A lecture and open discussion with Dr. Eric Schuck
Fullbright Visiting Professor, Department of Agricultural Sciences, AUB

The United States is in the unique position of being both one of the primary sources of carbon emissions on the globe, and being one of the world’s largest grain exporters. What is the connection between these two issues? How much do US agricultural production practices contribute to climate change, and do US agricultural programs help or hurt the chances of reaching the Climate Change goals recently passed by the US Congress? And what are the potential consequences for global food markets of US actions in response to global climate change?

Date: Wednesday 22 July 2009
Time: 3 p.m.
Location: Room 310, Wing A, Faculty of Agricultural and Food Sciences, AUB

Short Bio:

Dr. Eric Schuck is an Associate Professor of Economics and the Coordinator of the Environmental Studies Program at Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon. Prior to coming to Linfield in 2006, Dr. Schuck spent two years in the Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics at North Dakota State University and five years in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at Colorado State University. His main areas of research examine the optimal management of agricultural water resources in arid climates.