, University of Maryland and JOHN C. QUIGGIN,
Australian National University, Uncertainty, Production, Choice,
and Agency: The State-Contingent Approach, Cambridge University
Press.
DANIEL J. PHANEUF, North Carolina State University, CATHERINE
L. KLING, Iowa State University, and
JOSEPH A. HERRIGES, Iowa State University, Estimation
and Welfare Calculations in a Generalized Corner Solution
Model with an Application to Recreation Demand, The
Review of Economics and Statistics 82 (February): 8392.
Outstanding Journal Article: AJAE
DAVID SUNDING, University of California, Berkeley and JOSHUA
ZIVIN, Columbia University, Insect Population Dynamics,
Pesticide Use, and Farmworker Health, American Journal
of Agricultural Economics 82 (August 2000): 527-540.
Honorable Mention
NIGEL KEY, USDA ERS, ELISABETH SADOULET, University of California,
Berkeley and ALAIN DE JANVRY, University of California, Berkeley,
Transaction Costs and Agricultural Household Supply
Response, American Journal of Agricultural Economics
82 (May 2000): 245-259.
Outstanding Journal Article: RAE
PETER J. BARRY, University of Illinois, LEEANN M. MOSS, The
Ohio State University, NARDA L. SOTOMAYOR, University of Illinois
and CESAR L. ESCALANTE, University of Georgia, Lease Pricing
for Farm Real Estate, Review of Agricultural Economics
22 (Spring-Summer 2000): 2-16.
Outstanding CHOICES Article
MATTHEW P. FELDMANN, Northwestern University, MICHAEL L. MORRIS,
CIMMYT (Mexico City) and DAVID HOISINGTON, CIMMYT (Mexico City),
Genetically Modified Organisms: Why All the Controversy?,
CHOICES (First Quarter, 2000): 8-12.
Publication of Enduring Quality
MICHAEL K. WOHLGENANT, North Carolina State University, Demand
for Farm Output in a Complete System of Demand Functions,
American Journal of Agricultural Economics 71 (May 1989): 241-252.