The Center for Behavioral & Experimental Agri-Environmental Research is excited to award the CBEAR Prize to the Research Network on Economic Experiments for the Common Agricultural Policy (REECAP) for their leadership bringing together researchers, evaluators and policy makers interested in the use of economic experimental approaches for more evidence-based policy design and evaluation.
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We would like to specifically recognize to the following 2021 REECAP  Board of Directors recipients:​

Jens Rommel

Jesus Barreiro-Hurlé

Liesbeth Colen

Laure Kuhfuss

Marianne Lefebvre

Tanja Šumrada

Fabian Thomas

Sophie Thoyer

The 2020 CBEAR Prize for Agri-Environmental Innovation was awarded to Dr. Marca Weinberg, USDA Economic Research

Service (ERS).

 

Alongside her outstanding leadership record at the USDA ERS, Dr. Weinberg has an impressive publication record addressing policy development. Since completing a PhD at the University of California, Davis, Dr. Weinberg has held many leadership positions, including serving as Acting Administrator (2019-2020) and Resource and Rural Economics Division (RRED) Director (2012-2019), as Associate Director for RRED, and Chief of the Division’s Resource, Environmental, and Science Policy Branch. Prior positions include Assistant Professor, University of California, Davis, and economist with the Congressional Budget Office. She has incorporated and celebrated the use of behavioral insights throughout her career. During her 23 years with the ERS she has promoted the use of evidence from economic experiments to improve agri-environmental programs. Upon accepting the award, Dr. Weinberg encouraged CBEAR and ERS colleagues to continue their high impact collaborations with program agencies to advance the evidence-based approaches to agri-environmental programs.

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“The selection committee chose Dr. Weinberg for this recognition because she demonstrates extraordinary leadership in advancing research that quantifies benefits from USDA agri-environmental programs, ultimately improving policy and conservation efforts.”

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Dr. Kent Messer

CBEAR Co-Director

“While the Commission has completed their charge, their impact is long-lasting. CBEAR has used and appreciated the insights from their final report.”
 

Dr. Kent Messer

CBEAR Co-Director

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“At its core, conservation is about people’s actions and decisions. Now more than ever, success depends on finding ways to help people overcome barriers to conservation.”
 

Dr. Kent Messer

CBEAR Co-Director

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“The team at CBEAR understands that truly engaging America’s landowners is the key to continued improvements in soil health, water conservation and sustainable management of our natural resources.”
 

Dr. Kent Messer

CBEAR Co-Director

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“[CBEAR is] helping us think outside the box, be creative, be innovative, but also help us better communicate what it is we do, to ultimately help us better incentivize good solutions on the land.”

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Dr. Kent Messer

CBEAR Co-Director

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