Measuring Biological Capital Assets

Authors: Richard Perrin, Adauto Rocha and Lilyan Fulginiti

Presented By: 

Valuing Irrigation Water in World Agriculture

Author and Presenter: Keith Fuglie, USDA Economic Research Service

Session One Discussants

Session Two:  Climatic Effects and Agricultural Productivity 

Extreme Weather Events

and Agricultural Total Factor Productivity Growth

Author and Presenter:  Wei Zhang, Virginia Tech

Past and Future Climatic Impacts on

U.S. Agricultural Productivity Growth

Authors: Ruixin Yang, Sun Ling Wang, Qian Liu, and Mengfei Xin

Climate-induced Productivity Changes

and Agricultural Trade Impacts

Authors: Jayson Beckman and Maros Ivanic, USDA Economic Research Service

Presented By: 

Productivity and Climate Change

in Long-term Scenarios of Global Agriculture

Author and Presenter: Ron Sands, USDA Economic Research Service

Session Three: Agricultural Productivity Growth and the Environment

Environmental Stress, Biotechnology, and Agricultural Productivity

Author and Presenter: Guanming Shi, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Presented By: 

Accounting for Environmental Factors in Measuring TFP

Author and Presenter: Robin Sickles, Rice University

Session Four: Panel Discussion on Measuring Environmentally-adjusted TFP

Session Five:  Productivity and R&D

Startups, Private Finance, and Innovation in U.S. Agriculture

Authors:  Gregory Graff, Charles DeGrazia, and Nicholas Rada

Chinese Science & Tech Policies and Their Impact on Agricultural Productivity

Author and Presenter:  Cary Pray, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey

Patent Knowledge Stock and U.S. Agricultural Productivity Growth

Authors:  Matthew Clancy, Institute for Progress and Sun Ling Wang, USDA Economic Research Service

Presented By: 

R&D Lags in Economic Models

Authors:  Schanchao Wang, Julian M. Alston, and Philip G. Pardey

Presented By: 

Session Five Discussants

Global Agricultural Productivity Under Climate Change and Implications for Food Security

Author and Presenter: Madhur Gautam, World Bank

Policies and Productivity in Argentinian Agriculture: A Long-Term Perspective

Authors: Stephen Morgan, USDA Economic Research Service, Eugenia Saini, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture, and Keith Fuglie, USDA Economic Research Service

Unravelling the Effects of Weather and Climate Induced Shocks on Farm Labor Wages in the United States

Author and Presenter:  Eric Njuki, Research Agricultural Economist, USDA Economic Research Service

Estimating the Impact of CGIAR Research and Development on Global Poverty

Estimating the Effects of Weather and Climate Change on Agricultural Productivity

Author and Presenter:  Chris O'Donnell, University of Queensland

The Link Between Extreme Heat and Crop Yields: Mechanisms, Consequences & Practical Applications

Author and Presenter:  Michael J. Roberts, University of Hawai'i at Manoa

Session Eight: Panel Discussion on Pursuing Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability

This workshop is supported in part by USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS) and National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The findings and conclusions in the presentations are those of the author(s) and should not be construed to represent any official USDA or U.S. Government determination or policy.