IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/oup/revage/v31y2009i4p712-733..html
   My bibliography  Save this article

The Productivity Effects of Extension Appointments in Land-Grant Colleges

Author

Listed:
  • Jeremy D. Foltz
  • Bradford L. Barham

Abstract

This article analyzes the primary activities of agricultural college faculty with and without extension appointments using survey data. The evidence suggests that differences between extension professors and others in agricultural colleges in terms of research production are small for minor extension appointments, but show significant and increasing trade-offs between extension and research outputs above a 40% extension appointment. The evidence is broadly suggestive of the potential for gains from exploiting complementarities between extension and research rather than from pursuing high levels of specialization. The work concludes with implications for the role of state specialists in Cooperative Extension.

Suggested Citation

  • Jeremy D. Foltz & Bradford L. Barham, 2009. "The Productivity Effects of Extension Appointments in Land-Grant Colleges," Review of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 31(4), pages 712-733.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:revage:v:31:y:2009:i:4:p:712-733.
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1111/j.1467-9353.2009.01463.x
    Download Restriction: Access to full text is restricted to subscribers.
    ---><---

    As the access to this document is restricted, you may want to look for a different version below or search for a different version of it.

    Other versions of this item:

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Wallace E. Huffman & Richard E. Just, 2000. "Setting Efficient Incentives for Agricultural Research: Lessons from Principal-Agent Theory," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 82(4), pages 828-841.
    2. Scott H. Irwin & Gary D. Schnitkey & Darrel L. Good & Paul N. Ellinger, 2004. "The Farmdoc Project: This Is Still Your Father's Extension Program," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 86(3), pages 772-777.
    3. Adelaja, Adesoji O., 2003. "The 21st Century Land Grant Economist," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, vol. 32(2), pages 1-12, October.
    4. Hoag, Dana L., 2005. "Economic Principles for Saving the Cooperative Extension Service," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 30(3), pages 1-15, December.
    5. George B. Frisvold & Kathleen Fernicola & Mark Langworthy, 2001. "Market Returns, Infrastructure and the Supply and Demand for Extension Services," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 83(3), pages 758-763.
    6. Schuh, G. Edward, 1986. "Revitalizing Land Grant Universities: It's Time To Regain Relevance," Choices: The Magazine of Food, Farm, and Resource Issues, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 1(2), pages 1-5.
    7. Ballenger, Nicole, 1996. "The National Research Council Report On The Colleges Of Agriculture At The Land Grant Universities: Implications For The Northeast," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, vol. 25(2), pages 1-6, October.
    8. Huffman, Wallace E. & Evenson, Robert E., 2003. "New Econometric Evidence On Agricultural Total Factor Productivity Determinants: Impact Of Funding Sources," Working Papers 18201, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    9. Ilvento, Thomas W., 1997. "Expanding The Role And Function Of The Cooperative Extension System In The University Setting," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, vol. 26(2), pages 1-13, October.
    10. Ilvento, Thomas W., 1997. "Expanding the Role and Function of the Cooperative Extension System in the University Setting," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 26(2), pages 153-165, October.
    11. Ballenger, Nicole, 1996. "The National Research Council Report on the Colleges of Agriculture at the Land Grant Universities: Implications for the Northeast," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 25(2), pages 121-126, October.
    12. Ariel Dinar, 1996. "Extension Commercialization: How Much to Charge for Extension Services," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 78(1), pages 1-12.
    13. Beattie, Bruce R. & Watts, Myles J., 1987. "The Proper Preeminent Role Of Parent Disciplines And Learned Societies In Setting The Agenda At Land Grant Universities," Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 12(2), pages 1-9, December.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Bradford Barham & Jeremy Foltz & Ana Paula Melo, 2020. "Academic Engagement, Commercialization, and Scholarship: Empirical Evidence from Agricultural and Life Scientists at US Land Grant Universities," NBER Chapters, in: Economics of Research and Innovation in Agriculture, pages 179-208, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    2. McKendree, Melissa G.S. & Taylor, Mykel R., 2022. "Extension Program Development for Early Career Faculty," Applied Economics Teaching Resources (AETR), Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 4(3), August.
    3. J. Corey Miller & Keith H. Coble & Jayson L. Lusk, 2013. "Evaluating top faculty researchers and the incentives that motivate them," Scientometrics, Springer;Akadémiai Kiadó, vol. 97(3), pages 519-533, December.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Parcell, Joseph L., 2002. "Extending Alone," 2002 Annual meeting, July 28-31, Long Beach, CA 19655, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    2. Adelaja, Adesoji O., 1997. "New Challenges Facing Agricultural And Resource Economics Departments In The Twenty-First Century," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, vol. 26(2), pages 1-13, October.
    3. Adelaja, Adesoji O., 2003. "The 21st Century Land Grant Economist," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, vol. 32(2), pages 1-12, October.
    4. Lohr, Luanne & Park, Timothy A., 2003. "Improving Extension Effectiveness for Organic Clients: Current Status and Future Directions," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 28(3), pages 1-17, December.
    5. Ilvento, Thomas W., 1997. "Expanding The Role And Function Of The Cooperative Extension System In The University Setting," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, vol. 26(2), pages 1-13, October.
    6. Huffman, Wallace & Evenson, Robert, 2003. "Determinants of the Demand for State Agricultural Experiment Station Resources: A Demand-System Approach," ISU General Staff Papers 200312010800001236, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    7. Afful, David Blay & Ayisi, Kingsley Kwabena, 2016. "Extension Support For Grain Crop Producers Under Climate Variability Scenario: Implications For Extension Management In Limpopo Province, South Africa," Journal of Agribusiness and Rural Development, University of Life Sciences, Poznan, Poland, vol. 41(3).
    8. Labarthe, Pierre, 2005. "Performance of Services: A Framework to Assess Farm Extension Services," 2005 International Congress, August 23-27, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark 24712, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    9. Vergara, Oscar & Martin, Steven W. & Coble, Keith H. & Knight, Thomas O. & Patrick, George F. & Baquet, Alan E., 2003. "Extension Educators' Supply Of Risk Management Training To Farmers," 2003 Annual Meeting, February 1-5, 2003, Mobile, Alabama 35245, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
    10. Labarthe, Pierre & Laurent, Catherine, 2013. "Privatization of agricultural extension services in the EU: Towards a lack of adequate knowledge for small-scale farms?," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 38(C), pages 240-252.
    11. Debertin, David L., 2001. "Are American Farmers Better Off as a Result of Technology Gains?," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 33(2), pages 327-339, August.
    12. Brian Roe & Timothy C. Haab & Brent Sohngen, 2004. "The Value of Agricultural Economics Extension Programming: An Application of Contingent Valuation," Review of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 26(3), pages 373-390.
    13. Jones, Lauren E. & Diekmann, Florian & Batte, Marvin T., 2010. "Staying in Touch through Extension: An Analysis of Farmers’ Use of Alternative Extension Information Products," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 42(2), pages 1-18, May.
    14. Escalante, Cesar L. & Florkowski, Wojciech J. & Landry, Gil W., Jr. & Boumtje, Pierre I., 2003. "Redirecting University Extension Services To An Alternative Clientele In The Golf Industry," 2003 Annual meeting, July 27-30, Montreal, Canada 22158, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    15. Kiana Moore & Heather Allen, 2013. "Continuity of Business Plans for Animal Disease Outbreaks: Using a Logic Model Approach to Protect Animal Health, Public Health, and Our Food Supply," Agriculture, MDPI, vol. 3(2), pages 1-18, April.
    16. Cesar L. Escalante & Wojciech J. Florkowski & Gil W. Landry & Pierre I. Boumtje, 2004. "Alternative Demand for University Outreach Services from Georgia's Golf Industry," Review of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 26(1), pages 118-131.
    17. Swallow, Stephen K. & Mazzotta, Marisa J., 1999. "Toward Assessing The Non-Market Benefits Of Experiment Station Research: A Case Study Of Public Preferences For Aes Research In Rhode Island," 1999 Annual meeting, August 8-11, Nashville, TN 21701, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).
    18. Brester, Gary W., 2006. "Research and Publishing: Relevance and Irreverence," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 31(3), pages 1-16, December.
    19. Sulaiman, H. & Malec, K. & Maitah, Mansoor, 2014. "Appropriate tools of Marketing Information System for Citrus Crop in the Lattakia Region, R. A. SYRIA," AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Faculty of Economics and Management, vol. 6(3), pages 1-10, September.
    20. Allen, Joyce E., 1990. "1890 Institutions In A Changing Socioeconomic Environment: Implications For Human Resource Development: Discussion," Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 22(1), pages 1-4, July.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:oup:revage:v:31:y:2009:i:4:p:712-733.. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Oxford University Press or Christopher F. Baum (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/aaeaaea.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.