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Call for Papers and Symposium
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Subject: Call for Papers and Symposium
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From: tamrc@tamu.edu
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Date: Wed, 17 Apr 1996 09:05:56
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Article: 11938 of alt.sustainable.agriculture
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Keywords: NAFTA, Agriculture, Agribusiness, Trade and Academic
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Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture
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Organization: Ag. Eco. Computer Support
NAFTA and Agriculture: Is the Experiment Working?
A Tri-National Research Symposium, NAFTA and Agriculture: Is the Experiment
Working?, will be held November 1-2, 1996 in San Antonio, Texas. The event is
sponsored by the Center for Study of Western Hemispheric Trade (CSWHT) of
Texas A&M University and the Center for Economic, Social and Technology
Research on World Agriculture and Agribusiness (CIESTAAM) at the Autonomous
University of Chapingo. The symposium is intended to bring together
researchers from the three NAFTA countries to compare and discuss the results
for North American agriculture and agribusiness. The papers presented at the
symposium will be published as a book.
Research papers focusing on NAFTA and agriculture or agribusiness are being
sought, with particular interest in the areas of macroeconomics;
socioeconomics; domestic agricultural policy; non-tariff barriers;
production, marketing and consumption of agricultural products; Western
Hemispheric integration; the environment; and regional implications. Two-page
proposals describing the planned research objectives, procedures, and likely
contribution should be submitted by June 1, 1996. Proposals written by
American and Canadian researchers should be sent to: Dr. Gary Williams, Texas
Agricultural Market Research Center, Room 321 Blocker Building, Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas 77843-2124. Proposals written by Mexican
researchers should be sent to: Dr. Manuel A. Gomez Cruz, Director - CIESTAAM,
Autonomous University of Chapingo, Km. 38.5 Carretera Mexico Texcoco, C.P.
56230 Chapingo, Mexico, MEXICO.