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The Agricultural & Applied Economics Association’s (AAEA) elected CEOS researcher Madhu Khanna as President-Elect of their leadership committee this May. 

Khanna previously served on the Board of Directors for AAEA from 2016 to 2019. She says, “I am honored to be elected by my peers to be the President of AAEA and to have the opportunity to continue to grow AAEA into a vibrant association that is inclusive of a greater diversity of specializations, institutions and regions. AAEA plays a vital role in keeping us all connected, even more so, in these challenging times and I would like to see it become an even more effective voice for a broad range of societally relevant issues important to its membership” (PRWeb).

Congratualtions, Madhu! Learn more about the AAEA here. 

Our first press release! Cross-posted on ACES News:

URBANA, Ill. – A group of applied economists launched a new research center this week at the University of Illinois. The Center for the Economics of Sustainability (CEOS) is made up of agricultural, development, environmental, financial, and consumer economists who collaborate with stakeholders and researchers from many other disciplines. Together, they study how best to manage natural resources and how to design policies and markets to achieve sustainability at the lowest possible cost.

“There are limited resources to protect nature, and success depends on making accurate, unbiased information available for those making decisions and allocating money to sustainability efforts,” says CEOS co-director Amy Ando, professor in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics at U of I.

The Paul A. Funk Awards are usually celebrated at a banquet every April. The pandemic shut down the banquet this year, so we want to recognize CEOS collaborators who would have been honored.

Assistant Professor Jonathan Coppess received the John Clyde and Henrietta Downey Spitler Teaching Award, which recognizes outstanding instruction at the University of Illinois. Dr. Coppess has taught in the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics since 2011, specializing in law and policy for farmers and the agricultural industry.

How COVID-19 impacts food waste along the supply chain.

From Farmdoc Daily

The Covid-19 pandemic has created massive disruptions in the food system, from farm to fork. In some cases, we have observed and experienced severe food shortages. In others, food cannot reach end consumers and is ultimately wasted. Food waste is not new or novel in our current food system; however, images and reports of whole fields being plowed under and millions of gallons of milk being dumped during a time of such economic hardship and increased food insecurity raises questions about how Covid-19 has impacted food waste along the supply chain.

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Dr. Hope Michelson tells us about her research and why it matters in under three minutes.

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