being developed. A professional paper was submitted, accepted and presented to the Western Social Science Association. (Assignment continues.) 4: Client: University of Nevada NSF-EPSCoR group. Location of Project: State of Nevada Nature of Project: The development proposal for NSF-EPSCoR Solar Nexus Project has been accepted and research has been initiated. Action: The proposal was accepted and third year of a five year project is underway. A the economic impact of restricted solar development due to Sage master’s thesis estimating Hen habitat designation was completed. (Assignment continues.) 5: Client: Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute U.S., Western U.S., and State of Nevada Location of Project: Nature of Project: Extending the FAPRI U.S. and international outlooks to the State of Nevada. The Nevada agricultural outlook has been completed and a technical report written and put on the UCED website. Annual model updating and maintenance is underway. Action: Updating FAPRI international crops model with recent data on supply/utilization, trade, prices, and policies. The new is being used to re-estimate the model. Price linkages have been re-estimated to reflect recent prices. Individual country models are in the process of being revamped. This will continue throughout the summer. We are also updating the Nevada state enterprise budgets that are utilized in creating input/output cost matrices and production functions that better reflect the agricultural economy. Silver State’s true These have been updated with cost data through 2014 and will be utilized in water analysis this summer. We are creating county-level cost data based off the 2012 ag census data and updated with more recent costs/prices. These will be utilized to bring ag enterprise analysis to the county level and to create a web interface for local producers to use in comparing their budgets and making decisions. Helmar, Michael D. 2016 Nevada Agricultural Outlook, Technical Report UCED 2015/16 18 April 2016. University Center for Economic Development, University of Nevada, Reno. United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (UN FAO) 6: Client: Location of Project: Kazakhstan Nature of Project: Work with UN FAO in developing models of the agricultural sectors in Kazakhstan.
being developed. A professional paper was submitted, accepted and presented to the Western Social Science Association. (Assignment continues.) 4: Client: University of Nevada NSF-EPSCoR group. Location of Project: State of Nevada Nature of Project: The development proposal for NSF-EPSCoR Solar Nexus Project has been accepted and research has been initiated. Action: The proposal was accepted and third year of a five year project is underway. A master’s thesis estimating the economic impact of restricted solar development due to Sage Hen habitat designation was completed. (Assignment continues.) 5: Client: Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute Location of Project: U.S., Western U.S., and State of Nevada Nature of Project: Extending the FAPRI U.S. and international outlooks to the State of Nevada. The Nevada agricultural outlook has been completed and a technical report written and put on the UCED website. Annual model updating and maintenance is underway. Action: Updating FAPRI international crops model with recent data on supply/utilization, trade, prices, and policies. The new is being used to re-estimate the model. Price linkages have been re-estimated to reflect recent prices. Individual country models are in the process of being revamped. This will continue throughout the summer. We are also updating the Nevada state enterprise budgets that are utilized in creating input/output cost matrices and production functions that better reflect the Silver State’s true agricultural economy. These have been updated with cost data through 2014 and will be utilized in water analysis this summer. We are creating county-level cost data based off the 2012 ag census data and updated with more recent costs/prices. These will be utilized to bring ag enterprise analysis to the county level and to create a web interface for local producers to use in comparing their budgets and making decisions. Helmar, Michael D. 2016 Nevada Agricultural Outlook, Technical Report UCED 2015/16 April 2016. University Center for Economic Development, University of Nevada, Reno. 6: Client: United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization (UN FAO) Location of Project: Kazakhstan Nature of Project: Work with UN FAO in developing models of the agricultural sectors in Kazakhstan. 18
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