UC Davis Agricultural and Resource Economics

Recent Press Coverage

Links to a Selection of Press Coverage:

LA Times: Born in the USA and Working in the Fields—What Gives?

Fortune: Re-Thinking The Refugee Crisis

USA Today: How Climate Change Could Drive Immigration to the United States from Mexico

LSE Business Review: Climate Change: Extreme Heat will Decrease Rural Employment and Increase Migration in Mexico

The Independent: Welcoming refugees with plots of land and cash 'gives boost to localeconomy'

CBS News (video): Trump Threats, Minimum Wage, Overtime Hitting California Farmers Hard

African Business: New Research finds Humanitarian Assistance to Refugees boosts Uganda’s Economy

LA Times: As California's labor shortage grows, farmers race to replace workers with robots

Wall Street Journal: U.S., Mexico Increasingly Competing for Farm Labor

Fox News: Farmers fear even greater labor shortage under new Obama policy

CNBC: What's Really Behind the Decline in Mexican Farm Workers?

Voice of America: In Rwanda, Refugees Generate Income for Surrounding Communities

Washington Post: We’re running out of farm workers. Immigration reform won’t help

Fresno Bee: As the farm labor force shrinks, some Mexican workers are being brought in. And they’re legal

Phys.org: Study reveals troubling loss in Mexico's maize genetic diversity

Smithsonian: Once Mexico Had a Wealth of Corn; Now It’s Left With a Genetically Boring Monocrop

ReliefWeb: Economic Impact of Refugee Settlements in Uganda

Undark Magazine: Far from Being a Burden, Research Suggests Refugees Come with Benefits

India Today: Refugees can offer economic boost to host countries: Study

IFPRI: Study: Refugees can boost host economies

WFP Data Week: How can Home-grown School Meals improve the local economy? An innovative approach to local food systems

Public Finance International: Refugees boost the economy of host communities finds study

Coastweek: New refugee aid model boosts local incomes in Uganda: UN report

Business Standard: Refugees can offer economic boost to host countries

The Ugandan: Giving land to refugees ‘contributes to Uganda economy’

Farm Policy News: Trump Administration Immigration Policies Could Hamper Some Ag Sectors

LA Times: How this garlic farm went from a labor shortage to over 150 people on its applicant waitlist

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