How will we feed the world? What does our carbon footprint really look like? Uncertainty and rising prices have become fixtures in our financial and economic decision making of late. This uncertainty and unrest have far reached impacts on not just our wallets, but also on the very environment we live in. Join our expert economists for a new webinar series as we explore what's going on in key commodity and labor markets. This series features a different AEDE economist breaking down an interesting topic every month throughout spring.
The Spring 2023 series schedule is below. Please register for each event you would like to attend seperately by clicking the appropriate link. Once registered, participants will receive a confirmation email with a link to view the selected webinar(s) live at the scheduled time(s). Participants will receive an automated reminder email for all upcoming sessions they registered to attend. Those unable to join live should still register to receive a recording of the webinar. All webinars will also be posted on the AEDE YouTube channel's playlist for the series shortly after they are given live.
Spring 2023 Series Schedule
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JANUARY
How will we feed the world? → This webinar will discuss rising food prices that have intensified with the invasion of Ukraine, and how food insecurity is being affected. The discussion will then focus on whether the current price shock will persist, given recent declines in the growth rate of agricultural output and productivity growth, which has implications for future global food security.
Date: Monday, January 30, 2023 from Noon - 1 p.m.
Expert: Dr. Ian Sheldon AEDE Professor and Andersons Chair of Agricultural Marketing, Trade and Policy
Target audience: Students, faculty, staff, Extension professionals and community members
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FEBRUARY
International Commidty Markets: Focus on Brazil →This presentation will explore a few trends in the global grain commodities market, with an emphasis on Brazil's expansion. Then, what that implies to the US farmers and domestic commodity prices will be discussed. Additionally, a quick summary of the market snapshot based on the February WASDE report will be provided.
Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 from Noon - 1
Expert: Dr. Seungki Lee AEDE Assistant Professor
Target audience: Students, faculty, staff, Extension professionals and community members
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MARCH
Carbon Footprint of Urban Sprawl →This webinar will discuss why our cities are increasingly sprawling and how low-density urban expansion increases carbon emissions. We will further introduce potential policies that can make urban development more environmentally efficient and explore the challenges in policy implementation.
Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2023 from Noon - 1
Expert: Dr. Yao Wang AEDE Assistant Professor
Target audience: Students, faculty, staff, Extension professionals and community members
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APRIL
Certified Bee Campus: The Costs and Benefits→ Despite significant drop in pollinator abundance, little is known on the benefits and costs of pollinator conservation in the public domain. We conducted an in-person survey at three large, public US universities to estimate benefits to become Bee Campus USA certified. We test whether different types of reminders on existing student sustainability fees affect Willingness to Pay and also obtain costs of achieving the certification per university. Net Present Value demonstrates that the net benefits to each school are positive, except under the most restrictive assumption. Information reminders of existing fees lead to little change in support of pollinator conservation.
Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2023, from Noon - 1
Expert: Dr. Wuyang Hu, Professor and AEDE Honors Coordinator
Target audience: Students, faculty, staff, Extension professionals and community members
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MAY
Energy Security and the Environment→ This presentation will provide an update on the latest movements in supply, demand, and prices for oil, natural gas, fertilizer, renewable energy, and carbon. Since the last update in November, markets have shifted quite a bit with OPEC exerting some more muscle. We'll overview the latest moves and countermoves in the market and talk a bit about what it means for Ohio businesses.
Date: Wednesday, May 3, 2023, from Noon - 1
Expert: Dr. Brent Sohngen AEDE Professor of environmental and resource economics
Target audience: Students, faculty, staff, Extension professionals and community members
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MAY
Farm Bill → This presentation will provide an update on the latest on the Farm Bill.
Date: Wednesday, May 31, 2023, from Noon - 1
Expert: Dr. Margaret Jodlowski, AEDE Assistant Professor
Target audience: Students, faculty, staff, Extension professionals and community members
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