Dr. José Alvarez

Department of Food and Resource Economics
Specialty: Farm Management and Production Economics

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Dr. Alvarez came to the Center in 1977. He retired from his full-time position in June 30, 2004, was granted Faculty Emeritus status and was then re-employed by UF/IFAS in the same position as a 50% (half time) adjunct professor.

• Education
  Ph.D. University of Florida - Food and Resource Economics, 1977
  Certificate in Tropical Agriculture. University of Florida, 1974
  M.S.A. University of Florida - Food and Resource Economics, 1974
  B.A. University of Florida - Economics (Honors), 1971
  
• Employment
  University of Florida, Everglades Research and Education Center, Belle Glade, FL, 1977 - present
  
• Assignment
  25% extension, 25% research in the areas of Farm Management and Production Economics.
  
• Areas of expertise
  The economics of main crops in the EAA: sugarcane, rice and vegetables
  Cuban agriculture
  
• Active projects
  Farm management/production economics problems on sugarcane and rice
  Agrotechnology for crop production and environmental quality protection
  Cuban agriculture and its relation to Florida: challenges and opportunities
  
• Awards and recognitions
  

  ·Best Ph.D. dissertation award, UF/IFAS Food and Resource Economics, 1977.
  ·Council Memorial Tomato Research Award, Florida State Horticultural Society (co-author), 1988.
  ·University of Florida’s presidential award for documented increases in productivity, related to his Cuba research/extension project, 1999.
  ·United States Department of Agriculture’s National Honor Award for Superior Service, 1999.
  ·UF/IFAS Interdisciplinary Research Team Award to the five members of the Silicon Project, 1999.

Books

Pérez-López, Jorge F. and José Alvarez (Eds.) 2005. Reinventing the Cuban Sugar Agroindustry. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books (In Press).

Alvarez, José. 2004. Cuba’s Agricultural Sector. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, pp. 336.

Alvarez, José and Lázaro Peña Castellanos. 2001. Cuba’s Sugar Industry. Gainesville, FL: University Press of Florida, pp. 160.

Polopolus, Leo C. and Jose Alvarez.1991. Marketing Sugar and Other Sweeteners. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier Science Publishers, pp. 361.

Alvarez, J., R.A. Levins and S.M. Smiley.1985. Microcomputers as Management Tools in the Sugar Cane Industry. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier Science Publishers, pp. 206.

Selected chapters in books

Alvarez, José and George H. Snyder. 2005. “The Feasibility and Benefits of a Rice-Sugarcane Rotation.” In Jorge F. Pérez-López and José Alvarez (Eds.) Reinventing the Cuban Sugar Agroindustry. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, (In Press).

Hagelberg, G.B. and José Alvarez. 2005. “Cuba’s Costs of Sugar Production: Past, Present, and Future.” In Jorge F. Pérez-López and José Alvarez (Eds.) Reinventing the Cuban Sugar Agroindustry. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, (In Press).

Alvarez, José and Jorge F. Pérez-López. 2005. “The Restructuring of Cuba’s Sugar Agroindustry.” In Jorge F. Pérez-López and José Alvarez (Eds.) Reinventing the Cuban Sugar Agroindustry. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, (In Press).

Pérez-López, Jorge F. and José Alvarez. 2005. “The Cuban Sugar Agroindustry at the End of the 1990s.” In Jorge F. Pérez López and José Alvarez (Eds.) Reinventing the Cuban Sugar Agroindustry. Lanham, MD: Lexington Books, (In Press).

Peña Castellano, Lázaro and José Alvarez. 2002. “The Competitive Prospects for Cuba’s Sugar Agroindustry.” In A. Schmitz, T.H. Spreen, W.A. Messina, Jr. and C.B. Moss (Eds.) Sugar and Related Sweetener Markets – International Perspectives, pp. 113-122. Oxon, UK: CABI Publishing.

Alvarez, J. and L.E. Datnoff. 2001. “The Economics of Silicon for Integrated Management and Sustainable Production of Rice and Sugarcane.” In L.E. Datnoff, G.H. Snyder and G.H. Korndorfer (Eds.) Silicon in Agriculture, pp. 221-239. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier Science.