Can New Products and New International and Domestic Marketing Channels Increase Rural Incomes? Ideas, Models, and Evidence

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Can New Products and New International and Domestic Marketing Channels Increase Rural Incomes? Ideas, Models, and Evidence

Workshop sponsored by the Midwest Agribusiness, Trade, Research, and Information Center and the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development
Iowa State University

Sonoma, California
June 18-20, 2005

Introduction

Introduction to Workshop

892 KB

Bruce Babcock

Iowa State University

Session I

Income growth in rural areas: Where is there a problem?

Midwest Perspective 1.36 MB	John Miranowski	Iowa State University
National Measures 1.78 MB	JunJie Wu	Oregon State University

Are there public good justifications for worrying about rural incomes?

Agriculture in Pro-Poor Growth: A South American Perspective 461 KB	William Foster	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago and Iowa State University
Rural Development, Public Goods, and the West 91 KB	David Zilberman	University of California, Berkeley
Midwest Perspective 19 KB	John Miranowski	Iowa State University

Session II

Methods to increase and sustain rural incomes through agriculture

Marketing Tools 54 KB	David Zilberman	University of California, Berkeley
A Libertarian Approach to Rural Development 714 KB	Dermot Hayes	Iowa State University
Information Technologies and New Agricultural Products to Increase and Sustain Rural Incomes 127 KB Information Technologies and New Agricultural Products to Increase and Sustain Rural Incomes 173 KB	David Hennessy	Iowa State University

Session III

Review of international efforts aimed at development of new products, trials, alternative measures of success, and success stories

Made In Italy 610 KB	Andrea Stoppa	ProcomAGR, Rome, Italy
Chile (and a Little on Latin America) 265 KB	William Foster	Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago and Iowa State University

Session IV

Role of clusters of excellence in fostering economic growth

How Do Location Decisions of Firms and Households Affect Economic Development in Rural America? 658 KB	JunJie Wu	Oregon State University
Roles of Clusters of Excellence in Fostering Economic Growth 32 KB	Mike Boland	Kansas State University
Iowa Corn Cluster of Firm Location Decisions Based on Cheap Corn 681 KB	Bruce Babcock	Iowa State University
Wine Clusters: New Products, Marketing, and Rural Development 474 KB	Dan Sumner	University of California, Davis

Session V

What does theory tell us about necessary conditions for generating income growth from agricultural lands?

Ideas for Increasing Rural Incomes: What Does the Theory Tell Us? 329 KB	Rich Sexton	University of California, Davis
Regional and Production Appellations for Rural Development: Can They Help? 397 KB	John Crespi	Kansas State University

Session VI

Winners and losers

Thoughts on the Level and Distribution of Benefits from Alternative Marketing Arrangements 117 KB	Julian Alston	University of California, Davis
Is There a Role for Public Policy?	Dan Sumner	University of California, Davis

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