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2009 Seminars

Making quality Strides in Liberia: Marketing Enhancements in the Liberian Cocoa Sector
An Agricultural Economics and Food Science Technology Joint Seminar
Presenting Ms. Musu Flomo the first Liberian recipient of the Norman E. Borlaug International Agricultural Science and Technology Fellowship

Friday, November 20th at 1:00 p.m.
212 B Morgan Hall
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Ms. Natasha Acheampong, delivered a presentation on USDA Norman E. Borlaug Fellowship Program.

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Dr. Michael Wilcox, Assistant Professor, Agricultural Economics
presented: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Increase Tropical Tree Crop Farmer Income: Lessons and Opportunities fro the Field

Joint Department Seminar, Food Science Technology & Agricultural Economics

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2008 Seminars

Dr. Clifford S. Russell, Professor of Economics Emeritus presented:
Economic Instruments in Environmental Policy and the Power of Wishful Thinking

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Lance Stewart, graduate student in Agricultural Econmics presented:
Tennessee IndustryClusters and Economic Performance 2001-2006: An Application of Value Chain Analysis Using County-Level Data
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Mr. Tun-Hsiang Yu, Candidate for Assistant Professor in Marketing and Logistics in the Department of Agricultural Economics presented: Price Dynamics in U.S. Grain and Freight Markets


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Jayson Beckman, Ph.D. Candidate, Purdue University, and candidate for Assistant Professor in Marketing and Logistics in the Department of Agricultural Economics presented:
Price Transmission, Livestock, and Feed Sector Impacts from Biofuels Expansion


Lixia He, Post Doctorial Research, James A Larson, Associate Professor presented:
Farm-Level Energy Feedstock Production Risk Analysis: A Comparison Using Quadratic and Semi-variance Risk Measures
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