Hiren Bhavsar

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Hiren Bhavsar

Assistant Professor, County Educator

Summary

Bhavsar's research focus has been on sustainability of small farms, environmental economics, organic farming and biotechnology. Some of the published papers focus on consumers and producer's preferences with respect to organic farming and biotechnology.

Education

B.S. Gujarat Agricultural University, 2003
M.S. Murray State university, 2007
Ph.D. Oklahoma State University, 2012

Courses

Agribusiness, Business Management and Economics courses taught: Microeconomics, Small Business Management, Introduction to Agribusiness, Agribusiness Management, Agricultural Policy, Ag Market and Price Analysis, Farm Business Management, Agricultural Law, Farm Production and Management, Introduction to Applied Statistics, Sample Survey Theory & Techniques, Computer and Statistical Applications, Experimental Design

 

Accomplishments

Funded Grants:

Co-Project Director, “Implementing Biosecurity and Disease Prevention Measures and Evaluating Marketing Strategies and Contract Opportunities in Small Ruminant Production”. Grant proposal funded by Southern Risk Management Education Center-US Department of Agriculture, November, 2015.

Co-Project Director, “Evaluating SDFR participation in USDA programs and services in Tennessee.”
Grant funded by Alcorn University Center for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers.

Co-Project Director: “Training and Educating Socially Disadvantaged and Minority Farmers, Veteran and Women Farmers in Tennessee.”
USDA-NIFA Funded program under 2501 grants for Small Farms for 1890 land-grant institutions.
Collaborator in USDA-NIFA funded project on ‘Assessing Farm labor use: Off-farm employment needs of small farm families in Tennessee’.

Service

News & Journal Articles, Fact Sheets, Reports...

Journals
Willingness to Pay More for Organic Foods by Tennessee Consumers Bhavsar, Hiren, Baryeh, Kofi, & Tegegne, Fisseha. 2016, Journal of Agricultural Science
An Integration of GIS and Simulation Models for Irrigation Development Ghimire, Monika; Stoecker, Arthur; Boyer, Tracy; Bhavsar, Hiren; Vitale, Jeffrey; Choi, Jongsan 2016, Sustainable Agriculture Research
Assessing the Influence of Energy Cost and other Factors on Profitability of Greenhouse Businesses in Tennessee Bhavsar, Hiren; Tegegne, Fisseha and Ingram, Krisden 2015, Journal of Applied Horticulture
Awareness and Attitudes of Tennessee Consumers towards Agricultural Biotechnology: Survey Results Bhavsar Hiren; Tegegne Fisseha; Ekanem and Singh, Surendra P. 2014, Journal of Food Research
Awareness and Attitudes of Tennessee State University Students towards Biotechnology Tegegne, Fisseha; Aziz, Ahmed N.; Bhavsar, Hiren A. and Wilmers, Roger 2013, Journal of Biotechnology Research, 2013 (5): 16-23.
Proceedings
Impacts of economy and needs of skilled labor in Nursery Industry in Tennessee Bhavsar, Hiren 2013, Proceedings of Southern Nursery Association Research Conference, Aug 2-4, 2013 at Atlana, GA.
Impacts of economy and needs of skilled labor in Nursery Industry in Tennessee Bhavsar, Hiren 2013, Presented at the proceedings of Research Symposium, Tennessee State University, April 5, 2013.
Professional Papers
Willingness to Pay More for Organic Foods by Tennessee Consumers Bhavsar, Hiren, Baryeh, Kofi, & Tegegne, Fisseha 2016, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, Annual Meeting, February 6-9, 2016, San Antonio, Texas (No. 230010).
Research Reports
Chloride Control and Irrigation Management: A GIS Integrated approach to Economic Feasibility in Cotton Bhavsar et.al 2013, Report submitted to USACE, Tulsa division, March 2013.