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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

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]

Career

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]

Death

Bennett died on March 30, 2002, at the age of 84 and is interred at Dayton Cemetery in Rockingham County, Virginia.[17]

Works

  • 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]

References

  1. ^ a b "Portrait of Gae Adamson Bennett (b. 1917)". Science History Institute Digital Collections. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
  2. ^ "Publications Received". Journal of Farm Economics. 47 (4): 1045–1052. 1965. ISSN 1071-1031. JSTOR 1236355.
  3. ^ Ledogar, Robert J. (1975). Hungry for Profits: U.S. Food & Drug Multinationals in Latin America. IDOC/North America. ISBN 978-0-89021-034-5.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ West Virginia Births and Christenings, 1853-1928
  7. ^ "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.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ a b American Fertilizer. Ware Bros. 1949.
  10. ^ Pimentel, David; Kounang, Nadia (1998). "Ecology of Soil Erosion in Ecosystems". Ecosystems. 1 (5): 416–426. ISSN 1432-9840. JSTOR 3658674.
  11. ^ ERS-foreign. Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
  12. ^ Foreign Agriculture. The Service.
  13. ^ Naive, James Jackson (1965). ERS-foreign. Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
  14. ^ Foreign Agriculture. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service. 1970.
  15. ^ Statistical Reporter. Division of Statistical Standards, Bureau of the Budget. 1970.
  16. ^ American Bibliography of Agricultural Economics. American Agricultural Economics Association. 1973.
  17. ^ a b "Gae Adamson Bennett Obituary". Daily News-Record. April 1, 2002.
  18. ^ 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.
  19. ^ 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.
  20. ^ Abstracts of Recent Published Material on Soil and Water Conservation. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service. 1953.
  21. ^ Foreign Agricultural Economic Report. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service. 1961.
  22. ^ 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.
  23. ^ Naive, James J.; Bennett, Gae A. (1965). U.S. Agricultural Trade with the Western Hemisphere. USDA.
  24. ^ Naive, James Jackson (1965). U.S. Agricultural Trade with the Western Hemisphere. Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
  25. ^ Lassanyi, Mary E. (1987). Mexico and Its Developing Agricultural Market, 1979-March 1987: 199 Citations. U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library.
  26. ^ "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.
  27. ^ 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.
  28. ^ 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.
  29. ^ Bennett, Gae Adamson (1973). Agricultural Production and Trade of Colombia. Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
  30. ^ Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1973.
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