Frontiers in Agricultural Research Food, Health, Environment, and Communities (2003) / Chapter Skim
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About the Subcommittees
About the Subcommittees
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Kellogg Biological Station since 1988. His research interests include nitrogen biogeochemistry and in particular nitrogen conservation in field-crop ecosystems, biogenic sources of atmospheric trace-gas fluxes, and the functional significance of soil microbial diversity.
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She conducts research in ecologically based pest management, working in weather-driven disease-forecasting models. In addition, working with the UC integrated pest management project, she developed a plantdisease model database for the PestCast statewide weather-monitoring and disease-forecasting network.
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Mr. Lipson serves on the US Department of Agriculture Advisory Committee on Agricultural Biotechnology and the Public Advisory Committee for the University of California Sustainable Agriculture Research Education Program.
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He has served as a member of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Risk Assessment of Federal Coordinating Committee on Science, Education, and Technology (1990-19921; director of the Executive Board of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (1989-19921; and director of the Executive Board of the American Agricultural Economics Association (1987-19901.
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Thrupp has broad expertise in sustainable agriculture, food and environmental policy, natural-resource management, sustainable enterprise and green marketing, pesticides and pest management, and agricultural biodiversity. She is currently a life scientist at the US Environmental Protection Agency, Region 9, in the Agriculture Initiative, which entails education, collaboration, and support to the agriculture industry, farmer and nonprofit organizations, and universities on agriculture-environment issues.
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Other awards he has received include outstanding published research in agricultural economics from the Western Agricultural Economics Association (1991, 1995) , best article in the Review of Marketing and Agricultural Economics from the Australian Agricultural Economics Society (1993)
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Bruhn is consumer food marketing specialist at the University of California Cooperative Extension in Davis. She studies consumer concerns about food safety and quality, investigates consumer response to new technologies or ingredients, identifies factors that influence consumer food choice, investigates difficulties that the food industry may have in fulfilling consumer expectations, and develops appropriate educational programs.
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Crosson has received include the Distinguished Service Award of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists and resident of the Rockefeller Foundation Study and Conference Center (Bellagio, Italy)
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Dr. Harrison received a BS in agricultural education from Fort Valley State College, an MEd in agricultural education from the University of Georgia, and a PhD in agricultural education/extension from Ohio State University.
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His recent publications include "Growth, Lobbying and Public Goods" and "A Global Analysis of Agricultural Reform in WTO Member Countries." Dr. Roe received a PhD in agricultural economics from Purdue University, and he was a visiting fellow at Yale University's Economic Growth Center in the academic year 1984-1985.
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Dr. Davenport' s recent publications include "Using Site Specific Approaches to Advance Potato Management in Irrigated Systems," "Cultivar Influences Cranberry Response to Surface Sanding," and "Influences of Soil Iron and Cranberry Aerobic Status on Phosphorus Availability in Cranberry." Dr.
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Dr. Duvick's research contributions over the last 50 years have been his comprehensive studies of cytoplasmic male sterility in maize, his demonstrating the relative contribution of genetics to yield gains of hybrid maize, his documenting the role of genetic diversity in plant breeding, and his proving that high-yielding hybrids have low genotype x environmental interactions.
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Dr. Jen received a BS in agricultural chemistry from National Taiwan University, an MS in food science from Washington State University, and a PhD in comparative biochemistry from the University of California, Berkeley.
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His research interests include agricultural biotechnology, dietary supplements and local food systems in the United States, and iron fortification, malnutrition, and child mortality in developing countries. He received a BS in biology and a BA in anthropology from the University of Arizona and an MA in anthropology and a PhD in anthropology with a nutrition minor from Pennsylvania State University.
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He has been a consultant to many organizations, including legal firms in California, Iowa, the District of Columbia, and Canada; the National Grain and Feed Association; Sunkist Growers; Technokron; The World Bank; the US Central Intelligence Agency; the US Department of Agriculture; and Agriculture and Agri Food Canada. Recent publications include Agricultural Policy, Agribusiness, and Rent-Seeking Behaviour.
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Designing Foods: Animal Product Options in Be Marketplace (1988) Ecological Monitoring of Genetically Modified Crops (2001 )
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