NAREA is a professional association of agricultural and resource economists founded in 1981 that is affiliated with the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. The purpose of NAREA is to stimulate and promote education and research on economic and social problems related to the production, marketing and consumption of agricultural products; natural resource use; the environment, and rural economic development; and the interrelation of the agricultural and rural sectors with the rest of the economy. The association currently has over 200 members. While many members live and work in the Northeast U.S. and Maritime Provinces of Canada, the Association membership now includes agricultural and resource economists from all over the world.

 

The Association publishes the Agricultural and Resource Economics Review and holds an annual meeting in June of each year. The Board of Directors meets twice a year; at the annual June meeting and again in the fall.

 

For more information on the organization, sponsoring departments, journal, board of directors, and the annual meeting please see the links provided above and on the right.

 

The 2019 NAREA Annual Meeting & Workshop will be held June 9-12, 2019, in Portsmouth, NH. The 2019 NAREA Post-Conference Workshop is entitled "Environmental Regulation and Innovation in Local Communities". General information on the annual meeting and workshop is available here.

 

A workshop entitled "Applications and Potential of Ecosystem Services Valuation within USDA – Advancing the Science" recently took place in Washington, D.C.

This workshop was hosted by USDA’s Economic Research Service, the US Forest Service, and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture; and co-sponsored by the Northeastern Agricultural & Resource Economics Association and AAEA's Land, Water, & Environment Section.

For more information, including access to workshop papers, click here.