AAEA Annual Meeting | Agricultural & Applied Economics Association

Evidence of International Trade Impact on Food Consumption
How climate change and changes in consumer preferences could affect export markets in Latin America?
The economic implications of COVID-19 on the Agricultural Supply Chain in Latin America and the Caribbean

Cattle Prices, Transaction Efficiencies, Production Challenges, and Technologies in Latin America, Joint with INT
Labor in Agri-food Systems, Joint with INT
Linking food security, land use, and climate change in Latin America, Joint with FSN
Revising Determinants of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption

Cost of nutritious diets: Cross-country comparisons of retail food prices and diet costs, Joint with FSN
Strategies for Success in Modern Food Value Chains in Latin America, Joint with FAMPS
The impact of COVID 19 on the Agribusiness Sector and Economy of Latin America, Joint with FSN
The Impact of COVID-19 in the Agricultural Supply Chain in Latin America , Joint with INT
The Impact of the Food Safety Modernization Act on US imports from Latin America, Joint with SCE
The politics and economics of commodity trade restrictions, Joint with INT

Strategies to adapt to and mitigate the effects of climate change in Latin America (Co-sponsored by International Section).
Cocoa and Palm Oil value chains and the role of producers associations in the production systems of Latin America (Co-sponsored by Senior Section).
How U.S. Trade Policies Have Shaped Latin America’s Food and Ag industry: Risks and Opportunities (Co-sponsored by COSBAE).
Productivity & Technical efficiency in Latin America.

2019 LAS Outstanding Selected Research Paper Award and Selected Poster Award
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Food labeling to limit diet-related disease in Latin America (Joint with INTL)
The Double burden of malnutrition in Latin America (Joint with INTL)
Impact assessment of agricultural projects in Latin America
Analysis of Agricultural Policies in the Caribbean – Evidence, Trends, and Perspectives (Joint with COSBAE)

2018 LAS Outstanding Selected Research Paper Award and Selected Poster Award

Outstanding Selected Research Paper Award: “Land use and the opportunity cost of forest preservation in Bolivia” by Felipe de Figueiredo Silva, Juan M. Murguia, Wanderley Ferreira, Brisa Rejas Galindo, and Boris Hinojosa Guzman.
Outstanding Selected Poster Award: “Development and inclusive businesses in rural Colombia” by Emiliano Lopez Barrera and James Lowenberg-Deboer.

Trends in preferential trade agreements in Latin America (Joint with International)
The Colombian Peace Process and Economic Development (Joint with CRENET)
Land issues in Latin America: A Broad View from Titling to Carbon Sequestration
Performance and challenges for US trade free agreement with Latin America: Do these accords need improvements? (Joint with Senior)
Challenges Impacting Economic Sustainability of Specialty Crops (Joint with SCE)

2017 LAS Outstanding Selected Research Paper Award and Selected Poster Award

Outstanding Selected Research Paper Award: “Land Titling and Property Rights: Does Legislating Small Farm Land as a Non-Seizable Family Asset Improve Small Farmers’ Welfare?” by Juan Manuel Murguia Baysse and Kassu Wamisho.
Outstanding Selected Poster Award: “The Effect of ‘Traffic-Light’ Nutritional Labelling in Carbonated Soft Drink Purchases in Ecuador.” by Luis Sandoval Mejia et al.

Study Abroad in Agricultural Economics & Agribusiness Programs (Joint with TLC)
Evaluating Trade Performance in Agriculture (Joint with COSBAE)
Development Issues in Latin America: Food Security, Health and Female Labor Force, Property Rights, and Agricultural R&D
Soybean Expansion in the Tropics (Joint with AEM)
Agricultural productivity, nutrition and food security in Latin America
Competitive Factors of Latin American Countries in the U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Markets (Joint with Senior)

2016 LAS Outstanding Selected Research Paper Award and Selected Poster Award

Selected Research Paper Award: “Climate Change Interaction with Agriculture, Forestry Sequestration and Food Security” by Luis Moises Pena-Levano et al.

Major Factors That Will Impacts the Role of Latin America in Meeting Future Food Demand (Joint with Senior)
The Impact of the Food Safety Modernization Act on the U.S. Produce Industry: Domestic Production and Latin American Imports (Joint with FSN)