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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: Room 159 Hunt Hall, 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.
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 (12/04)
- Mullen, John D., Julian M. Alston, Daniel A. Sumner, Marcia T. Kreith,
and Nicolai V. Kuminoff. "The Payoff to Public Investments in Pest Management
R & D: General Issues and a Case Study Emphasizing IPM in California."
In Review of Agricultural Economics, in press.
- Mullen, John D., Julian M. Alston, Daniel A. Sumner, Marcia T. Kreith,
and Nicolai V. Kuminoff. 2003. Returns to University of California
Pest Management Research and Extension. Overview and Case Studies Emphasizing
IPM. University of California Agricultural Issues Center ANR Publication
3482.
- Kreith, Marcia and Deborah Golino. 2003. "Regulatory Framework and
Institutional Players." Chapter 3 in Exotic Pests and Diseases: Biology
and Economics for Biosecurity. Daniel A. Sumner, Editor. Iowa State
University Press.
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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