Aflatoxins are carcinogens that are a major problem for agriculture and health worldwide, particularly in developing countries. The naturally occurring toxins are produced by fungi that are present...
Food security and climate change are two very dire issues confronting the world today, especially given that so many people still live in rural areas where their livelihoods depend on agriculture...
The International Foundation for Research in Experimental Economics (IFREE) awarded Professor Neslihan Uler a grant for $10,000. Uler applied for the grant along with Professor Stephen Salant, an...
Agricultural Law Education Initiative (ALEI) Legal Specialist Paul Goeringer and Faculty Specialist Mayhah Suri recently attended the 21st International Farm Management Association’s (IFMA) Congress...
University of Maryland Professor Roberton Williams, of the Department and Agricultural and Resource Economics, was interviewed Wednesday, May 31st, on National Public Radio. Jeremy Hobson of the NPR...
The American Farm Publications Inc., publisher of the Delmarva Farmer and the New Jersey Farmer, recently awarded AREC sophomore Brian Glenn a scholarship; he was one of five recipients. To qualify...
Sophia Wilcox, an AREC professional track faculty member, and Dave Newburn, an AREC assistant professor, both received awards at the AGNR 2017 Convocation and Awards Ceremony held on May 23, 2017...
Inspired by Michael Greenstone’s article “Americans Appear to be Willing to Pay for a Carbon Tax Policy” (published in the New York Times on 15 Sept. 2016), students in Anna Alberini and Jeff Hunt’s...
The Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics congratulates all of our recent graduates. Pictured above are doctoral graduates and dissertation advisors: assistant professor Sebastien Houde,...
Over twenty AREC undergraduates, faculty, and staff attended an end-of-the-semester luncheon on May 2, 2017. The program was hosted by the AREC Undergraduate Student Advisory Board. Several students...
The Global Poverty Student Advisory Board hosted a nonprofit career panel to inform students about the impact nonprofit organizations have on the developing world. The event took place on May 4, 2017...
Dr. Joe Spadaro shared some statistics regarding climate change’s effect on human health with Anna Alberini’s new course, Economics of Climate Change (AREC454). With research experience with the...
The Global Poverty Student Advisory Board is hosting a nonprofit career panel to inform students about the impact nonprofit organizations have on the developing world on May 4, 2017. Carrie Lewey, an...
On Saturday, April 29, Maryland Day started with the Egg-citing Breakfast for AGNR in the Animal Sciences Courtyard. AGNR alumni and guests were invited to the event where members of the college...
Students in Anna Alberini’s Economics of Climate Change course (AREC454) took a break from deriving equations and evaluating policy this past Wednesday to hear Dr. Brendan O’Donnell speak about the...
A new edition of the book by Prof. Howard Leathers, The World Food Problem: Toward Understanding and Ending Undernutrition in the Developing World , is now available. The fifth edition of The World...
AREC would like to congratulate Prof. Pamela Jakiela on her promotion to associate professor with tenure at the university. Jakiela began working at the university in 2011 as an assistant professor...
Photo: AGNR Alumni Chapter President Robert Morris, AREC alumnus Mason Grahame, AGNR Dean Craig Beyrouty Current and former AREC students were recognized with awards at the Alumni Dinner on April 6...
On Saturday, April 29,the university will host Maryland Day. AREC will have activities and a table located near the university’s farm, either in the courtyard of the Animal Sciences building or in...
Graduate students, faculty and 23 prospective graduate students attended the AREC graduate student research poster session on Monday, April 3, hosted in the department’s conference room. Four...
