Graduate Student Funding Opportunity in Applied Economics University of
Minnesota: Organic and Sustainable Food Systems
The University of Minnesota graduate program in Applied Economics has an exciting funding opportunity for students entering our PhD program beginning Academic Year 2009 -2010. We encourage students interested to contact our Director of Graduate Studies, Dr. Terrance Hurley (tmh@umn.edu), or visit our Applied Economics Department website at http://www.apec. umn.edu and our Applied Economics Graduate Program website at http://www.apecgrad .umn.edu to get further information on application to our graduate programs.
Organic and Sustainable Food Systems Graduate Research Fellowship In 2008, the Minnesota Legislature allocated funds for the study of organic, sustainable and local food systems. The allocation included a Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station (MAES) and College of Food Agricultural and Natural Resource Science (CFANS) graduate student fellowship. This student will work on an emerging program on the economics of organic agriculture and sustainable food systems. Depending on the
background and interests of the student, s/he will likely work on one of the following three topics:
1. The economics of conversion from conventional to organic production. Work on this topic will focus on the development of data and models to analyze the decision to convert to organic production and the impact of public sector policies on this decision.
2. Organic produce season extension. Work on this topic, in collaboration with scientists in other disciplines, will focus on the economics of extending the season for producing and marketing fresh fruits and vegetables in organic in a cold climate.
3. Cooperative arrangements for processing and marketing sustainably produced food products. Work on this topic will focus on the design and evaluation of cooperative business structures and supply chain arrangements that address the need for access to processing and the need to aggregate product to ensure a supply of a high volume product throughout the year.
The selection of the Organic and Sustainable Food Systems research fellow is made by the Director of Graduate Studies in Applied Economics Graduate Program in cooperation Professor Robert P. King, the faculty leader of the Organic and Sustainable Food Systems Project. This selection will be made according to the admission and academic criteria of the Applied Economics Graduate Program as well as the student's background interest and experience in related topics.
Candidates will be identified in Spring 2009 with expected enrollment in the Applied Economics graduate program starting Fall 2009.
Preference will be given to students entering the Ph.D. program.
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