| Thursday, May 20 |
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10:30 am
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Welcome
James Poterba, MIT and NBER
Spiro Stefanou, US Department of Agriculture
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10:45 am
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Global Agricultural Value Chains and Structural Transformation
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11:30 am
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Has Global Agricultural Trade Been Resilient Under Coronavirus (COVID-19)? Findings From an Econometric Assessment
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12:15 pm
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Break
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12:30 pm
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Keynote Lecture: Food Supply Chains in Less Developed Countries
Thomas A. Reardon, Michigan State University
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1:20 pm
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Break
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1:30 pm
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Local Sectoral Specialization in a Warming World
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2:15 pm
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The Food Problem and the Aggregate Productivity Consequences of Climate Change
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3:00 pm
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Break
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Shorter Presentations Session
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3:15 pm
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Trade, Technology, and Agricultural Productivity
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3:30 pm
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Contracting and Quality Upgrading: Evidence from an Experiment in Senegal
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3:45 pm
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Unfair Trade? Market Power in Agricultural Value Chains
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4:00 pm
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Discussion
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4:15 pm
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Adjourn
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| Friday, May 21 |
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10:45 am
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Concentration and Resiliency in the US Meat Supply Chains (slides)
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11:30 am
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Labor Dynamics and Supply Chain Disruption in Food Manufacturing
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12:15 pm
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Break
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12:30 pm
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Keynote Lecture: The Performance and Future of Agricultural Supply Chains
A.G. Kawamura, Former Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture
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1:20 pm
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Break
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1:30 pm
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Risk, Arbitrage, and Spatial Price Relationships:
Insights from China’s Hog Market under the African Swine Fever (slides)
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2:15 pm
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Reverse Dutch Disease with Trade Costs: Prospects for Agriculture in Africa's Oil-Rich Economies
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3:00 pm
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Break
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Shorter Presentations Session
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3:15 pm
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Exchange Rate Volatility and Global Food Supply Chains (slides)
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3:30 pm
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Demand Shocks and Supply Chain Flexibility
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3:45 pm
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Algal Blooms and the Social Cost of Fertilizer
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4:00 pm
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Discussion
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4:15 pm
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Adjourn
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