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New Video Documents Unique UCD-WFP Collaboration on Kenya’s Home Grown School Meals Program
Nov. 27, 2019
The project, led by ARE Professor J. Edward Taylor, used simulation methods to measure the local-economy impacts of Kenya’s national school meals program. A team of UCD ARE graduate students …
ARE Welcomes Dr. Jamie Hansen-Lewis to Faculty
Nov. 6, 2019
The Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ARE) is proud to welcome Dr. Jamie Hansen-Lewis to our faculty as an assistant professor. Dr. Lewis, a specialist in environmental and development …
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Pierre Mérel Receives the Christophe Baron Prize for Best Wine Economics Presentation
Oct. 1, 2019
The prize acknowledges outstanding economic work, service to the association, and dedication to the discipline of wine economics.. Pierre received the prize at the 2019 annual meeting of the American …
Richard Sexton Recipient of 2019 CAES Award of Distinction
Sept. 26, 2019
ARE Distinguished Professor Richard J. Sexton is the 2019 faculty recipient of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Award of Distinction. The Award of Distinction is the highest recognition …
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MS and PhD Programs in Agricultural and Resource Economics Reclassified as STEM
Sept. 16, 2019
The M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Agricultural and Resource Economics are now classified as a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) degrees, joining the undergraduate Managerial Economics major. This occurred …
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Open Position: Agricultural Issue Center - Project Scientist
Sept. 10, 2019
The Project Scientist makes significant and creative contributions to a research or creative project in his/her academic discipline. The appointee possesses the subject matter expertise and the creative energy necessary …
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Miki Khanh Doan Wins 2019 Erika C.H. Meng Scholarship for Development Policy and Research
Aug. 23, 2019
The Erika C.H. Meng Scholarship will support Miki Doan’s PhD thesis on gender-related conflicts and intra-household cooperation. In many developing country settings, husbands and wives jointly engage in agricultural activities. …
Ellen Bruno wins AAEA Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award
Aug. 1, 2019
Ellen Bruno won the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association’s Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award for 2019 for her work, “An Evaluation of Policy Instruments for Sustainable Groundwater Management.”
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UC Davis and USAID Launch New Research Program to Study Rural Poverty Worldwide
July 31, 2019
The University of California, Davis will lead a new global research program to build and test ways to overcome some of the biggest remaining challenges for lifting and keeping rural …
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Michael Carter Wins AAEA Publication of Enduring Quality Award
July 31, 2019
ARE Professor Michael Carter has won the 2019 Publication of Enduring Quality Award from the Association of Agricultural and Applied Economics (AAEA) for his paper "The Economics of Poverty Traps …
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