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Doing Good by Choosing Well: Priorities for Agricultural Economics

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  • Mary C. Ahearn
  • Henry M. Bahn
  • Peter J. Barry
  • Sam M. Cordes
  • Tracy Irwin Hewitt
  • George W. Norton
  • Katherine R. Smith
  • Amy Purvis Thurow

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Public decision makers, administrators, and supporters of agricultural economics research, teaching, and outreach activities have communicated a need for a more coherent expression of priorities. In addition, they have recognized that priorities should be focused on addressing and solving problems of importance to the public good. The agricultural economics profession has responded to this call for a well-defined set of priorities. A systematic set of priority-setting activities has included soliciting the views of stakeholders (i.e., users and potential users of the goods and services provided by agricultural economists) and of agricultural economists about priorities for the profession. The Council on Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (C-FARE) led a process to integrate this information into a set of professional priorities. This paper describes the key considerations in establishing priorities, describes the C-FARE process, and reports the results of the priority-setting process for agricultural economics.

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  • Mary C. Ahearn & Henry M. Bahn & Peter J. Barry & Sam M. Cordes & Tracy Irwin Hewitt & George W. Norton & Katherine R. Smith & Amy Purvis Thurow, 1998. "Doing Good by Choosing Well: Priorities for Agricultural Economics," Review of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 20(2), pages 332-346.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:revage:v:20:y:1998:i:2:p:332-346.
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    1. Michael A. Boland & Brian C. Briggeman & Keri Jacobs & Phil Kenkel & Gregory McKee & John L. Park, 2021. "Research Priorities for Agricultural Cooperatives and their Farmer‐Members," Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 43(2), pages 573-585, June.
    2. Sanders, Dwight & Altman, Ira J. & Apgar, Gary, 2012. "Determinants of Profitability in Niche Swine Production," Journal of the ASFMRA, American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, vol. 2012, pages 1-12.
    3. Sanders, Dwight & Apgar, Gary & Manfredo, Mark R., 2005. "Using Farm-Level Data to Improve Marketing and Planning: An Illustration with Live Hogs," Journal of the ASFMRA, American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, vol. 2005, pages 1-8.

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