VanBuren Lecture - 1999

Dates  April 28 - 29, 1999
Lecturer Dr. Jess Lowenberg-DeBoer is Professor of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University.

Dr. Lowenberg-DeBoer has 17 years of experience in agricultural economics research, teaching and extension. His research focuses on integrating biological and economic information in the development and evaluation of agricultural technology. He has published 26 articles in referreed journals, a book and chapters in 3 other books. Current research and extension efforts in the Americas concentrate on the economics of site specific farming and information technology. He is part of a United Soybean Board study on the value of information from soil sensors and collaborating with the Argentinian national agricultural research organization, INTA, in a study of the economics of precision farming in Argentina. In addition, he is West Africa facilitator for the Bean/Cowpea Collaborative Research Support Program (CRSP). From 1988 to 1992 he served as economist and team leader of a USAID funded institution building project in Niger. From 1992 to 1994 he was campus coordinator for a similar project in Burkina Faso. He has worked in Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Cameroon, Nigeria, Tchad, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. He brings to his research and teaching a perspective gained through private sector experience as a farmer and journalist.

The 1999 VanBuren Lecturer program:

Group Activity
Department and College Faculty and the public.  Seminar: Managing Production Risk with Precision Farming Technologies. 105 Agricultural Administration Building, 2120 Fyffe Road, Columbus Campus.
Class - Ag Econ 610, Farm Management. Discussion of the likely impact of emerging technologies on farm management.
Faculty and Students Interested in Precision Farming Research Precision Farming Research - Priorities and Methods. 105 Agricultural Administration Building.
VanBuren Farm Management Club. Discussion of farm management opportunities as impacted by emerging technologies. . 105 Agricultural Administration Building.

 

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