Agricultural Bio-security Group
Agricultural Bio-security Group

Department of Agricultural Economics

Taxas A&M University

Group Members

Faculty
Dr. Bruce McCarl
Dr. David Bessler
Dr. Yanhong Jin
Dr. Frederick Boadu
Levan Elbakidze
Students
Aviral Chopra

Wei Huang

Rong Hu



Seminar (At the conference room of BLOC 340 unless it is specified)

Date
Speaker
Paper/slides/write-up
Nov. 4th, 2004 Dr. Bruce McCarl Risk, Animals, AgroTerrorism and Economics
Nov. 18th, 2004 Aviral Chopra Information and Demand
Feb. 21st, 2005 Dr. Michael Ward and Ms. Linda Highfield, at the Centeq BLDG., Suite 100A, the ICAB Conference Room Simulating FMD in Texas -- Preliminary Modeling Results
March 7st, 2005 Drs. McCarl and Elbakidze, at the Centeq BLDG., Suite 100A, the ICAB Conference Room Economic Modeling of Optimal Mitigation Strategies for Animal Related Biodefense Policies, Powerpoint slides
March 21st, 2005 Dr Elbakidze, BLOC 457 Ex Ante vs. Ex Post Bioterrorism Mitigation: Better Safe than Sorry?, Powerpoint slides
April 14th, 2005 Avrial Chopora Impact of BSE and FMD on Beef Industry in UK Powerpoint slides
AAEA Symposia, July 25, Providence, RI Bruce McCarl Economic Work within the National center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotics Disease Defense Powerpoint slides
AAEA Symposia, July 25, Providence, RI Levan Elbakidze A Conceptual Approach to the Optimal Mix of Pre and Post Event Mitigation Options in Agricultural Terrorism Powerpoint slides
AAEA Symposia, July 25, Providence, RI Jean Kinsey and Tom Stinson at the Minnesota University Economic Investigation of Food Supply Chain (Homeland) Security Issues Powerpoint slides
AAEA session, July 27, Providence, RI Levan Elbakidze Ex Ante VS. Ex Post Bioterrorism Mitigation: Better Safe than Sorry Powerpoint slides
AAEA session, July 27, Providence, RI Yanhong Jin Economics and Homeland Security Strategies: Issues regarding Carcass Disposal in Design of Animal Disposal Defense System Powerpoint slides



Links

  • Carcass Disposal: A Comprehensive Review
  • Roger Breeze (2004). Agroterrorism: Betting Far More than the Farm. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, PRactice, and Science. Vol. (2), No. 4. PDF.




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