Community name: Precision Agriculture Economics, Profitability, Adoption, and Risk.

Justification: The profitability of new technology ultimately determines the success at the farm level and can be measured in part by examining the adoption trends. From the farm and agribusiness side, the economic questions have always been at least as important as the technical issues especially after commercialization of the product.

Interests/scope: The scope of this community includes all agricultural economists and associated economic topics including other social sciences. Pertinent topics are profitability, economics, efficiency, and adoption. Economists often examine the profitability of precision either as individual or bundled technology. The economics at the micro- and macro-scale are being evaluated. The adoption trends of technology in both developed and developing countries are often a sub-theme that economists study. Social science topics may include impacts of technology on the rural household, not just the farming operation.

Proposed activities:

  1. Organize two oral paper sessions at each ICPA, one for profitability and economics and the other on adoption trends and other social science issues.
  2. Hold bi-yearly virtual meetings via Skype or similar to encourage worldwide collaboration on adoption trends of precision technology.
  3. Hold breakfast meeting at ICPA in even number years to elect Community Leaders and discuss topics for collaboration to present at the next ICPA.
  4. Community members will reach out to their colleagues to encourage abstract submission for consideration for presentations.
  5. Maintain web page on ISPA website including list of current projects and team members.
  6. Contribute an entry for ISPA newsletter twice a year.

Community Leaders

Leader

Marius Michels
George-August-University of Goettingen

Deputy Leader

Markus Gandorfer
LFL, Germany

Community Resources

Notes from 2018 JUN Meeting in Montreal

Bullet points regarding the Economics Community meeting at ICPA in Montreal, June 2018: Terry Griffin, Founding Leader, from Kansas State University  and Jordan Shockley, Founding Vice Leader, from the University of Kentucky initiated the first economics community meeting 26 people were in attendance plus 2 that called into the meeting. Those in the meeting represented a wide range of backgrounds, locations, and experience in PA (not just economists) Many topics were discussed but two areas the committee decided to move forward with were: (1) economics of autonomous machinery and (2) pulling together adoption data and research from the global perspective. Jordan Shockley (University of Kentucky) agreed to be the new Leader of the Economcis Community while Jiali Shang (Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) agreed to be the new Vice Leader

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ISPA Economics Community

Deputy Economics Community Leader Professor Marius Michels from Humboldt University in Berlin (Germany) has successfully been elected un-opposed as the incoming ISPA Economics Community Deputy Leader.   Marius Michels, who grew up on an arable farm, pursued a bachelor's degree in agricultural sciences with a specialization in crop sciences at the Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany in 2013. Subsequently, he commenced a master's program in economic and social sciences of agriculture at the same university, completing it in 2016. His PhD thesis centered on the utilization of smartphones for agricultural purposes.   At present, Marius Michels is a visiting professor at Humboldt University in Berlin, where he directs the department of quantitative agricultural economics. His primary research interest pertains to digitalization in agriculture, with a particular emphasis on analyzing farm-level decision-making. Additionally, he actively investigates risk management strategies for farms, the agricultural land market, agricultural policies, as well as behavioral and experimental economics. The ISPA Economics Community greatly appreciates Marius’ commitment and support and look forward to his leadership.   ISPA Economics Community Event During the 18th & 19th September 2023 the ISPA Economics Community will be hosting a special session at the 6th Symposium ...more

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Economics Community Members

A K M Abdullah Al Amin
Harper Adams University; Bangladesh Agricultural University
Aashvi Dua
Kansas State University
Abdel-Aziz Belal
National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences (NA
Abdou A. Soaud
Department of Soil Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt, and Previously De
Abdul Salam
Purdue University
Adewale Adegoke
Agroxchange Technology Services Limited
Adrian Hunt
Horticulture Innovation Australia
Agusti Fonts
IRTA
Ahmed Kayad
Ahmed Kayad
Intermountain Research Center, University of California
Ajibola Oluwatosin Matthews
Maotronics Systems Limited
Akwasi Tagoe
University of Arkansas
Alex Escolà
Universitat de Lleida
Amin Nobakhti
Sharif University of Technology
Amlan Balabantaray
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Amrit Pokhrel
University of Georgia
Amrit Shrestha
Mississippi State University
Andreas Neuman
UAV-IQ Precision Agriculture
Andrew Krmenec
Andrew Krmenec
Anh Nguyen
Auburn University
Asbin B K
University of Missouri Columbia
Asim Biswas
University of Guelph
Athanasios Gertsis
Professor at Perrotis College - Precision Agriculture
Awad Hassan
Bayu Taruna Widjaja Putra
Center of Excellence on AI for Industrial Agriculture
Bee Khim Chim
University of Maine
Ben Craker
Ag Data Coalition, AgGateway
Bere Benjamin Bantchina
Bursa Uludağ University
Betty Bonnardel
Farmer Charlie
Bhuvaneshwari T H
Institute for Social and Economic Change
Bilal Javed
University Laval | Agriculture and agrifood, Canada
Bishnu Ghimire
Texas Tech University
Boris Roldan Leon
Liontari
Brent Sams
GALLO
Brit Weier
University of Applied Sciences Neubrandenburg
Bruce D Maxwell
Montana StateUniversity
Byron Evers
Kansas State University
Carina Allen
USDA - NIFA
Carlos Mosquera
CEO C.I. AGROAP SAS
Carlos Ferraz
Cesar Augusto Perdomo Jr
comercial
Charles Zhou
CASCADE CLEAN ENERGY, INC.
Chikeobi Nnah
chikennah@outlook.com
Claudio Leones Bazzi
Technological Federal University of Parana
Congliang Zhou
University of Florida
Cristina Elise Griffith
Mississippi State University
Custodio Efraim Matavel
Leibniz Institute for Agr. Engineering a Bioeconomy (ATB)
Daniel Kindred
ARC Agronomic Sciences
Daniel Kindred
ADAS
Daniel Eberz-Eder
Association for Technology and Structures in Agriculture
David Brown
David Behr
Davood Poursina
PhD candidate, Oklahoma State University
Deekermue Paye
Williams V S Tubman University
Deepak Joshi
Kansas State University
Dharmendra Saraswat
Purdue University
Dimitrios Evangelopoulos
Augmenta
Dmitry Dementiev
GeoPard Agriculture
Donald Kelechi Madukwe
OCP AFRICA
Doug McPherson
Joyn Bio LLC
Dr. Kakha NADIRADZE
Association for Farmers Rights Defense, AFRD
Dr. Muhammad Tariq
University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan
Durlave Roy
Bangladesh Open University
Eduardo Suraci Picchiotti
unibz
Edward Chua
AMVAC Chemical Corporation
Edwin Tapiwa Toreveyi
Harper Adams University
EIJI Morimoto
Kobe University
Ejaz Ashraf
University of Sargodha, Punjab-Pakistan
Elizeu Vicente Santos
Emmanuel Richard Nasolwa
IITA & NM-AIST
Eric Asamoah
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Soil Resear
Francisco Rojo
Universidad Católica de Valparaíso
Fujiang Ji
Galit Sharabani
Gaurav Jha
Kansas State University
Gheorghe Donca
University of Oradea
GOPAL U. SHINDE PI,NAHEP-VNMKV
VASANTRAO NAIK MARATHWADA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY,PARBHANI(M.S.)INDIA
Guillermo Balboa
University of Nebraska
Hannu E S Haapala
University of Helsinki
Harsh Pathak
Purdue University
Heba Al-Fares
Dean Faculty Of Agriculture And Vet. Med./ Najah National Un
Héctor Nieto Solana
ICA-CSIC
Herman Krebbers
Hossein Arzani
H. Arzani
Iaroslav Boiko
Agrilab Company
Ittai Herrmann
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ivan Izgagin
CCA, P.Ag, UAV Basic Certificate
Ivona Žiža
Croat
Jacob Demarais
CNH Industrial
Jacob Lafe Maurer
R.D. Offutt Company
Jafar Sani Bello
National Institute of Soil Science
Jaime Alberto Caicedo
James Lane
Omnia Digital Farming
James Lowenberg-DeBoer
Harper Adams University
Jeff Daniel Nze Memiaghe
Agriculture and Agrifood Canada
Jeffrey Dearborn
JIALI SHANG
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Jim Wilson
Soilessentials Ltd
Jo-Anne Relf-Eckstein
Saskatchewan Forage Seed Commission
John Omondi
IITA
John P Fulton
The Ohio State University
Jonathan McFadden
Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Jonathan Zettler
Fieldwalker Agronomy Limited
Jordan Shockley
University of Kentucky
Jose Miguel del Cid
Agricultura.io
Jose Antonio Guzman Alvarez
Corporación Bananera Nacional (CORBANA)
Jose Paulo Molin
University of Sao Paulo
Jose M Pena
Institute for Agricultural Sciences (ICA-CSIC)
Joseph Dewitt Labarbera
Joseph Mhango
Harper Adams University
JOTHAM JEA AKAKA
UNIVERSITAT JAUME I
Justin Ajinga Tanyi
Union Farms of Africa (UFA)
Kabindra Adhikari
USDA – Agricultural Research Service
Kakha NADIRADZE
Association for Farmers Rights Defense, AFRD
Kang Yu
Technical University of Munich
Karl Behrendt
Harper Adams University
Katsutoshi Mizuta
Ohio Wesleyan University
Kehinde Adesiyan
Alumni, National Association of Agricultural Students
Kevin Anderson
NuWay Cooperative
Kevin McDonnell
University College Dublin
Kirk Jessup
Mainstay Farming Partnership
Laila Puntel
Syngenta IT & Digital; University of Nebraska
Latifa Dhaouadi
Centre Régional de Recherches en Agriculture Oasienne
Leif Knudsen
SEGES
Leonardo Felipe Maldaner
Solinftec
Luan Oliveira
University of Georgia
Luciana Nieto
Kansas State University
Luciano Shiratsuchi
Louisiana State University
Luis Rund
Rund Design
LUIS FRANCISCO CALDERON LOPEZ
John Deere
Luis Henrique Bassoi
Embrapa Instrumentation
Luis Alfonso Escobedo
Agrobyte
Luis Armando Castilla Lozano
Fedearroz
Mamdouh Abdelsamad Hamid
Future university
Manoj K Patel
CSIR-Central Scientific Instruments Organisation, Chandigarh
Manuel Pérez-Ruiz
University of Seville, Spain
Marcel Ionescu
AgriCloud
Marcos Palugan
LIVELOG
María Carolina Orellana
Summit-Agro Chile
Maria Boerngen
Illinois State University
Marius Michels
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Marius Girlea
Barrels Hub Inc
Mark Licht
Iowa State University Extension and Outreach
Mark Daniel Estrada
Kansas State University
Marko Kostić
University of Novi Sad
Markus Gandorfer
Bavarian State Research Center for Agriculture
Martin Bosompem
University of Cape Coast
Masakazu Kodaira
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Mason McGregor
Nutrien Ag Solutions
Matheus Lopes Da Silva
Matias Federico Lucero
Matteo Gatti
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Maurizio Canavari
Alma Mater Studiorum-Università di Bologna
Md Nafiul Islam
University of Tennessee
Michael Oyunga
Student
Michael Newcomb
World Sports USA - Soil Scout
Muhammad Abdul Munnaf
Wageningen University & Research
Murray Woods
Myrtille Lacoste
Research Fellow, Curtin University
Nicodeme Fassinou Hotegni
University of Abomey Calavi
Nils Kaiser
IGEA Consultora S.R.L.
NITIN VERMA
IIFT , New Delhi
Nokuthula Mhlongo
Wageningen University and Research
Olamiposi Caleb Fagunloye
AgroXchange Technology Services Limited
Oren Haik
Israel
Oscar Javier Munar-Vivas
Researcher
OSMAN AHMED MOHAMUD
Somali National University
Owen Powell
Agronomic Management Services Pte Ltd
Oybek Turayev
Lake Region State College
Parker Dulaney
student
Paul Celicourt
INRS
Pedro Olivares
Asesoría y Dirección Agroindustrial S.A. de C.V.
Penelope Nagel
Persistence Data Mining, Inc
Peter Kovacs
South Dakota State University
Peter M Kyveryga
PIETRO CATANIA
University of Palermo
Prakash Kumar Jha
Kansas State University
Priscila Belen Cano
Prof. Martin Bosompem
University of Cape Coast
Puranjit Singh
Qianqian Du
University of Illinois
Quirine Ketterings
Cornell University
Rahul Kumar Meena
Technical
Rajeev Ranjan Kumar
ICAR-Indian Agricultural Statistics Research Institute
Rajveer Dhillon
Central State University
Reagen Tibbs
University of Illinois Extension
Renzo Pimenta Negrini
University of Minnesota
Ricardo Medina
Ink Topografia
Richard Antonio Ramirez Bruno
Robert Dunker
University of Illinois
Robesh Kumar Maity
Self
Saddam Hussain
University of Agriculture Faisalabad
Salim LAMINE
Higher School of Saharan Agriculture Adrar
Samir Kerfal
Saskia Lehnert
Great Plains Mfg
Scott Thomas Nieman
AgGateway, Land O'Lakes, Truterra
Shay Mey-tal
ICL
Shiying Wang
Greencare-HZAU Institute of Precision Agriculture
Simerjeet Virk
Auburn University
Stanislaw Marek Marek Samborski
Warsaw University of Life Sciences
Sunil Dhoubhadel
Fort Hays State University
Søren Marcus Marcus pedersen
University of Copenhagen
TAKUYA IENAGA
Terry Griffin
Kansas State University
Tiago Tavares
Center of Nuclear Energy in Agriculture, University of São Paulo
Tom Roth
Agronomist
Tomasz Wojciechowski
Poznań University of Life Sciences
Tove Sundgren
Yara
Victoria Vegis
foris.io, inc
Vinothan Sritharan
Vitaliy Shuberanskiy
Frendt LLC
Warren Eugene Clark
CCI Marketing | agnewscenter
Wei Deng
National Engineering Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture
Wendel Kaian Oliveira Moreira
WESTERN PARANÁ STATE UNIVERSITY
Wenxuan Guo
Texas Tech University and Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Whoi Cho
wilson bryan
Won Suk Lee
University of Florida
Wouter Zunneberg
Wyatt Medina
Montana State University
xinbing wang
China agriculture university
Yuji Saikai
Yuxin Miao
College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences, University of Minnesota
Zachary Brodsky
University of Maryland
Zakaria HAZZOUMI
Professor AgBS-UM6P
Zaundra Stoltzfus
Farmer
Zhigang Liu
Zhihao Zhang
Ziad Beroro
OCP Africa