9 pages., Author reports on the benefit-cost ratio (BCR) of agricultural trade promotion, observing an average of $10 return from $1 invested and noting that funds allocated to such promotion have been relatively small. ... "Given the high BCRs to export promotion...as reported by several studies, increased funding to those underfunded programs could produce rather dramatic results..."
America’s rural-urban divide seemingly has never been greater, a point reinforced by large geographic disparities in support for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election. But it is also the case that big cities and rural communities are more tightly integrated than ever and are increasingly interdependent, both economically and socially. This new rural-urban interface is highlighted in this collection of articles, which are organized and developed around the general concept of changing symbolic and social boundaries. Rural-urban boundaries—how rural and urban people and places are defined and evaluated—reflect and reinforce institutional forces that maintain spatial inequality and existing social, economic, and political hierarchies. This volume makes clear that rural-urban boundaries are highly fluid and that this should be better reflected in research programs, in the topics that we choose to study, and in the way that public policy is implemented.
Weatherspoon, David D. (author), Oehmke, James F. (author), Coleman, Marcus A. (author), Dembele, Assa (author), and Weatherspoon, Lorraine J. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2012
Published:
USA: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 186 Document Number: D00917
Leistritz, F.L. (author / North Dakota State University), Johnson, B.B. (author / University of Nebraska), Allen, J.C. (author / University of Nebraska), Olsen, D. (author / University of Nebraska), and Sell, R.S. (author / North Dakota State University)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1996
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 104 Document Number: C09020
Gum, R. (author), Tronstad, R. (author), and Philocomp, a Port Angles, Washington, consulting firm; Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Arizona
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1996
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 101 Document Number: C08632
Doster, D. Howard (author), Musser, Wesley G. (author), Ortmann, Gerald F. (author), Patrick, George F. (author), and Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN; Agricultural Economics, University of Natal, South Africa; Agricultural Economics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, Lafayette, IN
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1993
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 94 Document Number: C07237
food safety, Consumer concerns about food safety span the issues of pesticide and herbicide residues on agricultural products, additives and preservatives used in food processing, and antibiotics and hormones used in livestock feed. Apprehension about food safety seems to be on the rise. Yet, consumer information has not kept pace. California's Proposition 65, passed in November 1986, requires food labels to note toxic chemicals and is one example of how consumers are seeking to ameliorate this situation. It may be time to permit individual consumers to decide how much toxins they want to consume, i.e., permit the marketing of food products containing a range of toxins so long as the foods are labeled to indicate the level of "health hazard" associated with the toxins the food contains. The "health hazard" displayed on food labels might be calculated like statisticians determine the health hazards associated with automobiles. (original)
Based on a talk presented to the conference on "Investing in the Future; Professional Education for the Undergraduate," sponsored by USDA and the Board on Agriculture, National Research Council, held April 15-17, 1991, at the National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C.
Kaiser, Harry M. (author), McGuirk, Anya M. (author), and McGuirk: Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics and Statistics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; Kaiser: Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Cornell University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1991
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 85 Document Number: C05421
Meier, Charles (author), Zulauff, Carl (author), and Zulauff: Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Ohio State University; Meier: Ph D student, Ohio State University
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1990
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 79 Document Number: C04463
