APMP-Funded Projects Pending, Fall 1991

• Effects of Pay Basis on Results of Leaf Removal for Canopy Management in San Joaquin Valley Vineyards. James J. Stapleton, IPM Advisor, Parlier; Kathleen M. Kelley, Farm Advisor, UCCE, Modesto; and William W. Barnett, IPM Advisor, Parlier.
• Women's Career and Mobility Patterns in Ventura Agriculture. Committee on Women in Agriculture, in cooperation with Lawrence K. Yee, UCCE Director, Ventura.
• Assisting Southeast Asian Farmers in Understanding Compensation Regulations and Developing Record Systems. Stephen R. Sutter, Farm Advisor, UCCE, Fresno.
• Wage, Benefit, and Training Practices on California Dairies. Barbara A. Reed, Farm Advisor, UCCE, Merced.
• Assessing Effectiveness of Skills Training for Almond Shaker Operators. Stephen R. Sutter and Mark W. Freeman, Farm Advisor, UCCE, Fresno.
• Potential Effects of Modified Tools for Citrus Harvest Production and Workers Stephen R. Sutter and Mark W. Freeman, UCCE, Fresno.
• Determinants of Vineyard Pruning Cost. Gregory E. Billikopf, Farm Advisor, UCCE, Modesto, and Maxwell Norton, Farm Advisor, UCCE, Merced.
• Educational Video on Mixtec Farm Workers in California. Stefano Varese, Professor, Native American Studies, Davis; James I. Grieshop, CE Specialist, Applied Behavioral Sciences, Davis; John Reed, Production Manager, Instructional Television, Davis.
• Decision Making in the Family Farm Business. Amy Lyman, Lecturer, Applied Behavioral Sciences, Davis.
• Booklet for Farm Workers on Management of Personal Finances. Karen P. Varcoe, CE Consumer Education Specialist, Riverside; Connie Costello, Staff Research Associate, Riverside; and Myriam Grajales-Hall, Information Representative, Riverside.
• A Comparison of Management, Hiring, and Compensation Practices of Direct-Hire Growers and Farm Labor Contractors. Jeffrey M. Perloff, Professor, Agricultural and Resource Economics, Berkeley; Suzanne Vaupel, Research Agricultural Economist, Sacramento; and Stephen R. Sutter, Farm Advisor, UCCE, Fresno.
• Creating Employment Alternatives for Timber Industry Millworkers Facing Job Displacement Due to New or Impending Shifts in Legislative Policies. Peter C. Passof, County Director, UCCE, Ukiah, Edward J. Blakely, Professor, City and Regional Planning, Berkeley, and Donald Nelson, Timber Industry Labor Consultant, Fort Bragg.
• Report of California Farm Worker Characteristics, from National Agricultural Workers Survey Data Base. Susan Gabbard, NAWS Project Director, Aguirre International, San Mateo. In cooperation with Office of the Assistant Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C.
• Farm Labor in the San Joaquin Valley Citrus Industry. Juan Vicente Palerm, Associate Professor, and Fred Krissman, Ph.D. Candidate, Anthropology, Santa Barbara.

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