Jim Hanson

B.S. 1972, University of Maryland: Agronomy
M.S. 1974, University of Minnesota: Plant Breeding & Genetics
Ph.D. 1983, University of Maryland: Agricultural Economics

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Hanson, James C., and K.E. McConnell. 2008. "Nutrient Trading, the Flush Tax, and Maryland't Nitrogen Loadings in the Chesapeake Bay. Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 37(2): forthcoming. 

Hepperly, Paul, Rita Seidel, David Pimentel, James Hanson, and David Douds.  2007. “Organic Farming Enhances Soil Carbon and its Benefits” in Soil Carbon Management:  Economic, Environmental, and Societal Benefits, J.M. Kimble, C.W. Rice, D. Reed, S. Mooney, R.F. Follett, and R. Lal, Editors. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, Florida.

Hanson, James C., Richard E. Just, and Jorge R. Lainez.  2006.  “Evaluating a Publicly – Funded, Privately – Delivered Agricultural Extension System in Honduras.” Journal of Extension Systems 22, December.

Hanson, James C., Dale M. Johnson, Raymond J. Miller, and Darlene Adams.  2006.  “Training Extension Professionals from Developing Countries Through Educational Workshops Conducted in the United States.”  Journal of Extension 44(5), Article number: 5FEA6, October

Pimentel David, Paul Hepperly, James Hanson, David Douds, and Rita Seidel.  2005.    “Environmental, Energetic, and Economic Comparisons of Organic and Conventional Farming Systems.”  BioScience 55(7):  573-582.

Hanson, James, Robert Dismukes, William Chambers, Catherine Greene, and Amy Kremen.  2004.  “Risk and Risk Management in Organic Agriculture:  Views of Organic Farmers.”  Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems:  19 (4): 218 - 227.  

Miller, Raymond J., James Hanson, Thomas Fretz, and Richard Weismiller.  2004.  “Necessary Conditions for Successful Agriculture and Rural Development.” Outlook on Agriculture, Vol. 33 (1), pp 55-58. IP Publishing Ltd.  London.

Tubene, Stephan and James Hanson.  2002.  “The Wholesale Produce Auction: An Alternative Marketing Strategy for Small Farms”.  American Journal of Alternative Agriculture 17 (1): 18-23.

Hanson, James C. and Richard E. Just.  2001.  “The Potential for Transition to Paid Extension:  Some Guiding Principles”.  Presented at the Allied Social Science Association Winter Meetings in New Orleans, Louisiana, January 5-7, 2001.  Published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics 83(3), August 2001: 777-784.

Hanson, J.C. 1997. “Opportunities and Challenges in Cooperative Extension for Agricultural Economists.” Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 26(2):143-152. October.

Hanson, J. C., E. Lichtenberg, and S. E. Peters. 1997. "Organic versus
Conventional Grain Production in the Mid-Atlantic: An Economic and Farming System Overview". American Journal of Alternative Agriculture 12(1): 2-9.