George Frisvold

Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics

frisvold@ag.arizona.edu

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George Frisvold joined the faculty at the University of Arizona in 1997. He has been a visiting scholar at India's National Institute of Rural Development, a lecturer at Johns Hopkins University, and chief of the Resource and Environmental Policy Branch of USDA's Economic Research Service. In 1995-96, Dr. Frisvold served on the Senior staff of the President's Council of Economic Advisers with responsibility for agricultural, natural resource, and international trade issues. His research interests include the economics of climate change adaptation and mitigation, water resources, renewable energy, agricultural R&D, technology adoption, and agricultural biotechnology. He has co-edited two collected volumes: Global Environmental Change and Agriculture (with Betsey Kuhn) and Adaptation and Resilience: The Economics of Climate-Water-Energy Challenges in the Arid Southwest (with Bonnie Colby).

Publications

Ottman, M., et al. Tools for Nitrogen Management of Wheat. 2020.

Bickel, Ashley K., et al. “Simple Approaches to Examine Economic Impacts of Water Reallocations from Agriculture”. Journal of Contemporary Water Research &Amp; Education, vol. 168, no. 1, Nov. 2019, pp. 29–48.

Konyar, Kazin, and George Frisvold. “Climate Policies As Water Policies”. Applied Methods for Agriculture and Natural Resource Management, 2019.

Bickel, A.K., et al. Contribution of on-Farm Agriculture and Agribusiness to the Pinal County Economy. 2018.

Duval, Dari, et al. Contribution of Agriculture to the Maricopa County and Gila River Indian Community Economies. 2018.

Kerna, Ashley, et al. Contribution of On-Farm Agriculture and Agribusiness to the Pinal County Economy. 2018.

Frisvold, George, et al. Evaluating Gravity-Flow Irrigation With Lessons from Yuma, Arizona, USA. 2018, https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.3390/su10051548.

Frisvold, George. Improving Water Footprint Calculations Using Local Agronomic and Environmental Data. 2018.

Frisvold, George, et al. Spatial and Temporal Patterns in Cotton Acreage Abandonment Case Study of Selected Counties in the US Cotton Belt. 2017.

Duval, D., et al. Economic Impact of Cooperative Extension Efforts in Rangeland Management for Northern Arizona Ranching Allotment. Working Paper. 2016.

Frisvold, G. Trends and Patterns of Water Use in Cotton Production. National Cotton Council, 2016.

Frisvold, G. Developing Sustainability Metrics for Water Use in Arizona Small Grain Production Final Report to the Arizona Grain Research and Promotion Council. 2015.

Colby, Bonnie G., et al. “Managing Climate Risks through Water Trading”. Routledge Handbook of Water Economics and Institutions, Routledge, 2015.

Frisvold, George B. “The Economic Contribution of Agriculture in Yuma County”. A Case Study in Efficiency – Agriculture and Water Use in the Yuma, Arizona Area, 2015.

Frisvold, G. Water, Agriculture, and Drought in the West Under Changing Climate and Policy Regimes. 2015, pp. 293-28.

Büyüktahtakin, E, et al. Invasive Species Control Optimization As a Dynamic Spatial Process: An Application to Buffelgrass (Pennisetum Ciliare) in Arizona. 2014, pp. 132-46, https://doi.org/http://dx.doi.org/10.1614/IPSM-D-13-00057.1.

Bark, R., et al. The Role of Economics in Transboundary Restoration Water Management in the Colorado River Delta. 2014, pp. 43-56, https://doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.wre.2014.10.006.

Frisvold, George B., et al. “Chp 11: Agriculture and Ranching”. Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwest United States: A Report Prepared for the National Climate Assessment, Island Press, 2013, pp. 218-39.

Frisvold, George B., and Shailaja Deva. Climate and Choice of Irrigation Technology: Implications for Climate Adaptation. 2013, pp. 107-2, https://doi.org/10.1080/19390459.2013.811854.

Frisvold, George B., and Kazim Konyar. Climate Change Mitigation Policies: Implications for Agriculture and Water Resources. 2013, pp. 27-42, https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1111/j.1936-704X.2013.03149.x.

Frisvold, George B., and G. Jin. Effects of Weather Extremes on Cotton Acreage Abandonment and Insurance Indemnities. 2013.

Norman, Laura M., et al. Framing Scenarios of Binational Water Policy With a Tool to Visualize, Quantify and Valuate Changes in Ecosystem Services. 2013, pp. 852-74, https://doi.org/10.3390/w5030852.

Büyüktahtakin, E, et al. Invasive Species Control Based on a Cooperative Game. 2013, pp. 54-59, https://doi.org/10.4236/am.2013.410A2005.

Frisvold, George B., and A. Murugesan. Use of Weather Information for Agricultural Decision Making. 2013, pp. 55-69.

Frisvold, George B., and Tatiana Marquez. Water Requirements for Large-Scale Solar Energy Projects in the West. 2013, pp. 106-1, https://doi.org/DOI: 10.1111/j.1936-704X.2013.03156.x.

Projects

Name	Project type	Project Dates
Climate Change Analysis for the City of Tucson	Research	2012
CLIMAS Contributions to the National Climate Assessment	Research	2011 - 2013
Managing Demand, Rethinking Supply: Adaptation, Conservation, and Planning in the Drought-prone Southwestern U.S. and Northwest Mexico	Research	2011
Climate Mitigation and Agriculture: Public Policy Education	Research	2010
Knowledge Exchange and Needs Assessment on Adaptation to Climate Change in the Colorado River	Research	2010 - 2013