Marcia Kreith
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e-mail address: mtkreith@ucdavis.edu
Telephone: 530-752-8670
Fax: 530-752-5451
Mail: Agricultural Issues Center, University of California,
One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616-8514
Office Location: Kerr Hall (temporary), UC Davis Campus
At the U.C. Agricultural Issues Center Marcia Kreith's responsibilities
are diverse and include the planning and coordination of studies,
grants, conferences and publications. She also conducts research,
writes reports and provides general editorial input.
Since its conception, Kreith has been AIC's principal staff
to the Agricultural Marketing Resource Center (AgMRC), the
Iowa State University, Kansas State University and University
of California Agricultural Issues Center consortium that focuses
on value added agriculture.
Kreith was highly involved in planning the Center's major
study on Exotic Pest and Disease Policy. She implemented and
coordinated the project, and provided liaison to more than
a dozen interdisciplinary research teams consisting of biologists,
economists and policy professionals. The study developed science
based, public policy relevant information for a non-specialist
public. Designed to quantify the effects of non-indigenous
pests and diseases on California agriculture, natural biological
systems, urban landscapes, human health and the economy, the
study developed analyses to evaluate costs and benefits of
control and exclusion programs for a number of pests and diseases.
A public conference, summary reports, briefings and a major
book resulted.
More recently Kreith summarized the current situation with respect to wild pigs in California and, in the December 2007 AIC Issues Brief, identified conflicting policy concerns.
Prior to joining the AIC staff in 1992 Kreith worked for UC
Davis Public Service Research and Dissemination Program and
for UC Cooperative Extension. Her emphasis in those project
design and coordination positions was on water policy and
global climate change issues.
Recent Publications (5/08)
Responsibility for completed AIC projects
- Risk Management Education for Farmers and Ranchers in California
(2003-04). An AIC risk management program undertaken with
the Center for Agricultural Business at California State
University Fresno and FACTS-Farm and Collaborative Training
Systems with funding by a USDA Risk Management Agency
partnership agreement.
- Exotic Pests and Diseases: Biology, Economics, Public
Policy (1998 - 2003). The summary report of the May 1999
public conference is available from AIC. Iowa State Press
published our more extensive book in 2003.
- California's Future: Maintaining Viable Agriculture
at the Urban Edge (1995-97). A public conference which
explored land use policies and new agricultural technologies
and management practices to reduceagricultural-urban conflicts
where farming activities adjoin urban areas.
- Farmers and Neighbors: Land Use, Pesticides, and Other
Issues (1995-96). A workshop and summary proceedings.
- Effects of Government Regulations on the California
Farmer (1994-96). A survey and report of the opinions
and experiences of 263 California farmers within seven
counties.
- Animal Agriculture Impacts on Water Quality in California
(1994-95). An interdisciplinary study, conference and
publications.
- Valuing UC Agricultural Research and Extension (1993-94).
A research project and report.
- California Water Transfers: Gainers and Losers in Two
Northern Counties, and Sharing Scarcity: Gainers and Losers
in Water Marketing (1992-94). An interdisciplinary study,
conference, summary proceedings and book on the third
party effects of the 1991 California Drought Water Bank.
Co-author or co-editor of the following AIC publications
- Returns to University of California Pest Management Research and
Extension. Overview and Case Studies Emphasizing IPM.
2003.
- Exotic Pests and Diseases: Biology, Economics, Public
Policy. 1999.
- California's Future: Maintaining Viable Agriculture
at the Urban Edge 1997.
- Voices of California Farmers: Effects of Regulations.
1996.
- Farmers and Neighbors: Land Use, Pesticides, and
Other Issues. 1996.
- Valuing UC Agricultural Research and Extension Summary
Report. 1994.
- "UC Strawberry Research" in Valuing UC Agricultural
Research and Extension. 1994.
- "The Views of Local Community Leaders and Decision Makers"
in Sharing Scarcity: Gainers and Losers in Water Marketing.
1994.
- California Water Transfers: Gainers and Losers in
Two Northern Counties. 1992.
Technical editor of the following AIC publications
- The Economic Merit of Animal Manures as a Source of Plant Nutrients
or Energy Generation. 1998.
- Pathogens Excreted by Livestock and Transmitted to
Humans through Water. 1997.
Related publications
- "Global Climate Change" in Integrating Conservation Biology and
Agricultural Production. Graham A. E. Gall and Mary
Staton, editors, Elsevier Science Publishers BV. 1992.
- Water Inputs in California Food Production. A
study prepared for the Water Education Foundation, Sacramento,
CA. 1991.
- University of California Workshop Executive Summary:
Pacific Rim Research Development Strategies Related to
Climate Change. Edited for Public Service Research
and Dissemination Program, UC Davis, 1990.
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