Agriculture Policy Conference 2021:
Agriculture Policy in the Age of COVID
October 14-15, 2021
2021 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
Thursday, October 14th, 1 p.m. CST
PANEL ONE: The U.S. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in a Time of Stress and Change
Minfang Wei, University of Illinois and Craig Gundersen, Baylor Collaborative on Hunger and Poverty (BCHP)
Examining the Impact of the SNAP Benefit Formula on Food InsecurityTravis Smith, University of Georgia; Chandra Dhakal, PhD Candidate, University of Georgia; and Chen Zhen, University of Georgia
Purchase Efficiency among SNAP BeneficiariesHoa Hoang, Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, University of Missouri; Patrick Westhoff, Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, University of Missouri; Wyatt Thompson, Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, University of Missouri; Younghyeon Jeon, Graduate Student, University of Missouri
Federal Expenditures on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in the Context of Policy Responses and Reforms
Thursday, October 14th, 3 p.m. CST
PANEL TWO
James Sayre, Ph.D. Candidate, UC Berkeley ARE
Farm to Firm: Clustering and Returns to Scale in Agricultural ExportingSunghun Lim, Texas Tech University
Tariffs, Agricultural Subsidies, and the 2020 US Presidential ElectionWill Martin, International Food Policy Research Institute
Modeling Development Policies with Multiple ObjectivesJoe Weinberg, The University of Southern Mississippi
Keeping Score: The Two Dimensions of Trade Protection
Friday, October 15th, 10 a.m. CST
PANEL THREE
Nguyen Vuong, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The Long-term Impact of Organochlorine Pollution in Soil and Groundwater on Academic PerformanceLeah English, Ph.D. Candidate/Research Associate, University of Arkansas
The Phosphate Paradox: Analysis of Struvite Recovery as a Potential SolutionLiza von Grafenstein, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Göttingen
Information Source and Content–Drivers for Consumers’ Valuation of Fairly Traded FoodsMichel Robe, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Canary in the Coal Mine: COVID-19 and Soybean Futures Market Liquidity
Friday, October 15th, 1 p.m. CST
PANEL FOUR
Henry Thomson, University of Missouri
Labor-Saving Technology and Rural Unrest: Evidence from BrazilOre Koren, Indiana University Bloomington
Koren Food Prices, Social Conflict, and the U.S. Federal Reserve BankChelsea Estancona, University of South Carolina
From Cocaine to Avocados: Criminal Market Expansion and ViolenceJeffrey Michler, University of Arizona
Family Ties: Understanding Household Labor Allocation for Mitigating Impacts of Disasters, Conflict, and COVID-19
To submit a full panel proposal, or if you have any questions about the research group or the conference, please contact me directly.
Cheers,
Joe Weinberg
Associate Professor of Political Science
The University of Southern Mississippi
Joseph.Weinberg@usm.edu