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ERS Innovates as It Expands Distance Learning Ventures With Minority-Serving Institutions
In 2007, ERS launched a distance learning initiative as part of an ongoing commitment to student outreach and the development of a more diverse community of agricultural economists within USDA. The initiative links ERS with students at minority-serving universities by providing teaching and discussions relevant to both ERS research and the students’ curricula.
Price-Reducing Coupons Have a Dual Effect on Fruit and Vegetable Purchases
A recent ERS study examined the use of price-reducing coupons to encourage fruit and vegetable consumption. The study found that coupon effectiveness depends on the amount of the discount and the share of households that redeem the coupons.
On The Map
Corn is the feedstock for 97 percent of the ethanol produced in the United States, so ethanol refineries are heavily concentrated in the Corn Belt.
Accelerated Productivity Growth Offsets Decline in Resource Expansion in Global Agriculture
The rate of growth in global agricultural productivity has accelerated in recent decades and accounts for an increasing share of expanding agricultural production.
New Database Shows Substantial Geographic Food Price Variation
Food prices vary across the United States, but until now, a data set that provides a consistent and statistically detailed measure of food prices across geographic markets did not exist.
Indicators
Indicators tables from the September 2010 issue of Amber Waves magazine.
A Positive Path for Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa: Options and Challenges
Global food security improved between 2009 and 2010, as the effects of food price spikes and the global economic downturn moderated, but projections point to deteriorating food security over the next 10 years, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Taxing Caloric Sweetened Beverages To Curb Obesity
ERS researchers found that a 20-percent tax on caloric sweetened beverages could reduce consumption, calorie intake, and body weight even after accounting for increased consumption of alternative beverages.
World Sugar Price Volatility Intensified by Market and Policy Factors
Rising production costs and growing ethanol use in Brazil, combined with policy-induced production swings among Asian countries, are the main sources of higher and more volatile world sugar prices.
U.S. Farm Structure: Declining—But Persistent—Small Commercial Farms
The continuing shift in production away from small commercial farms to larger farms is driven by financial pressures and aging operators.
