Agricultural and Applied Economics Priorities and Solutions
The Steering Committee engaged six provocateurs to talk about the issues in these areas and related research, education and extension needs associated with the categories that came out of the survey. As a result, the workshop hosted presentations by:
• Water, Land, Ecosystems, and Environmental Policy: Research Priorities and Challenges
Madhu Khanna, Professor of Agricultural and Consumer Economics, University of Illinois at
Mike Woods, Chair of the Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University
• Agricultural Development: An International Perspective
Will Martin, Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute. Dr. Martin is also President of the International Association of Agricultural Economists.
• Agricultural Production and Policy
Keith Coble, a W.L. Giles Distinguished Professor of Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State
• Agribusiness and Food Marketing Systems
James Vercammen, Professor of Food and Resource Economics, University of British Columbia
Jayson Lusk, Regents Professor and Willard Sparks Endowed Chair, Oklahoma State University