Paul Armah

PUBLICATION AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

I. Paper Presentations:

1. Paul Armah, Aaron Archer, and Gregory C. Phillips“Drivers Leading to Higher Food Prices: Biofuels Are Not the Main Culprit” Summary of Special In Vitro Plant Issue on Biofuels: in In Vitro Report Issue 42.4 October - December 2008

2. “Ensuring Food Security in Ghana – The Role of Traditional Maize Storage Systems”.Presented at Joint Annual Meeting of The Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society, and The Association for the Study of Food and Society. June, 2005, Portland, Oregon.

3. Ensuring Food Security in Ghana – The Role of Maize Storage Systems; Seminar paper presented at the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research, August 22, 2004

4. American Agricultural Economics Association and Canadian Agricultural Economics Society Annual Meeting. August 5-8, 2001, Chicago. “The Determinants of Eco-label Usage in the Organic Produce Market of Northeastern Arkansas.”

5. The 2001 Conference of the Food Distribution Research Society: October 14-17, 2001. Meza, Arizona. “Setting Eco-label Standards in the Fresh Organic Vegetable Market of Northeast Arkansas.”

6. The Annual Meeting of Food Distribution Research Society 17-20 October, 1999. “Identification of Market Potential for Pasture-Raised Pork in Mississippi Delta of Arkansas”.

7. The 43rd Annual Rural Life Conference, February 12, 1999, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff, AR. “Market Survey Results of Pasture-Fed Pork products in Mississippi Delta of Arkansas – 1998”.

8. "Adding Value to Fresh Vegetables to Improve Incomes of Minority Farmers of Northeast Arkansas: Implications for Farm Communities". Presented at at Joint Annual Meeting of The Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society, and The Association for the Study of Food and Society. June 4-7, 1998, San Francisco, CA.

9. “Financial Conditions of Northeast Missouri Farms”. - Presented at Joint Annual Meeting of The Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society, and The Association for the Study of Food and Society. June 6-9, 1996, St. Louis, Missouri.

10. “Financial Conditions and Growth Potential of Northeast Missouri Farms”. - Presented at 1995 TrumanStateUniversity Undergraduate Research Symposium by Elisa Martin and Paul Armah (Faculty Mentor), March 29th, 1996, NMSU, Kirksville.

11. “The Relevance of USDA Fresh Onion Grading Standards to Kirksville Consumers” - Presented at 1995 TrumanStateUniversity Undergraduate Research Symposium by Emily Domek, JaniceCapes and Paul Armah (Faculty Mentor), April 7th, 1995, NMSU, Kirksville.

12. EC Quality and Grading Standards for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables: The Relevance to the European Food Marketing System. Presented at Joint Annual Meeting of The Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society, and The Association for the Study of Food and Society. June 8-11, 1995, Tuskegee, Alabama.

13. “The Comparative Differences Between US and African Agriculture: The Case of Appropriate Technologies”. Presented at the Joint Annual Conference of the AdairCounty Farmers and the USDA Cooperative Extension Service, on October 25th, 1994, Kirksville, MO. ( Sponsored by Kiwanis Farmers Association of Kirksville).

14.“Exploring Africa from Agricultural Perspective”.- Presented at the Sigma Alpha Sorority Association Lectures on October 19th, 1994, TrumanStateUniversity, KirksvilleMO.

II Publications and Abstracts.

  1. Armah P.W., H. Hoover (2003). “Market Access and Entrepreneurial Training for Value-Added Vegetable Cooperatives in the Mississippi Delta of Arkansas”. Journal of Food Distribution Research. 34(1): 80-85.

2.Armah P. W. “Perceived Benefits and Response to Instructional Technologies Used in Agribusiness Courses at ArkansasStateUniversity. NACTA Journal, Vol. 45, No. 2, 2001.

3.Armah P. W.Setting Eco-label Standards in the Fresh Organic Vegetable Market of Northeast Arkansas. Journal of Food Distribution Research, Vol. 33, No. 1, March 2002.

4.Armah P. W. (2001) “The Determinants of Eco-label Usage in the Organic Produce Market of Northeastern Arkansas.” Research in Agriculture and Applied Economics, Online Publication of Selected Papers.

5.Armah P. W. (2001) “The Determinants of Eco-label Usage in the Organic Produce Market of Northeastern Arkansas.” American Agricultural Economics Association and Canadian Agricultural Economics Society Annual Meeting, Chicago, August 5-8.Abstract, Page 50.

6.Armah P.W. (2001). “Setting Eco-label Standards in the Fresh Organic Vegetable Market of Northeast Arkansas.” The 2001 Conference of the Food Distribution Research Society, Meza, Arizona. October 14-17. Abstract.

7.Armah P. W., D. Kennedy. (2000). “Evaluating Consumer Perceptions and Preferences for Pasture-Raised Pork in the Mississippi Delta of Arkansas.” Journal of Agribusiness 18, 3 (Fall 2000):261-273.

8.Armah P. W., D. Kennedy. (2000). “Identification of Market Potential for Pasture-Raised Pork in the Mississippi Delta of Arkansas – 1998.” Journal of Food Distribution Research. 31(1):89-97.

9.“Pasture-Based Swine Production Systems for Limited-Resource Farms in the Mississippi Delta” Donald Kennedy, Paul Armah, et al (1998) – LS95-67 Final Report; in Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education – Southern Region, pp. 16-17.

10.Paul Armah "Adding Value to Fresh Vegetables to Improve Incomes of minority Farmers of Northeast Arkansas: Implications for Farm Communities. The 1998 Joint Annual Meeting of The Association for the Study of Food and Society and The Agriculture, food and Human Values Society Abstract page 6.

11.Paul Armah. “Institutional Credit Lending Policies and the Efficiency of Resource Use among Small-Scale Farmers in Kenya”. The Journal of the Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society. Vol. 13, No. 1 (Winter 1996) pp. 79-84

12.Paul Armah and Elisa Martin. “Financial Conditions and Growth Potential of Northeast Missouri Farms”. TrumanStateUniversity Undergraduate Research Symposium. Abstracts (March 1996) pp. 45-46.

13.Paul Armah. “African Development Perspectives Yearbook 1992/1993 Vol. III: Energy and Sustainable Development”, by Hans H. Bass et al, Westview Press, 1994. 683pp. Reviewed in The Journal of the Agriculture, Food and Human Values Society, Vol. 13, No. 3 (Spring 1996) pp. 71-73.

14.Paul Armah, Emily Dombeck and JaniceCapes. “The Relevance of USDA’s Grading and Quality Standards for Fresh Fruit and Vegetables to Kirksville Consumers” Truman State University Undergraduate Research Symposium. Abstracts (April 1995) p.30.

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