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Invasive Species Research Program: Request for Proposals
The ERS Program of Research on the Economics of Invasive
Species Management (PREISM) is pleased to announce a second
round of competitive grants and cooperative agreements. The
PREISM program, now in its second year, is soliciting research
proposals in three broad topic areas: (1) stakeholders and
incentives for efficient invasive species program management;
(2) practical decision tools for invasive species management;
and (3) trade and invasive species. Proposals should focus
on economic research and/or decision support system development
with direct implications for USDA policies and programs that
address protection from, control or management of, regulation
concerning, or trade policy relating to invasive species.
Competitive funding in fiscal year 2004 is expected to be
about $1.2 million. For more information on PREISM and the
2004 competitive grants and cooperative agreements program,
visit the ERS Briefing
Room on Invasive Species Management. Jan
Lewandrowski.
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Allocating
Resources to Manage Invasive Species and Pests
As part of ERS’s research program on the economics
of invasive species,
ERS and USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) are developing
a methodology for allocating resources to manage invasive species and pests.
The effects of invasive species on production, trade, and the environment differ
across species. A single methodology for ranking agricultural pests according
to different effects will help policymakers to allocate resources in a consistent
and transparent manner. A recent workshop with APHIS’s Center for Plant
Health Science
and Technology was one step in the process of constructing a methodology. Kitty
Smith
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Collaboration
With the Food and Agriculture Organization
ERS economists routinely collaborate with partners around
the country and around the world, including the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome,
Italy. In October 2003, Joseph Cooper served as the environmental
economics advisor to FAO’s Roles of Agriculture Project,
which analyzes the side effects (both beneficial and adverse)
of agriculture in developing countries. Also at FAO in October,
Keith Wiebe discussed shared research interests in land degradation
and agricultural productivity, and Shahla Shapouri described
ongoing ERS analysis of global food security. Keith
Wiebe
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How
Are Changing Preferences Affecting World Food Markets?
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ERS research indicates that, although consumer demand for
processed food products continues to rise, trade may not
keep pace with demand growth. Industry trends toward tighter
coordination will encourage tailoring local product manufacturing
to specific country markets. The global food industry will
continue to evolve in response to specific consumer demands
in individual markets. Strategies in developed countries
are expected to focus on quality enhancement and consumer
trust, while market expansion will be important in the growing
developing country markets. In general, market forces are
expected to push the global food industry toward greater
efficiency, higher quality products, more integrated food
supply chains, and fewer players. Future work in this area
will focus on linkages between consumer markets and producers.
Anita Regmi
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Policy Information Reaches a Wider Audience
ERS economists and technical staffers teamed up recently
to create web applications utilizing Flash MX to deliver
information in a more dynamic and interactive fashion. The
first Flash presentation highlights a recent ERS conference
on trade policy, “WTO:
Competing Policy and Agendas for Agricultural Trade”.
The second presentation, “Potential Market Impacts
of the 2002 Farm Act: Current and Future” (available
on CD-ROM), integrates video, text, audio, and graphics into
an effective educational tool on U.S. farm policy for overseas
audiences. Suchada
Langley
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