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Open Position: Academic Coordinator II, Assistant Director, California Agribusiness Executive Seminar and Communications Director, Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics
The Assistant Director supports professional development for agribusiness executives through the CAES and the research and outreach missions of the GFAE and the UC faculty that comprise its membership. The …
ARE Ph.D. Graduates Celebrate Virtual 2020 Graduation Ceremony
On Friday, June 19th, 2020, ARE celebrated the accomplishments of its 10 new Ph.D graduates with a virtual ceremony. Chair Rachael Goodhue kicked off the event by welcoming the graduates, …
New Study by Ashish Shenoy and Colleagues Highlights Challenges in Scaling up Development Programs from RCTs
Results of the study, co-authored by ARE Assistant Professor Ashish Shenoy, are outlined in a policy brief for the International Growth Centre titled, “Lessons learned from a scale-up of a …
ARE PhD Student Charlotte Ambrozek Named Professors for the Future Program Fellow
ARE PhD student Charlotte Ambrozek has been named a 2020-2021 fellow in the Professors for the Future (PFTF) Program. Ambrozek will join 14 other doctoral students and postdoctoral scholars from …
Annual ARE Faculty-Grad Student Ski Day Held at Alpine Meadows
ARE faculty and grads gathered at Lake Tahoe in the evening of February 10 for the annual departmental ski day on February 11, this year at Alpine Meadows ski resort. …
Aaron Smith Launches ARE DeLoach Chair Website
The recently launched website aims to make agricultural data easily accessible to researchers and the public. With a few clicks of a mouse, you can view or download the data …
ARE professor Ashish Shenoy Presents as Part of COVID-19 Recovery Webinar
RE assistant professor Ashish Shenoy presented at a recent webinar, “Early Evidence on COVID-19, Mobility, and Migration” sponsored by Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA). Shenoy joined an expert panel to …
UC Davis Partners in Launch of New USAID Initiative to Build Research Leadership in Africa
A new USAID-funded initiative seeks to jumpstart Africa-based leadership in rigorous development research and policy evaluation.
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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.
Recent Publications
Economics of Global Cattle Industries, with Implications for On-Farm Practices
D.A. Sumner. In T. Engle, D.J. Klingborg, and B.E. Rollin (Eds.), The Welfare of Cattle (2018) CRC Press.
Optimal monitoring and control under state uncertainty: Application to lionfish management
D.M. Kling, J.N. Sanchirico, and P.L. Fackler. Journal of Environmental Economics and Management (2017) 85: 223-245.
Resilience of a commercial fishing fleet following emergency closures in the Gulf of Mexico
M.L. Cockrella, S. O'Farrell, J. Sanchirico, S.A. Murawski, L. Perruso, and A. Strelcheck. Fisheries Research (2019) 218: 69-82.
E.T. Addicott, K. Kroetz, M.N. Reimer, J.N. Sanchirico, D.K. Lew, and J. Huetterman. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences (2019) 76 (1): 56-68.
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