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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Recent Publications:

Hanson, James C., Miodrag Matavulj, Gregory Manzuk, and John G. Richardson. 2009. “Agricultural Cooperatives and Unions of Cooperatives in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Opportunities for Improvement in Providing Services and Educational Programs for Farmers.” Journal of Rural Cooperation. Accepted for
Publication.

Hanson, James C. and K.E. McConnell.  2008.  "Simulated Trading for Maryland's Nitrogen Loadings in the Chesapeake Bay". Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 37 (2) October: 211-226.
 
Hanson, James C., Miodrag Matavulj, Gregory Manzuk, and John G. Richardson. 2009.  "Agricultural Cooperatives and Unions of Cooperatives in Bosnia and Herzegovina:  Opportunities for Improvement in Providing Services and Educational Programs for Farmers."  Journal of Rural Cooperation.  Accepted for Publication.

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.

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., 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.