Presenters

Daniel A. Sumner
Frank H. Buck, Jr. Professor and Director
University of California Agricultural Issues Center
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
One Shields Avenue
Davis, CA 95616
530-752-1668 phone
530-752-5451 fax
dasumner@ucdavis.edu
Daniel A. Sumner is the director of the University of California Agricultural Issues Center and the Frank H. Buck, Jr., Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of California-Davis. He teaches and conducts research and outreach programs in the area of agricultural economics, policy, and international issues.
Before returning to academics in 1993, Dr. Sumner spent several years in government service, including a year as assistant secretary for economics at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where he supervised the economic and statistical work of the Department and provided policy advice to the secretary regarding the NAFTA and GATT negotiations and the 1990 farm bill, among other issues.
Dr. Sumner's research and writing has won American Agricultural Economic Association awards for Quality of Research Discovery, Quality of Communication, and Distinguished Policy Contribution. In recognition of his career contributions, Sumner was named a Fellow of the Association in 1999.
Sumner was raised on a fruit farm in Solano County, California. He received a B.S. in agricultural management at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, an M.S. from Michigan State, and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago.

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