Tracks are a set of multiple sessions submitted by AAEA Sections, scheduled throughout the meeting and devoted to a common interest area or topic. Sessions can be organized by a single Section or by multiple Sections to cover a wider range of topics.
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| Session Id | Session Name | Section | Subject Code | Date | Time | Room |
| 3360 | Strengthening the U.S. Specialty Crop Industry: Drivers of New Technology Adoption and Economic Success | Specialty Crop Economics (SCE) | SCE | 08/01 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Grand Ballroom D |
| 3364 | Essential (Soft) Skills – The Demand Needs Supply | Agribusiness Economics and Management (AEM) | AEM, TLC | 08/01 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Gold Key I |
| 3370 | Food Inflation during the Pandemic: Dissecting Supply Chains and Scanner Data | Applied Risk Analysis (ARA) | ARA, FAMPS | 08/01 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Grand Ballroom J |
| 3385 | Behavioral insights for climate change policy: evidence from lab and field experiments | Land, Water and Environmental Economics (ENV) | AERE, ENV | 08/01 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Platinum 2 |
| 3394 | Cattle Prices, Transaction Efficiencies, Production Challenges, and Technologies in Latin America | Latin American Section (LAS) | INT, LAS | 08/01 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Elite 2 |
| 3406 | Gender role in agricultural and economic decision making: An experimental and behavioral economic examination | Committee on Women in Agricultural Economics (CWAE) | CWAE, IBES | 08/01 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Grand Ballroom C |
| 3408 | Rural Health Care Availability: Impacts on communities, economies, and health outcomes | Community and Regional Economics Network (CRENET) | CRENET, HES | 08/01 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Grand Ballroom G |
| 3411 | Exploring Careers in Academia, Industry, and Government | Graduate Student Section (GSS) | GSS | 08/01 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Grand Ballroom A |
| 3415 | Preparing Graduate Students to Teach | Teaching, Learning, and Communications Section (TLC) | COSBAE, TLC | 08/01 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Grand Ballroom H |
| 3417 | Washington Policy Outlook | Extension Section (EXT) | EXT | 08/01 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Platinum 5 |
| 3436 | New developments in Agri-food E-commerce Studies: Conceptual Frameworks and Applications of Big Data | Food and Agricultural Marketing Policy Section (FAMPS) | ECON, FAMPS | 08/01 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Gold Key II |
| 3365 | Academy’s Response: How then shall we teach? | Agribusiness Economics and Management (AEM) | AEM | 08/01 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Gold Key I |
| 3379 | Climate, Environment, Resources, and Agriculture in China | China Section | CHINA | 08/01 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Grand Ballroom G |
| 3395 | Linking food security, land use, and climate change in Latin America | Latin American Section (LAS) | FSN, LAS | 08/01 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Grand Ballroom C |
| 3402 | International development research and the land grant mission | International Section | INT | 08/01 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Grand Ballroom D |
| 3416 | Examining Grant and Funding Disparities Between 1862, 1890, and Minority Serving Institutions | Committee on the Opportunities and Status of Blacks in Agricultural Economics (COSBAE) | COSBAE | 08/01 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Grand Ballroom H |
| 3423 | Advancements in Food Marketing and Policy through Agricultural Economics Experiments | Food and Agricultural Marketing Policy Section (FAMPS) | FAMPS, EXECON | 08/01 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Gold Key II |
| 3424 | Measuring Demand and Supply of Private Food Assistance in the US | Food Safety and Nutrition Section (FSN) | FSN, HES | 08/01 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Grand Ballroom J |
| 3427 | Heterogeneous Impacts of Rural Broadband and Broadband Programs | Community and Regional Economics Network (CRENET) | CRENET, SENIOR | 08/01 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Elite 2 |
| 3434 | Promoting Mental Health, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Committee on Women in Agricultural Economics (CWAE) | CWAE, GSS | 08/01 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Grand Ballroom K |
| 3439 | Inference for Regression with Clustered Errors | Econometrics Section | ECON | 08/01 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Platinum 10 |
| 3441 | The Costs of Salinity for Agricultural Production and Policy Implications | Land, Water and Environmental Economics (ENV) | ENV | 08/01 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | OC 1 |
| 3367 | Agricultural risk management in the present and the future: Industry Perspectives | Applied Risk Analysis (ARA) | ARA, EXT | 08/01 | 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Gold Key I |
| 3373 | Purging Pests and Pulling Weeds: The Economics of Invasive Species Management | Australasia (AUS) | AUS | 08/01 | 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Elite 2 |
| 3381 | Trends in Food Marketing - Experimental Applications | China Section | CHINA, EXECON | 08/01 | 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Grand Ballroom A |
| 3386 | Novel approaches to food security | Committee on Women in Agricultural Economics (CWAE) | CWAE, ENV | 08/01 | 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Gold Key II |
| 3389 | Tips for navigating your teaching career | Teaching, Learning, and Communications Section (TLC) | GSS, TLC | 08/01 | 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Grand Ballroom B |
| 3396 | Revising Determinants of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption | Latin American Section (LAS) | LAS | 08/01 | 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Grand Ballroom C |
| 3403 | Ensuring Food Safety: Perspectives from the U.S. and Low- and Middle-Income Countries | International Section | FSN, INT | 08/01 | 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Grand Ballroom D |
| 3410 | Animal Disease Prevention and Biosecurity in the US | Health Economics Section (HES) | HES | 08/01 | 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Grand Ballroom G |
| 3421 | Do Farmers and Communities Really Win from Farm to School Programs? | Food and Agricultural Marketing Policy Section (FAMPS) | FAMPS, EXT, SS | 08/01 | 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Marquis Northwest |
| 3425 | Labeling Initiatives and Public Policy | Food Safety and Nutrition Section (FSN) | FAMPS, FSN | 08/01 | 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Grand Ballroom J |
| Session Id | Session Name | Section | Subject Code | Date | Time | Room |
| 3368 | Cost and Risk Burdens of Sustainability Across the Vertical Marketing Chain | Applied Risk Analysis (ARA) | ARA, ENV | 08/02 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Gold Key I |
| 3375 | Growing Pains in the California Craft Brewing Industry | Brewing and Enology Economic Research (BEER) | BEER | 08/02 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Gold Key II |
| 3382 | A Missing Link: Estimation and specification of groundwater demand for policy analysis | Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) | AERE, ENV | 08/02 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Grand Ballroom A |
| 3390 | Economics of specialty crop supply chain: Implications of innovation, shocks and buy-local movements | Specialty Crop Economics (SCE) | AFM, SCE | 08/02 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Grand Ballroom B |
| 3393 | The Elevated Role of Competitive Grants in Measuring Faculty Success and Funding Department Operations | National Association of Agricultural Economics Administrators (NAAEA) | NAAEA | 08/02 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Grand Ballroom G |
| 3397 | Migration and Inequality in Low- and Middle-Income Countries | Committee on Women in Agricultural Economics (CWAE) | CWAE, INT | 08/02 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Grand Ballroom C |
| 3404 | Recent Innovations in Behavioral and Experimental Economics by Agricultural and Applied Economists | Experimental Economics (EXECON) | EXECON, IBES | 08/02 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Grand Ballroom D |
| 3412 | EXT-GSS Extension Competition Winners | Graduate Student Section (GSS) | EXT, GSS | 08/02 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Elite 3 |
| 3418 | Web-based Decision Tools for Conservation and Financial Management | Extension Section (EXT) | EXT | 08/02 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Grand Ballroom H |
| 3426 | Intended and Unintended Effects of Food Assistance Programs | Food and Agricultural Marketing Policy Section (FAMPS) | FAMPS, FSN | 08/02 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Grand Ballroom J |
| 3430 | Leveraging Gender for Food Systems Transformation in Developing Countries | Committee on Women in Agricultural Economics (CWAE) | CWAE | 08/02 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Platinum 1 |
| 3483 | Spatial and idiosyncratic factors underlying rural household resilience and the role of social protection systems | Africa Section | AFRICA, COSBAE | 08/02 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Platinum 7 |
| 3484 | Pesticide fraud, residues, and regulation in African agri-food systems | Food Safety and Nutrition Section (FSN) | AFRICA, FSN, INT | 08/02 | 10:00 am - 11:30 am | Platinum 8 |
| 3369 | [Risk and] Supply Chain Resilience: Lessons from the Pandemic | Applied Risk Analysis (ARA) | ARA | 08/02 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Gold Key I |
| 3376 | The Economics of Wine and Spirits | Brewing and Enology Economic Research (BEER) | BEER | 08/02 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Gold Key II |
| 3380 | Rural Development in China | China Section | CHINA | 08/02 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Platinum 9 |
| 3383 | Auctions for Procuring Environmental Benefits – Experimental Evidence from the Lab | Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) | AERE, ENV | 08/02 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Grand Ballroom A |
| 3391 | Understanding the U.S. Specialty Crop Supply Chains: Production Estimates and Environmental Disruptions. | Specialty Crop Economics (SCE) | SCE | 08/02 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Grand Ballroom B |
| 3398 | Innovations in Food Security Targeting and Assessment | Africa Section | AFRICA, FSN, INT | 08/02 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Grand Ballroom C |
| 3405 | Using Experimental Approaches to explore Consumer Choices and Responses to different Behavioral Stimuli | Experimental Economics (EXECON) | EXECON, IBES | 08/02 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Grand Ballroom D |
| 3420 | Regional Rural Development Centers 50th Anniversary: The Past, Present, and Future of Building Rural Communities through Collaboration | Community and Regional Economics Network (CRENET) | CRENET, EXT | 08/02 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Grand Ballroom H |
| 3429 | International comparisons of food consumption changes and strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic | International Section | FAMPS, INT, SENIOR | 08/02 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Elite 3 |
| 3435 | Undergraduate Student Research and the Agricultural Economist Pipeline | Committee on Women in Agricultural Economics (CWAE) | CWAE | 08/02 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Platinum 8 |
| 3437 | Spatially Varying Coefficient Models | Econometrics Section | ECON | 08/02 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Grand Ballroom K |
| 3487 | Dollar store expansion and implications for food policy: A panel discussion with project investigators on USDA-sponsored projects | Food and Agricultural Marketing Policy Section (FAMPS) | FAMPS | 08/02 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | OC 1 |
| 3488 | Paycheck Protection Program: Analysis at the industry, lender and entity levels | Agricultural Finance and Management (AFM) | AFM, CRENET | 08/02 | 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm | Grand Ballroom J |
| 3362 | Approaches to Engaging with Industry for Professional Development | Agribusiness Economics and Management (AEM) | AEM | 08/02 | 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Gold Key I |
| 3372 | Investigating the Relationship Between Crop Risk and Soil | Applied Risk Analysis (ARA) | AFM, ARA | 08/02 | 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Grand Ballroom H |
| 3377 | Agricultural Transition in China | China Section | CHINA | 08/02 | 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Gold Key II |
| 3384 | Behavioral Experiments with Agricultural Producers | Experimental Economics (EXECON) | ENV, EXECON | 08/02 | 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Grand Ballroom A |
| 3392 | Successful grantsmanship: integrating economics into interdisciplinary grant applications | Specialty Crop Economics (SCE) | EXT, SCE | 08/02 | 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Grand Ballroom B |
| 3399 | Labor in Agri-food Systems | International Section | INT, LAS | 08/02 | 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Grand Ballroom C |
| 3407 | Foodborne Illness in the United States: Causes and Costs | Health Economics Section (HES) | FSN, HES | 08/02 | 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Grand Ballroom D |
| 3414 | Inside the Job Market | Graduate Student Section (GSS) | CWAE, GSS | 08/02 | 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Grand Ballroom G |
| 3428 | Current Opportunities and Future Prospects of Carbon Markets in Agriculture and the Environment | Land, Water and Environmental Economics (ENV) | ENV, SENIOR | 08/02 | 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Grand Ballroom J |
| 3438 | Identification in demand estimations | Econometrics Section | ECON, HES | 08/02 | 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Grand Ballroom K |
| 3482 | The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) – Considerations for Lowering Non-Tariff Measures and Adopting Climate Change Adaptation Strategies | Africa Section | AFRICA, COSBAE | 08/02 | 2:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Elite 2 |
| 3363 | Collaborating for Food System Resiliency | Agribusiness Economics and Management (AEM) | AEM, EXT | 08/02 | 4:45 pm - 6:15 pm | Elite 3 |
| 3366 | The Economics of Food Safety in sub-Saharan Africa: Market Incentives, and the Scope for Public and Private Sector Action | Africa Section | AFRICA, COSBAE | 08/02 | 4:45 pm - 6:15 pm | Platinum 1 |
| 3371 | Frontier Issues in US Agricultural Insurance: Cover Crops, Correlated Risk Assessment, and Abiotic Stress; Oh My! | Econometrics Section | ARA, ECON | 08/02 | 4:45 pm - 6:15 pm | Gold Key I |
| 3374 | Economics of wildfire | Australasia (AUS) | AUS | 08/02 | 4:45 pm - 6:15 pm | OC 1 |
| 3378 | Food Health, Safety, and Markets in China | China Section | CHINA | 08/02 | 4:45 pm - 6:15 pm | Gold Key II |
| 3388 | How Covid changed our Classroom Experience | Graduate Student Section (GSS) | GSS, TLC | 08/02 | 4:45 pm - 6:15 pm | Grand Ballroom G |
| 3400 | Impact of Agricultural Technologies on the SDGs: Evidence and Learning from the CGIAR Research Program on RICE | International Section | INT | 08/02 | 4:45 pm - 6:15 pm | Grand Ballroom C |
| 3409 | Social Determinants of Health and Rural-Urban Disparities | Health Economics Section (HES) | HES | 08/02 | 4:45 pm - 6:15 pm | Grand Ballroom B |
| 3422 | Issues and Challenges with the Beef Supply Chain | Extension Section (EXT) | EXT | 08/02 | 4:45 pm - 6:15 pm | Grand Ballroom H |
| 3440 | Factors affecting Preferences for the Adoption of Conservation Practices in Agriculture | Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (AERE) | AERE, ENV | 08/02 | 4:45 pm - 6:15 pm | Grand Ballroom K |
| 3486 | Markets for Specialty Crops: Consumer Response to New Technologies and COVID Disruptions | Specialty Crop Economics (SCE) | FAMPS, SCE | 08/02 | 4:45 pm - 6:15 pm | Grand Ballroom J |
| 3489 | Developing material to enhance excel skills of economics and agbusiness majors | Agricultural Finance and Management (AFM) | AFM, TLC | 08/02 | 4:45 pm - 6:15 pm | Grand Ballroom D |
| 3490 | International Section Job Market Papers Lightning Session | International Section | INT | 08/02 | 4:45 pm - 6:15 pm | Platinum 3 |
| 3491 | Contemporary Curriculum and Teaching Tools in Farm Management | Agribusiness Economics and Management (AEM) | AEM, TLC | 08/02 | 4:45 pm - 6:15 pm | Platinum 9 |
| 3492 | Agribusiness Sector Concentration and Competition Policy | Food and Agricultural Marketing Policy Section (FAMPS) | SENIOR, FAMPS | 08/02 | 4:45 pm - 6:15 pm | Platinum 8 |