Agribusiness faculty research balances theory with practical application as they respond to changes in the agribusiness industry, both global and domestic. These changes include increasingly industrialized operations, new technologies, consumer awareness, and policies that influence support and trade.
Modified from agb.calpoly.edu
Submissions from 2009
Managing Maize Production in Shifting Cultivation Milpa Systems in Yucatan, Through Weed Control and Manure Application, David Parsons, Luis Ramirez-Aviles, Jerome H. Cherney, Quirine M. Ketterings, Robert W. Blake, and Charles F. Nicholson
Modeling Feedback between Economic and Biophysical Systems in Smallholder Agriculture in Kenya: The Crops, Livestock and Soils in Smallholder Economic Systems (CLASSES) Model, Emma C. Stephens, Christopher B. Barrett, Douglas R. Brown, Johannes Lehmann, David Mbugua, Solomon Ngoze, Charles F. Nicholson, David Parsons, Alice N. Pell, and Susan J. Riha
Tasting Room Insights From San Luis Obispo County, Kathryn Vogt and Wayne Howard
Submissions from 2008
PET Wine Bottles: Will Consumers Accept Them?, David Baird and Wayne Howard
Applying Experimental Economics to Obesity in the Family Household, Mariah D. Ehmke, Travis Warziniack, Christiane Schroeter, and Kari Morgan
Agricultural R&D Policy: A Tragedy of the International Commons, Jennifer S. James, Philip G. Pardey, and Julian M. Alston
Dynamic Market Impacts of Generic Dairy Advertising, Charles F. Nicholson and Harry M. Kaiser
Do College Students Learn by Correcting Missed Exam Questions?, Christiane Schroeter, Steven V. Green, and Erin Bess
Economic Factors and Body Weight: An Empirical Analysis, Christiane Schroeter and Jayson L. Lusk
Determining the Impact of Food Price and Income Changes on Body Weight, Christiane Schroeter, Jayson Lusk, and Wallace Tyner
Submissions from 2007
An Analysis of the Tradeoffs between Policy Instruments to Induce Dairy Producers in California to Participate in a Centralized Digester, Sean P. Hurley, James J. Ahern, and Douglas Williams
Bargaining Rationale For Cooperative Generic Advertising, Jennifer S. James
U.S. Agricultural Productivity and Returns to Research, Jennifer S. James, Julian M. Alston, Philip G. Pardey, and Matt Andersen
Review of Methods for Modelling Systems Evolution, Charles F. Nicholson
Financial Performance Value-Added Dairy Operations in New York, Vermont and Wisconsin, Charles Nicholson and Mark Stephenson
The Economic Impact of the Stanislaus County Food Processing Industry and the Food Processing By-Products Use Program, Jay E. Noel, Sean P. Hurley, and Jessica Bylsma
Devolution of Federal Agricultural Policy: The Case of Specialty Crop Block Grants, Jay E. Noel and David Schweikhardt
Science, Technology and Skills, Philip Pardey, Jennifer James, Julian Alston, Stanley Wood, Bonwoo Koo, Eran Binenbaum, Terrance Hurley, and Paul Glewwe
Effect of Management Decisions on Farm and Household Outcomes in an Integrated Crop-Livestock Agro-Ecosystem in Yucatan, Mexico, David Parsons, Jerome H. Cherney, Charles F. Nicholson, Robert W. Blake, Quirine M. Ketterings, Luis Ramirez-Aviles, and Luis O. Tedeschi
A Benefit Transfer Approach to the Estimation of Agro-Ecosystems Services Benefits: A Case Study of Kern County, California, Eivis Quenani-Petrela, Jay E. Noel, and Thomas Mastin
Invited Review: Role of Livestock in Human Nutrition and Health for Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries, T. F. Randolph, E. Schelling, D. Grace, Charles F. Nicholson, J. L. Leroy, D. C. Cole, M. W. Demment, A. Omore, J. Zinsstag, and M. Ruel
Childhood Obesity in the U.S.: How Effective are School Prevention Programs?, Christiane Schroeter and R. I. Carreira
Fruit and Vegetable Consumption among College Students in Arkansas and Florida: Food and Culture vs. Health Knowledge, Christiane Schroeter, Lisa House, and Argelia Lorence
The Impact of Economic Factors on Consumer Health, Christiane Schroeter and Jayson L. Lusk
USDA Feasibility Standards and Project Risk, Steven Slezak