Demand and Supply Factors of Black Agricultural Economists

Jones, Dewitt; Nelson, Mack C.; Parks, Alfred L.

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“…According to Zippia (2024), nearly 10% of full-time employees working at the USDA are identified as Black. 8 In academia, Blacks in AEB have been underrepresented in many fields of study (Robbins & Evans, 1983;Jones et al, 1983;Ihnen, 1983;Davis & Allen, 1983). Moser (2022) found that, over the last 20 years, Blacks in AEB represent only 4.8% of the total awarded doctoral degrees.…”

Section: Representation Of Blacks In Agricultural Economics and Businessmentioning

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An overview of the history, role, and struggles of agricultural economics and business programs at 1890 Land‐Grant Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)

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Lachaud,

Solís

2024

Applied Eco Perspectives Pol

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Blacks have been systematically under‐represented in the Agricultural Economics profession, representing only 7% of agricultural economists in academia and between 5% and 10% in the private and public sectors, respectively. Although different policies and funding strategies have been implemented to increase the representation of minorities in the profession, these numbers have not shown significant improvements over time. This paper provides an overview of the history, role, and struggles of 1890 Land‐Grant Historically Black Colleges and Universities in general, and in particular, their agricultural economics and business (AEB) Programs. Recommendations and thoughts on how to increase diversity in AEB programs are also discussed.

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Section: Representation Of Blacks In Agricultural Economics and Businessmentioning

confidence: 99%

An overview of the history, role, and struggles of agricultural economics and business programs at 1890 Land‐Grant Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)

Grant,

Lachaud,

Solís

2024

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“…In the 1980s and 1990s, Ralph Christy, a former AAEA president and Fellow; Alfred Parks, AAEA Fellow; Joyce Allen; and other members of the Committee on the Status of Blacks in Agricultural Economics (COSBAE) led a series of papers that addressed race. These early papers explored the agricultural economics labor market (Davis & Allen, 1983; Ihnen, 1983; Jones et al, 1983; Robbins & Evans, 1983), rural poverty with an emphasis on Black rural poverty (Allen & Thompson, 1990; Christy & Figueroa, 1990; Rochin, 1990) and limited resource farmers, who are frequently farmers of color (Dagher et al, 1991; Davis, 1991; Gebremedhin, 1991; Jones, 1991; Nelson et al, 1991; Williamson, 1991).…”

Section: Food Security Todaymentioning

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A call for justice work in agricultural and applied economics

Wilson¹

2023

American J Agri Economics

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This presidential address calls the membership to explore ways of doing justice work in their research, teaching, extension, and outreach activities. By sharing my story and developing a content analysis of presidential addresses and invited papers published in the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association journals, I demonstrate how race has shaped my work and the need for additional work in this area. Through this example, I hope that members of the profession will find new inspiration to do justice work.

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Section: Previous Work On Blacks In Economics and Agricultural Economicsmentioning

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“…Studies of the numbers and experiences of Black agricultural economists go back at least as far as the early 1980s. A 1983 AJAE Proceedings Issue included three papers (Davis & Allen, 1983;Jones et al, 1983;Robbins & Evans, 1983) and a discussion on "Black Agricultural Economists". In the discussion, Ihnen (1983) lists the estimated number of Blacks holding PhD degrees in agricultural economics as 17 in 1970, 18 in 1981 and 25 in 1983. The Employment Services Committee (ESC) of the AAEA conducted surveys in 1988, 1990, 1993, and 1996(Zepeda & Marchant, 1998 with the aim of collecting degree recipients, student placement, salaries by rank and age, (Marchant & Williamson, 1994).…”

Section: Studies In the Agricultural Economics Professionmentioning

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Doctoral degrees awarded to Blacks in agricultural economics: 1999–2019

Moser

2021

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This paper looks at 21 years of data on doctoral degrees granted across the US and compares agricultural economics to economics and other fields. While the percentage of doctoral degrees awarded to Blacks is generally higher than that in economics, both the percent and the number of Blacks completing their degrees have decreased slightly over time in agricultural economics. The number and percent of doctoral degrees across all fields awarded to Black students increased over the same period. The paper also reviews studies related to diversity in the economics and agricultural economics professions and discusses possible reasons for the disparities.

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Demand and Supply Factors of Black Agricultural Economists

Cited by 6 publications

References 6 publications

An overview of the history, role, and struggles of agricultural economics and business programs at 1890 Land‐Grant Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)

An overview of the history, role, and struggles of agricultural economics and business programs at 1890 Land‐Grant Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)

A call for justice work in agricultural and applied economics

Doctoral degrees awarded to Blacks in agricultural economics: 1999–2019

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