Unpleasant Lessons from the Settlement of the West: Implications for the WAEA and Other Professional Associations

Unpleasant Lessons from the Settlement of the West: Implications for the WAEA and Other Professional Associations

Parallels are drawn between shortcomings and events that occurred in our western heritage with current issues facing agricultural economists. Challenges are made in relation to conflict of interest policies, external funding, cultivating connections with experts outside our discipline, and relevance...

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Main Author: Russell Tronstad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Western Agricultural Economics Association 2011-12-01
Series:Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
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academic areas
conflict of interest disclosure
external funds
research priorities
Online Access:https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/119156
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spelling doaj-099f5162659444da84b2397cf836f2622020-11-25T02:38:42ZengWestern Agricultural Economics AssociationJournal of Agricultural and Resource Economics1068-55022327-82852011-12-0136343344710.22004/ag.econ.119156119156Unpleasant Lessons from the Settlement of the West: Implications for the WAEA and Other Professional AssociationsRussell TronstadParallels are drawn between shortcomings and events that occurred in our western heritage with current issues facing agricultural economists. Challenges are made in relation to conflict of interest policies, external funding, cultivating connections with experts outside our discipline, and relevance of research priorities. Survey data on research priorities of upper administrators and faculty within colleges of agriculture are compared to those of Western Agricultural Economics Association members. Upper administrators from land grant colleges rank research focused in the area of competitiveness and profitability less than areas of water usage, food safety, renewable energy, global climate change, or sustainability.https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/119156academic areasconflict of interest disclosureexternal fundsresearch priorities
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Unpleasant Lessons from the Settlement of the West: Implications for the WAEA and Other Professional Associations
Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
academic areas
conflict of interest disclosure
external funds
research priorities
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title Unpleasant Lessons from the Settlement of the West: Implications for the WAEA and Other Professional Associations
title_short Unpleasant Lessons from the Settlement of the West: Implications for the WAEA and Other Professional Associations
title_full Unpleasant Lessons from the Settlement of the West: Implications for the WAEA and Other Professional Associations
title_fullStr Unpleasant Lessons from the Settlement of the West: Implications for the WAEA and Other Professional Associations
title_full_unstemmed Unpleasant Lessons from the Settlement of the West: Implications for the WAEA and Other Professional Associations
title_sort unpleasant lessons from the settlement of the west: implications for the waea and other professional associations
publisher Western Agricultural Economics Association
series Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
issn 1068-5502
2327-8285
publishDate 2011-12-01
description Parallels are drawn between shortcomings and events that occurred in our western heritage with current issues facing agricultural economists. Challenges are made in relation to conflict of interest policies, external funding, cultivating connections with experts outside our discipline, and relevance of research priorities. Survey data on research priorities of upper administrators and faculty within colleges of agriculture are compared to those of Western Agricultural Economics Association members. Upper administrators from land grant colleges rank research focused in the area of competitiveness and profitability less than areas of water usage, food safety, renewable energy, global climate change, or sustainability.
topic academic areas
conflict of interest disclosure
external funds
research priorities
url https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/119156
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