Marketing Watermelons: UD Research Shows the Importance of marketing for...
Economic research has shown that people are willing to pay more for local produce, which satisfies consumer demand for fresh food from their region and also helps farmers earn money to keep their land...
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Consumer Preference Research at the USDA Farmers Market
The Center for Experimental & Applied Economics set up at the USDA Farmers Market on September 30th. On Friday, September 30th, a team of Center for Experimental & Applied Economics researchers...
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Tuk Tuk on the Mall
The University of Delaware’s Center for Experimental and Applied Economics (CEAE) rolled out its innovative tuk tuk at the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Farmers Market on the...
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Transaction Costs: UD study links real, perceived transaction costs to low...
When it comes to creating agri-environmental programs to help farmers adopt best management practices (BMPs) that will help protect the land and not hinder crop yields, new research from the University...
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Food Labels can be Mysterious
Research explores the positives and negatives of food labels When customers walk down aisles of grocery stores, they are inundated with labels such as organic, fair-trade and cage free, just to name a...
View ArticleStop the Food Label Fear-Mongering
“We all lose when food manufacturers create labels that play on consumer fears. “ Tom Vilsack, former Iowa governor and U.S. agriculture secretary, wrote a piece in US News covering the results of Drs....
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Borel Global Fellows from Kenya Learn Agriculture Science at UD
One is studying crop disease, the other agricultural economics As Borel Global Fellows, Susan Gachara and Mariam Gharib have had the opportunity to gain valuable hands on experience studying...
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New book — The Science of Strategic Conservation: Protecting More with Less
CEAE Director, Kent Messer, recently published a new book: “The Science of Strategic Conservation: Doing More with Less” in conjunction with Will Allen, Vice President of Conservation Services for The...
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Genuine or fake seeds?
From UDaily: “UD researchers ‘dig in’ to how seed fraud impacts Kenyan farmers. “For farmers, a productive harvest can mean money in the bank. Poor yield due to drought, pests and other environmental...
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Delaware Researchers to Study Water Quality Issues
Project WiCCED will see researchers from schools like the University of Delaware, Delaware State University, and Wesley College work collaboratively to learn more about topics like water contamination...
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