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About 1,200 participants are expected to attend the 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA at the New Orleans Marriott, July 28-30, 2024. The Annual Meeting is made up of Invited Paper Sessions, Invited Case Study Papers, Organized Symposia, Selected Presentation Lightning Session, Selected Presentation, and Track Sessions.
Invited Paper Sessions are selected by the AAEA President and two additional Board members based on proposals submitted by AAEA members. These sessions are chosen because they may appeal to a broad spectrum of meeting attendees, further the development and dissemination of systematic knowledge in the field of agricultural and applied economics, and/or generate meaningful conversation. Invited Paper sessions generally involve 2-3 paper presentations and ample opportunity for discussion. Invited papers may also be published in the proceedings issue of the Applied Economics Teaching Resources.
Invited Case Study Papers are selected by members of the Case Study Committee based on proposals submitted by AAEA members. Papers presented in this session demonstrate how the application of economics principles to decision making in the public and/or private sectors lead to better decisions. Papers presented in this session may be published in the proceedings issue of the American Journal of Agricultural Economics.
Organized Symposia are selected by the AAEA President based on proposals submitted by AAEA members. They highlight work-in-progress and involve discussions of policy issues, research methods, emerging research results, teaching or outreach topics, and issues in professional organization. The format of a session may involve paper presentations, panel discussions, debates, roundtable meetings, or other formats.
Selected Presentation Lightning Sessions includes 8 Selected Paper Presentations. Each presenter will have 9-10 minutes to present and discuss their paper.
Selected Presentations refers collectively to Selected Papers and Selected Posters. Selected Paper Sessions include up to four paper presentations. Each paper presentation is given 20 minutes; 15 minutes to present and five minutes for discussion.
Track Sessions 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.
Nutrition, Inequality, Gender and Food Security
Organized Symposium (#3800)
The 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting Organized Symposium session “Nutrition, Inequality, Gender and Food Security” will feature short presentations on issues of smallholder farming, agricultural development, and food security in low-and middle-income countries. Despite economic development in many countries, food insecurity remains widespread, affecting hundreds of millions of humans. The concept of food security is evolving, if not politicized, and now encompasses gender, inequality, and healthy diets unattained by most, including in industrialized countries. Several concepts get amalgamated into food insecurity, although they are vastly different and have very different implications for human development. The short presentations are followed by a moderated discussion with the audience. The presenters involve a mixture of high-potential early-career researchers and more senior colleagues.
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Environmental policy, justice, and behavior
Selected Presentation-Lightning Session (#3832)
The 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting Selected Presentation-Lightning Session “Environmental policy, justice, and behavior” will feature studies that examines environmental policy, environmental justice, and behavioral responses.
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The impacts of climate change and agricultural adaptation
Selected Presentation (#3830)
The 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting Selected Presentation session “The impacts of climate change and agricultural adaptation” will feature work focused on quantifying the economic impacts of climate change and exploring agricultural adaptation to climate variations across different regions worldwide. Using advanced panel data models, these studies investigate the effects of climate change on agricultural productivity and crop mixes, considering spatial variations. The studies also delve into the spatial heterogeneity of agriculture's adaptation to climate change, along with examining behavioral adaptation such as the use of climate-smart inputs and decisions related to land reallocation.
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SNAP Benefit Cycles, the EBT Authorized Retail Landscape and Dietary Quality
Track Session - FSN & FAMPS (#3906)
The 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting Track Session sponsored by the Food Safety and Nutrition Section as well as the Food and Agricultural Marketing Policy Section “SNAP Benefit Cycles, the EBT Authorized Retail Landscape and Dietary Quality” will showcase four research presentations that evaluate different policies related to the SNAP program. The first paper evaluates the effect of liquidity constraints on the SNAP benefit cycle. The second paper studies the role that dollar stores play in the dietary quality of SNAP households. The third paper analyzes the effect of changes in stocking requirements on the SNAP authorized retail landscape. The fourth paper simulates soda demand in the counterfactual scenario in which soda is no longer eligible for purchase with SNAP benefits. To answer these questions, the researchers utilize EBT data obtained from the state of Minnesota, Circana (previously IRI) Consumer Network data, TDLinx Store Characteristics Data, Store Tracking and Redemption System (STARS) data and retail scanner data obtained from a supermarket retailer. Each presenter is a female assistant professor conducting research in the Agricultural/Applied Economics field.
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Washington Policy Outlook
Track Session - EXT (#3913)
The 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting Track Session sponsored by the Extension Section, “Washington Policy Outlook” will focus on contemporary, federal policy issues affecting agriculture. The presenters will provide insight from their unique perspectives and work for Congress, USDA, and related agencies. The presenters will discuss policy development and implementation addressing current and upcoming policy issues for agriculture as well as the role of economics in the process.
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Withstanding the Maelstrom: Policies for Disaster Recovery and Resilience
Track Session - CRENET & ENV (#3917)
The 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting Track Session sponsored by the Community and Regional Economics Network as well as the Land, Water and Environmental Economics sections, “Withstanding the Maelstrom: Policies for Disaster Recovery and Resilience” will focus on understanding which policies help or hinder disaster recovery and resilience will be key as we progress through an era characterized by increasingly frequent and intense storms, fires, and floods. This session dives into the intricate landscape of climate disaster planning and management with four papers that dissect critical aspects of policy impacts and adaptation strategies. The first paper addresses disaster preparedness and resilience through an investigation of coastal risk policies. Paper two examines post-disaster resilience and recovery through a study of government transfers and employment outcomes in the hurricane-impacted U.S. counties. The third and fourth papers focus on disaster recovery responsiveness, with the former investigating which factors drive recovery rates, and the latter estimating regional disaster recovery elasticities. This session offers a glimpse into how our disaster recovery policies might be reshaped to build regional resilience to climate disasters.
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Difference-in-Difference: Recent Methodological Advances and Their Relevance to Empirical Work
Track Session - Econometrics Section (#3924)
The 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting Track Session sponsored by the Econometrics section, “Difference-in-Difference: Recent Methodological Advances and Their Relevance to Empirical Work” will provide an introduction to a number of recent advances in the difference-in-differences literature. The topics include: (1) limitations of traditional two-way fixed effects regressions for implementing difference-in-differences identification strategies in the presence of treatment effect heterogeneity; (2) an introduction to new, alternative estimation strategies that are robust to treatment effect heterogeneity; and (3) a discussion of some additional issues that are frequently encountered in empirical work such as including covariates in the parallel trends assumption and dealing with more complicated treatment regimes.
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Research Developments in Food-Away-From-Home: A look at methods, data, and consumer choice
Track Session - FAMPS & HTH (#3929)
The 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting Track Session sponsored by the Food and Agricultural Marketing Policy Section as well as the Health Economics Section, “Research Developments in Food-Away-From-Home: A look at methods, data, and consumer choice” will focus on Food-away-from-home consumption and expenditures have been increasing for decades representing a large share of consumer budgets and energy intake. Given its importance, economic shocks that dramatically alter how much and where Americans purchase foods, like the COVID-19 pandemic, will have implications upstream on food producers and downstream on consumer’s diet quality.
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AI's Impact on Agribusiness and the Labor Market
Track Session - EXECON & IBES (#3933)
The 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting Track Session sponsored by the Experimental Economics and Institutional and Behavioral Economics Sections, “AI's Impact on Agribusiness and the Labor Market” will focus on how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is permeating various facets of modern society, yet its specific impact on agribusiness and beyond remains underexplored. This track session features four studies offering experimental and behavioral evidence, illuminating diverse effects of AI technologies. The first two presentations are based on discrete choice experiments. One gauges consumer willingness to pay for innovative technologies, such as AI, reducing carbon footprint in tomato production. The other reveals influence of AI-generated information on consumer food choices. The last two studies delve into the application of Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPTs), showcasing their utility in crafting enterprise budgets for agribusiness and uncovering distinct concerns about AI's impact on the labor market among diverse subgroups of US students. This session not only elucidates emerging AI effects but also furnishes vital policy insights for consumers, producers, and policymakers.
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Will Labor-Saving Automation Save Western Agriculture?
Track Session - SCE (#3953)
The 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting Track Session sponsored by the Specialty Crop Economics Section, “Will Labor-Saving Automation Save Western Agriculture?” will look at labor shortages and rapidly rising wages are threatening the commercial viability of labor-intensive specialty crop production in California and other western states. With the advent of AI and other technologies, automated systems to replace labor in key production tasks are increasingly attractive and generating substantial interest from both producers and venture capitalists. This session provides an overview of the adoption of these technologies thus far, the potential for future adoption, and the implications for reducing labor demand and improving economic efficiency in this important sector of U.S. food supply.
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Groundwater irrigation for sustainable development in South Asia
Track Session - International Section (#3956)
The 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting Track Session sponsored by the International Section, “Groundwater irrigation for sustainable development in South Asia” will look at South Asia which is home to the world's largest number of smallholder farmers and the agricultural production in the region relies heavily on groundwater irrigation. Intensification of groundwater irrigation in the region is linked to improvement in food security and poverty reduction via higher agricultural productivity. However, it has serious implications on climate change, particularly because groundwater is extracted using fossil-fuel pumps. Efforts to curb CO2 emissions are underway, but the adoption of such practices and technologies is low and sporadic. In this session, we will discuss the challenges and opportunities of groundwater irrigation in South Asia highlighting three ongoing studies from India, Nepal, and Bangladesh. We will discuss pricing farm electricity and water use efficiency in India, benefits of solar irrigation in Bangladesh and how the accumulation of human-made capital has contributed to the decline in groundwater capital in Nepal and India.
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Producer and consumer acceptance of carbon and water management for climate-smart agriculture
Track Session - AEM (#3961)
The 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting Track Session sponsored by the Agribusiness Economics and Management Section, “Producer and consumer acceptance of carbon and water management for climate-smart agriculture” will present research results examining producer and consumer acceptance of carbon and water management practices and discusses implications for the food and agribusiness sector. First, we survey Southeast cattle producers to estimate their willingness to adopt grazing practices to increase soil carbon storage and explore attributes of carbon contracts. Second, we survey beef and dairy consumer to examine their preferences for new carbon labeling initiatives by the USDA Process Verified Program and the Carbon Trust and investigate whether blockchain technology plays a role in ensuring consumer trust. Third, we investigate water conservation practices in the context of irrigation technology adoption behaviors of farmers. This session connects research from projects funded by the USDA Climate Smart Initiative at Clemson University and the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research at Mississippi State University.
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Food Security in the United States
Track Session - COSBAE & HTH (#3967)
The 2024 AAEA Annual Meeting Track Session sponsored by the Committee on the Opportunities and Status of Blacks in Agricultural Economics as well as the Health Economics Sections, “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Food Security in the United States” will discuss how about 12.8% of U.S. households were food insecure in 2022, with the prevalence of food insecurity varying by race and ethnicity. This session highlights policy-relevant research on food security through an equity lens. First, researchers provide evidence that trust in local food initiatives varies across racial/ethnic groups and that differences in trust levels may affect the success of local food access initiatives. Second, researchers examine the correlation between the food access landscape and redlining, a discriminatory tactic used to deny services to obtain housing. Third, researchers explore how community development, including healthy food access, is affected by heirs’ property that are disproportionately owned by historically underserved populations. Lastly, researchers examine the impact of the retail food environment on the diet quality of underserved communities, accounting for geographic distance and car ownership to unveil often overlooked influences on household diet quality.
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