American agricultural economist (1917–2002)
USDA Portrait of Bennett, circa 1950s
Gae Virginia Adamson Bennett (April 20, 1917 – March 30, 2002) was an American agricultural economist and author.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3]
Early life and marriage [ edit ]
Bennett was born on April 20, 1917, in Whitmer, West Virginia , the eldest of eight children.[ 4] Her parents were Bruce Adamson and Opal Sites.[ 5] She was married to Oran Bennett, a chemist in the Bureau of Animal Industry , and they had one son and one daughter.[ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Bennett started her federal service in the 1940s as a researcher with the Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering (BPISAE).[ 9] While working for the United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service as chief agricultural economist and statistical coordinator,[ 10] [ 11] [ 12] Bennett authored and co-authored numerous published articles, volumes and books on agricultural production and trade around the world, with a focus on the Western Hemisphere .[ 13] [ 1] During her time in the department, Bennett was also a staff writer for Foreign Agriculture magazine.[ 14] In her role with the agency, she helped to maintain the Foreign Agricultural Trade System of the United States .
In 1970, Bennett was appointed as an observer to the Inter-American Statistical Institute, representing the U.S. government.[ 15] [ 16] Bennett retired from government service in 1979 and moved to Northern Virginia.[ 17] Her work continues to be sited by researchers in the fields of agricultural economics, pollution, food policy, and global trade.[ 18] [ 19]
Bennett died on March 30, 2002, at the age of 84 and is interred at Dayton Cemetery in Rockingham County , Virginia.[ 17]
Sulphur in Fertilizers, Soil Amendments, and Manures, 1949[ 9]
Fertilizer Expenditures in Relation to Farm Income in Various States, 1952[ 20]
Foreign Agriculture Economic Report, 1961[ 21]
Food Balances for 24 Countries of the Western Hemisphere, 1964[ 22]
The Agricultural Situation in the Western Hemisphere, 1965[ 23]
U.S. Agricultural Trade with the Western Hemisphere, 1965[ 24] [ 25]
Agricultural Policies in the Western Hemisphere, 1967[ 26]
The Agricultural Situation in the Far East and Oceania, 1969[ 27]
Agricultural Production and Trade of Colombia, 1973[ 28] [ 29] [ 30]
^ a b "Portrait of Gae Adamson Bennett (b. 1917)" . Science History Institute Digital Collections . Retrieved October 6, 2023 .
^ "Publications Received" . Journal of Farm Economics . 47 (4): 1045–1052. 1965. ISSN 1071-1031 . JSTOR 1236355 .
^ Ledogar, Robert J. (1975). Hungry for Profits: U.S. Food & Drug Multinationals in Latin America . IDOC/North America. ISBN 978-0-89021-034-5 .
^ "Gae V Adamson", United States Census , 1930; Pendleton, West Virginia, United States; roll T626, page 9A, line 20, enumeration district 7, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration . Retrieved on 2023-10-06.
^ "Entry for Bruce Adamson and Opal Adamson", United States Census , 1920; Allegany, Maryland, United States; roll T625, page 14A, line 20, enumeration district 27, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration . Retrieved on 2023-10-06.
^ West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928
^ "Gae Bennett", United States Census , 1940; Pendleton, West Virginia, United States; roll T627, page 3B, line 70, enumeration district 36-7A, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration . Retrieved on 2023-10-06.
^ Official Register of the United States: Persons in the Civil, Military, and Naval Service, Exclusive of the Postal Service . U.S. Government Printing Office. 1957.
^ a b American Fertilizer . Ware Bros. 1949.
^ Pimentel, David; Kounang, Nadia (1998). "Ecology of Soil Erosion in Ecosystems" . Ecosystems . 1 (5): 416–426. ISSN 1432-9840 . JSTOR 3658674 .
^ ERS-foreign . Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
^ Foreign Agriculture . The Service.
^ Naive, James Jackson (1965). ERS-foreign . Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
^ Foreign Agriculture . U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service. 1970.
^ Statistical Reporter . Division of Statistical Standards, Bureau of the Budget. 1970.
^ American Bibliography of Agricultural Economics . American Agricultural Economics Association. 1973.
^ a b "Gae Adamson Bennett Obituary". Daily News-Record . April 1, 2002.
^ Garnache, Cloé; Swinton, Scott M.; Herriges, Joseph A.; Lupi, Frank; Stevenson, R. Jan (2016). "Solving the Phosphorus Pollution Puzzle: Synthesis and Directions for Future Research" . American Journal of Agricultural Economics . 98 (5): 1334–1359. ISSN 0002-9092 . JSTOR 44132445 .
^ Evans, Gregory A.; Halbert, Susan E. (2007). "A Checklist of the Aphids of Honduras (Hemiptera: Aphididae)" . The Florida Entomologist . 90 (3): 518–523. ISSN 0015-4040 . JSTOR 4494178 .
^ Abstracts of Recent Published Material on Soil and Water Conservation . U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service. 1953.
^ Foreign Agricultural Economic Report . U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. 1961.
^ Bennett, Gae A. (1964). Food Balances for 24 Countries of the Western Hemisphere, 1959-61 . Foreign Regional Analysis Division, Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
^ Naive, James J.; Bennett, Gae A. (1965). U.S. Agricultural Trade with the Western Hemisphere . USDA.
^ Naive, James Jackson (1965). U.S. Agricultural Trade with the Western Hemisphere . Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
^ Lassanyi, Mary E. (1987). Mexico and Its Developing Agricultural Market, 1979-March 1987: 199 Citations . U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library.
^ "Agricultural policies in the Western Hemisphere, by Gae A. Bennett and other economists in the Western Hemisphere Branch" . primo-pmtca01.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com . Retrieved October 6, 2023 .
^ Greenshields, Bruce L.; Krause, Elfriede Anne; Urban, Francis S.; Bennett, Gae Adamson; Lemon, Isaac Edward; Lopes, James; Parker, John B.; Wylie, Kathryn Hulen; Cohen, Marshall H. (1969). The Agricultural Situation in the Far East and Oceania: Review of 1971 and Outlook for 1972 . U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
^ Bennett, Gae Adamson; Hutchison, John H.; United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service (1973). Agricultural production and trade of Colombia . National Agricultural Library U. S. Department of Agriculture. [Washington, D.C.] : Economic Research Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.
^ Bennett, Gae Adamson (1973). Agricultural Production and Trade of Colombia . Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
^ Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications . U.S. Government Printing Office. 1973.