Agribusiness, Morrison School of

Projects

Projects per year 1988 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2010 2015 2017 2020 2021 2022 2023 2026

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• 112 Finished

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  Opportunities for imperfect food: Analyzing preferences along the agri-food value chain

  Grebitus, C.

  US Department of Agriculture (USDA)

  5/1/23 → 4/30/24

  Project: Research project

  • food preference 100%
  • food 44%
  • project 22%
  • data analysis 17%
  • industry 13%

• A Workshop on Survey Design & Experimental Methods in Applied and Agricultural Economics

  Grebitus, C.

  USDA: National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)

  5/1/23 → 4/30/24

  Project: Research project

  • Applied Economics 100%
  • Experimental Method 98%
  • Survey Design 95%
  • Agricultural Economics 91%
  • Sustainable Consumption 25%

• Labor Supply, Demand, and Bottlenecks in the Trucking Industry

  Richards, T.

  USDA: Economic Research Service

  9/28/22 → 12/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • Labor Supply 73%
  • Trucks 38%
  • Current Population Survey 38%
  • Industry 27%
  • Survey Data 26%

• Increasing Demand and Willingness-to-Pay for Arizona-Grown Pecans

  Grebitus, C.

  US Department of Agriculture (USDA)

  11/30/21 → 9/30/23

  Project: Research project

  • pecans 100%
  • willingness to pay 96%
  • growers 22%
  • marketing strategies 20%
  • econometrics 7%

• Data Integration in Food and Agriculture

  Chenarides, L.

  USDA: Economic Research Service

  9/17/21 → 7/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • agriculture 100%
  • cooperative research 78%
  • reports (publications) 62%
  • economists 49%
  • agricultural economists 39%

• Evidence-Based Policymaking for Applied Economists

  Chenarides, L.

  USDA: National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)

  8/1/21 → 7/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • Evidence-based 100%
  • Economists 88%
  • Policy Making 88%
  • Resources 43%
  • Linkage 26%

• Secure Traceability in the Food Supply Chain Using Cell Phone Readable Dendritic Identifiers

  Manfredo, M. & Kozicki, M.

  USDA: National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)

  1/1/21 → 6/30/23

  Project: Research project

  • food supply chain 100%
  • mobile telephones 93%
  • traceability 87%
  • supply chain 28%
  • food defense 26%

• Dollar Store Entry, Food Prices, and Food Security

  Richards, T.

  USDA: National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)

  1/1/21 → 12/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • Food Security 100%
  • Food Prices 75%
  • Food Insecurity 60%
  • Food 51%
  • Dynamic Incentives 25%

• Economic Impact and Resiliency of Arizonas Agricultural and Food Industries

  Schmitz, T.

  US Department of Agriculture (USDA)

  10/20/20 → 8/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • Resiliency 100%
  • Food Industry 74%
  • Economic Impact 68%
  • Crops 49%
  • Stakeholders 23%

• COVID-19 and Agricultural Supply Chains

  Richards, T., Manfredo, M. & Webster, S.

  USDA: Economic Research Service

  9/8/20 → 8/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • supply chain 100%
  • food supply chain 48%
  • food service 46%
  • case studies 14%
  • food loss 12%

• Food Banks, Food Retailing, and Food Security

  Richards, T.

  USDA: National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)

  5/15/20 → 4/14/24

  Project: Research project

  • Food Security 100%
  • Food Retailing 91%
  • Food 51%
  • Food Insecurity 16%
  • Donation 14%

• Strengthening U.S. Beef Export Markets: Analysis of Consumer Willingness to Pay and Import Demand

  Grebitus, C.

  USDA: National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)

  4/15/20 → 4/14/24

  Project: Research project

  • Willingness-to-pay 100%
  • Import Demand 77%
  • Beef 71%
  • Market Analysis 70%
  • Export Markets 63%

• The growth of low-cost variety stores and their impact on consumer purchasing patterns

  Chenarides, L.

  US Department of Agriculture (USDA)

  8/6/19 → 7/31/23

  Project: Research project

  • Purchasing 100%
  • Food 74%
  • Costs 48%
  • Product Availability 33%
  • Cooperative Research 26%

• Immigration Reform and Farm Labor Shortages

  Richards, T.

  USDA: National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)

  7/1/19 → 5/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • Farm Labor 100%
  • Labor Shortage 93%
  • Economic Journals 92%
  • Immigration 77%
  • Agricultural Economics 64%

• Big Data and Food Loss Mitigation in the Supply Chain

  Richards, T.

  USDA: National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)

  6/1/19 → 5/31/22

  Project: Research project

  • Mitigation 100%
  • Big Data 97%
  • Food 74%
  • Supply Chain 58%
  • Retailers 42%

• Perception of Arizona Grown Medjool Dates

  Grebitus, C. & Hughner, R.

  Arizona Department of Agriculture

  9/25/18 → 8/31/21

  Project: Research project

  • dates (fruit) 100%
  • sales 19%
  • marketing 19%
  • consumer surveys 15%
  • specialty crops 14%

• Using Social Media Data to Improve Estimates of Wilderness Demand and Value

  Englin, J.

  USDA: Forest Service (FS)

  6/25/18 → 12/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • social media 100%
  • wilderness 97%
  • demand 51%
  • wilderness area 41%
  • project 15%

• Food Loss and Waste for Produce: Economic Abandonment

  Richards, T. & Mishra, A.

  US Department of Agriculture (USDA)

  9/21/17 → 9/17/21

  Project: Research project

  • food loss 100%
  • food waste 85%
  • economics 45%
  • markets 26%
  • farmers 20%

• Food Waste: A Market-Based Solution using Commercial Peer-to-Peer Mutualization Systems

  Richards, T. & Rabinovich, E.

  USDA: National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)

  9/1/17 → 8/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • food waste 100%
  • market 63%
  • incentive 18%
  • agroindustry 14%
  • food 13%

• Long-term Trends in the Use and Value of Wilderness

  Englin, J.

  USDA: Forest Service (FS)

  8/4/17 → 6/1/19

  Project: Research project

  • wilderness 100%
  • long-term trend 85%
  • services 41%
  • grassland 27%
  • policy 19%

• Scan-Based Trading: Opportunities for Enhancing Supply-Chain Efficiency

  Rabinovich, E., Richards, T. & Grebitus, C.

  USDA: National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)

  6/1/17 → 5/31/19

  Project: Research project

  • Supply Chain 100%
  • Retailers 52%
  • Market Power 42%
  • Structural Model 41%
  • Abuse 33%

• Salad bars and students' fruit and vegetable consumption: A group-randomized trial with objective assessments

  Todd, M., Richards, T., Ohri-Vachaspati, P. & Adams, M.

  HHS: National Institutes of Health (NIH)

  4/1/17 → 6/30/23

  Project: Research project

  • Salads 100%
  • Vegetables 65%
  • Fruit 62%
  • Students 46%
  • Marketing 11%

• Target-Marketing for Medjool Date Consumer Segments

  Grebitus, C.

  USDA: Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)

  11/1/16 → 9/30/18

  Project: Research project

  • marketing 100%
  • dates (fruit) 84%
  • marketing strategies 32%
  • consumer demand 28%
  • specialty crops 16%

• Intergenerational Changes in Demand for Wilderness Recreation: Phase II

  Englin, J.

  USDA: Forest Service (FS)

  2/8/16 → 6/30/17

  Project: Research project

  • wilderness 100%
  • recreation 81%
  • demand 53%
  • travel cost 22%
  • protocol 13%

• Online Retailing and Local Food: How Farmers can Capitalize

  Richards, T.

  USDA: National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)

  2/2/16 → 2/1/19

  Project: Research project

  • Online Retailing 100%
  • Local Food 95%
  • Farmers 61%
  • Supply Network 19%
  • Retailers 16%

• Driving Demand for Arizona-Grown Medjool Dates

  Grebitus, C. & Hughner, R.

  USDA: Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)

  12/2/15 → 3/31/17

  Project: Research project

  • dates (fruit) 100%
  • willingness to pay 69%
  • consumer demand 42%
  • unemployment 25%
  • growers 24%

• Activity 7: Genomics and its ethical economic environmental legal and social aspects

  Grebitus, C.

  OTHER: Foreign University

  10/1/15 → 9/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • environmental economics 100%
  • veterinarians 71%
  • social networks 70%
  • dairies 68%
  • decision making 54%

• Activity 4 1: Producer Adoption

  Grebitus, C.

  OTHER: Foreign University

  10/1/15 → 9/30/19

  Project: Research project

  • veterinarians 100%
  • social networks 98%
  • dairies 96%
  • decision making 76%
  • pork 75%

• Feed the Future Egypt Food Security and Agribusiness

  Fowler, J., Manfredo, M., Dutta, U., Englin, J. & Buch, R.

  US Agency for International Development (USAID)

  7/20/15 → 3/4/20

  Project: Research project

  • agroindustry 100%
  • cost-benefit analysis 81%
  • food security 70%
  • stakeholder 48%
  • woman 41%

• EASM-3: Collaborative Research: Physics-Based Predictive Modeling for Integrated Agricultural and Urban Applications

  Mahalov, A., Moustaoui, M., Turner, B. L., Georgescu, M., Grebitus, C. & Salamanca Palou, F.

  USDA: National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)

  5/1/15 → 4/30/20

  Project: Research project

  • agricultural application 100%
  • physics 62%
  • garden 53%
  • regional climate 48%
  • feedback loop 46%

• Applying Behavioral and Experimental Economics to Food and AgriEnvironmental Issues

  Grebitus, C.

  USDA: Economic Research Service

  4/22/15 → 12/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Experimental Economics 100%
  • Food 60%
  • Agri-environmental Programs 26%
  • Food Choice 17%
  • Economists 13%

• EASM-3: Collaborative Research: Physics-Based Predictive Modeling for Integrated Agricultural and Urban Applications

  Mahalov, A., Moustaoui, M., Turner, B. L., Georgescu, M., Salamanca Palou, F. & Grebitus, C.

  National Science Foundation (NSF)

  9/1/14 → 9/30/20

  Project: Research project

  • agricultural application 100%
  • physics 62%
  • urban climate 61%
  • modeling 31%
  • climate 25%

• Intergenerational Changes in Demand for Wilderness Recreation: Phase I

  Englin, J.

  USDA: Forest Service (FS)

  8/7/13 → 6/30/15

  Project: Research project

  • wilderness 100%
  • recreation 81%
  • demand 53%
  • wilderness area 48%
  • long-term trend 24%

• Transforming food marketing education: Modules to integrates social justice and research training across undergraduate curricula

  Hughner, R. & Wharton, C.

  US Department of Agriculture (USDA)

  7/15/13 → 6/30/14

  Project: Research project

  • food deserts 100%
  • social justice 99%
  • food marketing 89%
  • curriculum 79%
  • college students 60%

• Solutions to increase the consumer interest and valuation for sustainable products in markets

  Grebitus, C.

  INDUSTRY: Domestic Company

  12/15/12 → 6/30/13

  Project: Research project

  • Sustainable Product 100%
  • Habit 18%
  • Labeling 15%
  • Sustainability 15%
  • Social Media 12%

• Optimal Licensing of an Agricultural Innovation

  Richards, T.

  USDA: National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)

  9/1/11 → 8/31/14

  Project: Research project

  • Licensing 100%
  • Innovation 65%

• Consumer Search and Retail Pass-Through: Implications for Food Price Inflation

  Richards, T.

  USDA: National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)

  9/1/11 → 8/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Consumer Search 100%
  • Retail 88%
  • Food Prices 86%
  • Pass-through 86%
  • Inflation 55%

• Measuring Cross-Category Spillover Effects of Private Label Branding in US Supermarket Retailing

  Richards, T.

  USDA: National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)

  2/1/11 → 1/31/15

  Project: Research project

  • Supermarkets 100%
  • Private Labels 91%
  • Spillover Effects 71%
  • Retailing 70%
  • Branding 70%

• Asian Citrus Psyllid in California: an Economic Analysis of Efficient Management and Control Strategies

  Richards, T.

  US Department of Agriculture (USDA)

  9/1/10 → 8/31/13

  Project: Research project

  • Diaphorina citri 100%
  • economic analysis 82%
  • greening disease 27%
  • agriculture 22%
  • Citrus 19%

• The Impact of Animal Welfare Regulation on Consumer Demand and Welfare

  Richards, T.

  OTHER: Foreign University

  4/1/10 → 3/31/11

  Project: Research project

  • Consumer Demand 100%
  • Animal Welfare 90%
  • Egg 89%
  • Consumer Welfare 78%
  • Auctions 58%

• Equilibrium Pricing and Positioning of New Food Products in a Social Network

  Richards, T.

  US Department of Agriculture (USDA)

  2/1/10 → 1/31/13

  Project: Research project

  • Equilibrium Pricing 100%
  • Social Networks 78%
  • Food Products 71%
  • Positioning 70%
  • Network Equilibrium 49%

• Farm-Retail Price Transmission in Multi-Product Retail Environments

  Richards, T.

  USDA-NIFA: Cooperative State Research, Education & Extension Services (CSREES)

  1/1/10 → 9/30/12

  Project: Research project

  • Price Transmission 100%
  • Retail 88%
  • Retail Prices 82%
  • Farm 67%

• Southwest Cooperative and Producer Development Project

  Schmitz, T.

  US Department of Agriculture (USDA)

  1/1/09 → 12/31/09

  Project: Research project

  • Development Projects 100%

• Valuation of New Products in the Face of Consumer Income Disparity

  Richards, T.

  USDA: Economic Research Service

  11/24/08 → 10/31/10

  Project: Research project

  • Income Disparity 100%
  • New Product Introduction 97%
  • Low Income 69%
  • Health Claims 67%
  • Welfare Effects 64%

• Market-Based Instruments for the Optimal Control of Invasive Insect Species: B. tabaci in Arizona

  Richards, T.

  USDA: Economic Research Service

  9/29/08 → 12/31/10

  Project: Research project

  • Invasive Species 100%
  • Market-based Instruments 95%
  • Optimal Control 69%

• Community Food Connections, Micro Business Consulting and Technical Services

  Hughner, R.

  Community Food Connections

  9/22/08 → 3/31/09

  Project: Research project

  • Micro Businesses 100%
  • Technical Services 94%
  • Consulting 68%
  • Vendors 63%
  • Food 57%

• A Case Study on Carbon Emissions and the Economic Impact of Local Food Production: The Case of Rousseau Farming Company

  Richards, T.

  INDUSTRY: Domestic Company

  9/1/08 → 12/31/08

  Project: Research project

  • economic impact 100%
  • food 64%

• Commodity Inflation, Food Prices and Marketing Margins

  Richards, T.

  USDA: Economic Research Service

  8/20/08 → 10/31/10

  Project: Research project

  • Marketing Margins 100%
  • Food Marketing 89%
  • Food Prices 74%
  • Commodities 62%
  • Commodity Prices 59%

• National Food and Agricultural Policy Project - FY 2008-2009

  Richards, T.

  USDA-NIFA: Cooperative State Research, Education & Extension Services (CSREES)

  7/1/08 → 5/31/10

  Project: Research project

  • agricultural policy 100%
  • food 57%

• Intelligent Food Defense Systems for International Supply Chains: The Case of Mexico Fresh Produce to the U.S.

  Runger, G. & Richards, T.

  US Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

  7/1/08 → 12/31/09

  Project: Research project

  • Supply chains 100%