September 2019, Issue 19
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AAEA Deadlines September 12, 2019 October 2, 2019 October 3, 2019 |
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AAEA News AAEA/AARES Heading South Award The Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES) and the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) through the AAEA Trust will jointly offer this travel award to attend the 2020 AARES Conference in Perth, Western Australia. It is available to members of AARES or AAEA normally resident in North America. Applicants for the award can be a member of either AARES or AAEA but must be a member of AARES to participate in the conference. Electronic submissions (in PDF form) for this award must be emailed to Kristen McGuire by Thursday, September 12, 2019 (for travel in February 2020). Call for Nominations The AAEA Fellows Selection Committee is inviting nominations for the 2020 AAEA Fellows Awards. The deadline for submission of nominations and supporting biographical documentation is Wednesday, October 2, 2019. Selection is based mainly on a continuous contribution to the advancement of agricultural or applied economics as defined by the Vision Statement of the AAEA. Achievements may be in research, teaching, extension, administration, or business. The nominee must be a living current member of AAEA and have been a member for at least five years. Call for Nominations The AAEA Nominating Committee is soliciting nominations from AAEA membership for AAEA President-Elect and two AAEA Directors, all for three year terms beginning July 2020. Please submit the names and affiliations of nominees to kmcguire@aaea.org. Nominations must be received by October 3, 2019. Meet Susan Offutt
A: My greatest accomplishments aren’t really mine – they belong to my colleagues at USDA’s Economic Research Service. While serving as Administrator from 1996 through 2006, I was fortunate to work with dedicated civil servants to build a world-class website to create access to the agency’s data and analysis and to create an outlet – Amber Waves – that disseminated output to a broad audience of stakeholders. Among other successes, these ensured the availability of evidence on which to base Federal farm, food, rural, and natural resource policies. Of course, these memories are bittersweet given that the Trump Administration intentionally drove off the agency’s talented professionals and destroyed its capabilities with the unilateral decision to move the agency out of Washington, D.C. where national policy is made. The cruelty, duplicity, and hypocrisy of these actions serve as a reminder that good government cannot be taken for granted.
A: My advice is not to take oneself too seriously and always to acknowledge the contribution that others - teachers, colleagues, students, stakeholders - make to a professional’s success.
A: My hope is that this club, as part of the Trust, will promote emphasis on the collective and public mission to which we as agricultural and applied economists are dedicated. Going forward, the AAEA should strive to raise awareness of future economic, social, and environmental challenges and eschew its penchant for emphasizing methodology over policy relevance.
A: Over the years, the annual summer meetings have provided the best opportunity to meet, argue, and party with colleagues from across the country. The most fun is had in reunions with professors and fellow graduate students from the university that granted one’s degree. I remember returning to Ithaca in 1984, two years after receiving my degree from Cornell. Despite the unusually hot weather and the despair of my Midwestern colleagues over the hilly landscape, the meeting I (mostly) recall was festive and welcoming. Call for Papers AETR is a new online open access publication sponsored by the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association for high end research and scholarship in the areas of teaching, education and extension in the fields of agricultural economics, agribusiness, applied economics and related disciplines. AAEA Trust Call for Proposals The AAEA Trust supports the work of agricultural and applied economists by funding programs, initiatives, activities or other creative endeavors designed to advance the profession. Proposals are chosen to receive funding based on their ability to accomplish at least one of the following goals:
Call for Applications The AAEA Trust is now accepting applications for the Anthony Grano Scholarship Award. Two scholarships of $1,250 will be awarded to academically successful, highly motivated students in agricultural economics or a closely related discipline with an interest in agricultural policy and the policy formation process. The scholarship will support recipients to travel to Washington, D.C. to meet with senior staff from USDA, Congressional offices, and agricultural trade associations and commodity organizations. Uma Lele AERA India/AAEA Mentorship Program The AERA along with one representative from AAEA will play a facilitating role in the selection of Indian students/young professionals to participate in the mentorship program. The offer and themes for each year will be published in one of the issues of Agricultural Economics Research Review (AERR) and recommendation of the Association shall be sent to AAEA for Award of the grant. The following criteria were agreed for screening and recommendation of the candidate(s). Sylvia Lane Mentor Fellowship Call for Applications The Sylvia Lane Mentor Fellowship provides an opportunity for early career women scholars working on food, agricultural, or resource issues to collaborate with an established expert at another university, institution, or firm. Call for Applications The AAEA Trust Committee is accepting applications for the 2020 Chester O. McCorkle Jr. Student Scholarship. This scholarship will support applied research by a graduate student on economic issues relating to agriculture. At least one (1) scholarship of up to $2,000 will be awarded. Funds can be used for research related expenses, data collection, tuition and program related expenses such as fees, books, supplies and equipment, provided the items are required of all students in the program. Uma Lele Mentor Fellowship Award Call For Applications The Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Trust is now accepting applications for the Uma Lele Mentor Fellowship Award. The Uma Lele Mentor Fellowship Award supports a mentorship relationship with a view to promote high quality research of a policy/problem solving nature in countries with food insecurity and environmental pressures. It is meant to promote collaboration between an early career scholar who is a citizen of and resides in a developing country and a distinguished mentor. Other News Control and Access: Intellectual Property and CRISPR Gene Editing for Innovation in Crop Agriculture Dates: October 24-25, 2019 Following the breakthrough inventions involving CRISPR in 2012, one of the main stories has centered on patent disputes and complex intellectual property ownership. It is not unusual, of course, for “patent thickets” to form around complex biological research tools like CRISPR; yet, less attention has been drawn to the fact that in at least in one industry—crop agriculture—a solution to this problem has been introduced. The joint licensing framework announced by Pioneer (of DowDuPont) and the Broad Institute brings together all the foundational patent rights over CRISPR-Cas and makes them available to a broad range of potentially competing innovators in crop agriculture. This voluntary pooling of key patent rights has enormous implications for opportunities to advance and democratize genetic innovation. It also presents a compelling collective action model for IP, whether for other fields of use of CRISPR-Cas or for other platform technologies altogether. Call for Participation The 2019 Annual Meeting of the Food Distribution Research Society will be held at the Seattle Marriott Waterfront - Seattle, Washington, from October 18 – October 22, 2019. The theme of the conference this year is “From Local to Global: Innovative Strategies for Changing Food Distribution Networks.” NCCC-134 Committee on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management The NCCC-134 Committee on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management will host its 2020 Conference on April 20-21, 2020 at the Holiday Inn St. Louis Downtown Conv Ctr, St. Louis, Missouri. Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowships Up to two years - $47,500 per academic year. 2019 International Conference on Agricultural and Food Science 2019 International Conference on Agricultural and Food Science (ICAFS 2019) to be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia during December 8-11, 2019. For more details please visit https://icafs.apaset.org/2019/ |
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