IATRC Summer Symposium
Adjusting to Domestic and International Agricultural
Policy Reform in Industrial Countries
June 6-7, 2004
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.

Papers and Presentations

History of Adjustment in the Food and Agricultural Sector

The Political Geography of EU Agricultural Policy Adjustment – Michael Winter (University of Exeter) Paper. Presentation.

The Evolution of Structural Change in the US Farm Sector – James M. MacDonald, Robert Hoppe and David Banker (ERS/USDA) Paper. Presentation.

Discussant: David Harvey (University of Newcastle). Presentation.

Domestic and International Pressures for Adjustment and Their Implications

Domestic and International Pressures for European Agricultural Adjustment and Their Implications – David Colman (University of Manchester) Paper. Presentation.

U.S. Agricultural Policy in 2004: Ripe for Reform, Repackaging or Routine? – Katherine R. Smith (ERS/USDA) Paper. Presentation.

Discussant: Karl Meilke (University of Guelph)

Policy Reform and Adjustment in the Agricultural Sector

Reform and Adjustment in the European Union: The 2003 Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy and Enlargement – Pierre Bascou, Pierluigi Londero and Wolfgang Münch (European Commission) Paper. Presentation.

Global Agricultural Reform and U.S. Agricultural Adjustment Capacity – Mary E. Burfisher, Kenneth Hanson, Jeffrey Hopkins, and Agapi Somwaru (ERS/USDA) Paper. Presentation.

Discussant: William Meyers (University of Missouri) Presentation.

What Affects Farmers’ Ability to Adjust?

Adjustment and Differences in Farm Performance – A Farm Management Perspective from the Netherlands – Krijn J. Poppe and Hans Van Meijl, (LEI, Agricultural Economics Research Institute of Wageningen University) Paper. Presentation.

What Affects Farmers' Ability to Adjust: Evidence from the United States and Canada – Jeffrey Hopkins, Mitch Morehart, and James Johnson (ERS/USDA), David Culver and John Caldwell (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) Paper. Presentation.

Discussant: Barry Goodwin (North Carolina State University) Presentation.

Case Studies

Agricultural Policy Reform and Industry Adjustment in Australia and New Zealand – David Harris (D.N. Harris and Associates) and Allan Rae (Massey University) Paper. Presentation.

The Swedish Agricultural Policy Reform of 1990: A Window of Opportunity for Structural Change in Policy Preferences – Ewa Rabinowicz (Swedish Institute for Food and Agricultural Economics) Paper. Presentation.

Discussant: Mary Bohman (ERS/USDA)

Agricultural Policy Reform and Structural Adjustment in Korea and Japan – Hanho Kim (Seoul National University) and Yong-Kee Lee (Yeungnam University) Paper. Presentation.

Policy Reform and Agricultural Adjustment in Transition Countries – Jo Swinnen (World Bank and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven) Paper. Presentation.

Discussant: Tom Wahl (Washington State University) Presentation.

Policies Affecting or Facilitating Resource Adjustment in Agriculture

Policies Affecting or Facilitating Resource Adjustment in Agriculture in the European Union - Carmel Cahill (OECD) and Berkeley Hill (Imperial College London) Paper. Presentation.

US Policy for Agricultural Adjustment – David Blandford (Penn State University) and Richard Boisvert (Cornell University) Paper. Presentation.

Discussant: David Orden (IFPRI and Virginia Polytechnic Institute)