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ARE Graduate Students and Faculty Benefit from Inclusive Education and Mentoring Training Workshop
Seven ARE Ph.D students and three ARE faculty participated in the first-ever Graduate Inclusive Education and Mentoring Training (GET) workshop that took place in early September. The GET workshop, a …
ARE Distinguished Professor Michael Carter Recipient of the Chancellor’s Award for International Engagement
ARE Distinguished Professor Michael Carter was named as one of two recipients of the 2022 Chancellor’s Award for International Engagement. The award recognizes UC Davis faculty and staff members for …
Daniel A. Sumner Recipient of 2022 CAES Award of Distinction
ARE Distinguished Professor Daniel A. Sumner is being honored among faculty with a 2022 College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Award of Distinction. The Award of Distinction is the highest …
ARE Professor Timothy Beatty Elected President of AAEA
Congratulations to ARE professor Tim Beatty who recently won the Agricultural & Applied Economics Association’s (AAEA) election for President. Professor Beatty’s service to the AAEA has included work as a …
UCD ARE Collaboration with WFP Finds Economic Benefits from Giving Land to Refugees
A new study, published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics, finds that providing refugees with agricultural land significantly improves their welfare and self-reliance, while creating positive economic spillovers for …
Annual ARE Faculty-Grad Student Ski and Snow Play Day Held in Tahoe
On February 2, thirty-three faculty and grads arrived at Distinguished Professor Rich Sexton’s house in the Lake Tahoe region for the annual ARE ski and snow play day held on …
ARE Assistant Professor Jamie Hansen-Lewis Selected as a 2023 Environmental Faculty Fellow
Congratulations to ARE Assistant Professor Jamie Hansen-Lewis who was selected as one of the UC Davis Institute of the Environment’s 2023 Environmental Faculty Fellows. Fellows are early and mid-career faculty …
New NASEM Report Co-Authored by ARE Professor and Chair Rachael Goodhue Finds Supply of Native Seeds Insufficient to Meet the Needs of Ecological Restoration Projects
A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine says the insufficient supply of seeds from native plants is a major barrier to ecological restoration and other …
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Our faculty participate actively in the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics. The broad mission of the Foundation is to promote and support research and outreach activities in agricultural economics and rural development relevant to California.
Continuing in celebration of the Ph.D. program's 50th anniversary, The UC Davis Agricultural and Resource Economics PhD Program: The First 50 Years by Alex F. McCalla, Julian M. Alston, and K. Aleks Schaefer is available to read.
Selected Publications
Rangeland Ecosystem Service Markets: Panacea or Wicked Problem?
L.M. Roche, T.L. Saitone, and K.W. Tate. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems (2021) 5.
The Macro Effects of Climate Policy Uncertainty
S. Fried, K. Novan, and W.B. Peterman. FEDS Notes 2021 (March).
K.P. Adams, H. Luo, S.A. Vosti, J.Kagin, I. Ngnie-Teta, A. Ndjebayi, et al. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (2021) December.
Upstream innovation leakage in Uganda's coffee planting material pipeline
G. Diiro, D. Kawooya, T.J. Lybbert, and S. Wunsch-Vincent. European Review of Agricultural Economics (2023) February.
Latest ARE Update
ARE Update Vol. 26, No. 4, Mar/Apr, 2023
- Bruno, Ellen M. "From Drought to Deluge: Designing Groundwater Pricing Policies to Cope With California’s Water Woes."
- Zilberman, David, Thomas Reardon, Joseph Cooper and Sadie Shoemaker. "Thinking in Terms of Supply Chains Rather Than Individual Markets."
- Ferguson, Joel. "How Much Will Air Quality Improve Thanks to the San Joaquin Valley Agricultural Burning Ban?"
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Our newly implemented Diversity and Inclusion in Research Education and Career Training (DIRECT) program will expose, encourage, prepare and involve students from diverse backgrounds in agricultural economics. It is closely aligned with a campus-wide commitment to recognize and nurture talent and achievement by supporting diversity and equal opportunity in education. For more information, see: UCD Principles of Community, UCD Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and UCD Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Vision.
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