Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs: FANRP-Sponsored Conferences

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Informing Food and Nutrition Assistance Policy: 10 Years of Research at ERS

FANRP sponsors numerous conferences to encourage interaction among researchers and policymakers. Two are held annually:

• Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Conference: Emerging Issues and Recent Findings.



• Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Innovation and Development Grants in Economics (RIDGE) Program Conference.

Other conferences are hosted to address timely and policy-relevant topics and are often co-sponsored with other institutions, such as the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Rural Policy Research Institute, and the Farm Foundation.

Upcoming Conferences

The annual Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Conference identifies emerging research issues related to domestic food and nutrition assistance programs administered by USDA. This year's conference—Emerging Issues and Recent Findings—will be held on September 22, 2011, at the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU), 1307 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. An agenda and information about registration are available on the ERS website. Attendance is free but registration is required due to limited space.

The RIDGE Program encourages new and innovative research on food and nutrition assistance issues and broadens the participation of social science scholars in this important research area. The next RIDGE conference will be held on September 23, 2011, at the Association of Public and Land Grant Universities (APLU), 1307 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. An agenda and information about registration are available on the ERS website. Attendance is free but registration is required due to limited space.

Prior Conferences

	• Fiscal 2011 Conference
	• Fiscal 2010 Conference:   agenda and webcast
	• Fiscal 2009 Conference
	• Fiscal 2008 Conference
	• Fiscal 2007 Conference
	• Fiscal 2006 Conference
	• Fiscal 2005 Conference
	• Fiscal 2004 Conference
	• Fiscal 2003 Conference

RIDGE (formerly known as the Small Grants Program) Conference—The annual conference is a forum for grant recipients and attendees to discuss results of recently funded grants on food assistance programs, food security, and nutrition. Click on agendas from previous conferences:

	• Fiscal 2009 Conference
	• Fiscal 2008 Conference
	• Fiscal 2007 Conference
	• Fiscal 2006 Conference
	• Fiscal 2005 Conference
	• Fiscal 2004 Conference
	• Fiscal 2003 Conference
	• Fiscal 2002 Conference
• Fiscal 2001 Conference

Incorporating Behavioral Economics into Federal Food and Nutrition Policy webcast (April 2010)

Income Volatility and Implications for Food Assistance Programs II (November 2006)