TAUHIDUR RAHMAN Department of Ag and Resource Economics P.O. Box 210023 University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 Phone: (520) 621-8657 Fax : (520) 621-6250 tauhid@ag.arizona.edu EDUCATION Ph.D., School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 2004 Dissertation Advisor: Ron C. Mittelhammer Dissertation Title: Essays on the Measurement of Human Well-Being Major Fields: Development Economics, Econometrics M.S., Statistics, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, (ABD) Specialization: Multivariate statistical analysis, Design of Experiment M.A., Economics, Delhi School of Economics, University of Delhi, India, 1997 B.A. (Honors), Economics, AMU, Aligarh, India, 1994 EMPLOYMENT Assistant Professor and Assistant Specialist, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 2004-present Consultant, World Institute for Development Economics Research, United Nations University, Helsinki, Finland, December 2004-February 2005 Research/Teaching Assistant, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 1999-2004 Research Associate, Centre for Development Economics, Delhi School of Economics, July 1998-July 1999 Research Associate, Indian Institute of Finance, Delhi, India, July 1996- December 1996 Research Assistant to A.L. Nagar (National Institute of Public Finance and Policy) and D.P. Chaudhri (University of Wollongong, Australia), December 1996- July 1999. RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS • Development Economics, Health Economics, Environmental Econometrics and Applied Econometrics HONORS / AWARDS • • • • • • • Junior Faculty Travel Award, International Program, University of Arizona, 2007 World Institute for Development Economics (WIDER)/United Nations University (UNU) Conference Travel Award, 2005 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Graduate Student Travel Award, 2004 World Institute for Development Economics (WIDER)/United Nations University (UNU) Conference Travel Award, 2003 Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Graduate School Travel Award, 2003 Merit Scholarship for an Outstanding Academic Performance, 1991-1994, AMU, Aligarh, India. Student Trust Merit Scholarship, 1991-1994 SERVICE/OUTREACH Local/ state outreach The candidate is a faculty member of Arizona Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, whose responsibilities include outreach educational programs. National outreach In my 5 years at the University of Arizona, I have been actively engaged in collaboratively developing and implementing multi-state (Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and Wyoming) outreach programs that have importance at the national level. My Arizona specific research/outreach programs (e.g. Water quality, Regulation and Policy) have produced results that are directly applicable to other states and have implications at the national level. I have made invited and selected presentations of research papers based on my research/outreach efforts at Universities including University of Chicago and Stanford University, and conferences/meetings of the national professional organizations including the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, the Western Agricultural Economics Association, Western Economics Association, North American Econometric Society meeting, National Extension Conferences, and Northeast Universities Development Consortium (NEUDC) Conference. International outreach • My international outreach has been in the form invited presentations, selected papers, and through participation in international conferences/meetings in countries including Belgium, Finland, Germany, India, Ireland, South Africa and Singapore. Departmental Committees • • • • Member, Graduate Committee, 2009Co-organizer of Departmental Seminars, 2007-2008. President, Graduate Student Association, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, August 2000-August 2001 Member, Computer Committee, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 2002-2003 College Committees • • Member, the Project Central: Leadership and Rural Vitality Program, 2006-present Member, Arizona Community Vitality Initiative (AZCVI), 2004-present: Arizona Cooperative Extension has a working group and state-wide initiative network called Arizona Community Vitality Initiative (AZCVI). This network of campus and county based faculty was formed in 2002 to build capacity in the Arizona Extension System in community development processes and skills. Since 2002 we have worked with over 15 local community development projects ranging from economic development in a small rural community to developing an agriculture education center to building leadership in youth to address a local issue with the state legislature. University Committee • Member, Arizona Electronic Atlas Advisory Board: Arizona Electronic Atlas is university-wide innovative effort to provide an interactive atlas with the ability to create, manipulate, and download accurate and current maps and data. The Atlas receives approximately 210 visits per day and is used by a wide variety of Arizona residents. The project is led by Christine Kollen (Social Sciences Librarian) and Jeanne Pfander (Science-Engineering Librarian), University of Arizona. Other Committees (Internal or external) • • • • • • • Reviewer for Agricultural and Applied Economics Association (AAEA) selected papers, 2009, 2004-2006 Reviewer for Western Agricultural Economics Association (WAEA) meeting, selected papers, 2005 Moderator for AAEA selected papers sessions, 2003-2004 President, the Graduate Student Section (GSS) of the AAEA, July 2002-July 2003 President-elect, the Graduate Student Section (GSS) of the AAEA, July 2001- July 2002 Invited Editorial Board Member, Review of Agricultural Economics Referee for Journals: World Development, Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, Review of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness: An International Journal PAPERS [24] Borlizzi, Andrea; and Rahman, Tauhidur, “Crime, Local Inequality, Unemployment, Criminal Catchment Area and Geographical Units of Analysis.” [23] Beattie, Bruce; Kuchibhotla, Dinkar; Rahman, Tauhidur; and Thompson, Gary, “Health Status of Elderly in India: Evidence from a Large Survey Dataset.” [22] Azam, Mehtabul, Rahman, Tauhidur; and Sharrif, Abusaleh, “Income Mobility in India During the Era of Globalization, 1993-2004.” [21] Prakash, Nishith; and Rahman, Tauhidur, “Indirect Effects of Affirmative Action Policy: How do Employment Reservation Affect Child Outcomes?” [20] Cory, Dennis; Kiger, Miles; and Rahman, Tauhidur, “Environmental Federalism, Regulatory Capture and the Safe Drinking Water Act: The Arizona Arsenic Experience.” [19] Murugesan, Anand; Rahman, Tauhidur; and Dayal, Vikram, “Neighbors Can Make You Sick: Hygiene Behavior and Health in rural Uttarakhand, India.” [18] Gunes, Pinar; Rahman, Tauhidur; and Teegerstrom, Trent, “Demand for Extension Education: Evidence from the rural Southwest.” [17] Gunes, Pinar; and Rahman, Tauhidur; and Teegerstrom, Trent, “Importance and Determinants of Perceived Farm Risks in the Rural Southwest.” [16] Liu, Derong; Rahman, Tauhidur and Tronstad, Russ, “Inferences about the Polarization and Well-being of the U.S. Counties.” [15] Liu, Derong; Rahman, Tauhidur and Tronstad, Russ, “Determinants of Life Satisfaction in Arizona” [14] Rahman, Tauhidur; and Ron Mittelhammer, “Regional Inequality and Regional Polarization in India, 1961-1991.” [13] Rahman, Tauhidur; Mittelhammer, Ron C.; and Wandschneider, Phil, “Measuring Quality of Life across Countries: A Multiple Indicators and Multiple Causes Approach.” [12] Rashid, Arif, D., Lisa Smith, and Rahman, Tauhidur. “Determinants of Dietary Quality: Some Evidence from Bangladesh” [11] Rahman, Tauhidur; and Satheesh Aradhyula, “Income Inequality as a Predictor of Child Health: An Aggregate Analysis in the 50 United States.” [10] Kohli, Mini; and Rahman, Tauhidur, “Environmental Noncompliance and Enforcement: Evidence from Water Quality Enforcement.” [9] Rahman, Tauhidur; and Ron Mittelhammer, “Analyzing the Quality of Life of the Poor.” [8] Rahman, Tauhidur; Kohli, Mini; Megdal, Sharon; Aradhyula, Satheesh; and Moxley, J., “Determinants of Environmental Noncompliance by Public Water Systems.” [7] Cory, Dennis and Rahman, Tauhidur, “Environmental Justice and Enforcement of Safe Drinking Water Act: The Arizona Arsenic Experience.” [6] Rahman, Tauhidur, “Determinants of Public Health Expenditure: Some Evidence from Indian States.” [5] Tranel, Jeffrey; Rahman, Tauhidur; J. Hewlett; R. Weigel; Teegerstrom, T; C. Ehmke, “Who are Today’s Farmers and What are Their Educational Needs?” [4] Rahman, Tauhidur, “Measuring the Quality of Life across Countries” [3] Tranel, Travel; Hewlett, J; Weigel, R; Ehmke, Cole; Rahman, Tauhidur; and Teegerstrom, Trent, “Defining New Clientele for Outreach in the West.” [2] Rahman, Tauhidur; Ron Mittelhammer; and Phil Wandschneider, “Measuring the Quality of Life across Countries: A Sensitivity Analysis of Well-being Indices.” [1] Chaudhri, D.P.; Nagar, A. L.; Rahman, Tauhidur; and E. J. Wilson, “Determinants of Child Labor in Indian States: Some Empirical Explorations (1961-1991).” WORK IN PROGRESS Cory, Dennis; Ebel, Robert; and Rahman, Tauhidur, “Which Neighborhood Attributes Matter? The influence of Ethnicity, School Quality and Property Crime on Property Values in Pima County” Kochar, Chander; and Rahman, Tauhidur, “Social Networks and Status of Women” Rahman, Tauhidur; and Tungtisanont, Niratcha, “Does the Trust in Institutions have an Economic Payoff? Evidence from India.” ACADEMIC SEMINARS/ CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Scheduled: University of Florida, fall 2009 Prakash, Nishith; and Rahman, Tauhidur, "Child Labor, Educational Attainment and Parental Employment among Minorities in India” with Nishith Prakash was presented by invitation at: o Seminar on child labor, education and youth employment, organized by Understanding Children’s Work Program (UNICEF) and University of Galatasaray, Istanbul, Turkey, 8-9 October 2009 (scheduled) o Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) Migration Group Mini Workshop, Bonn, Germany, July 9, 2009. o First Actors, Markets, and Institutions in Developing Countries (AMID) Summer School, University of Namur, Namur, Belgium, July, 2009 Cory, Dennis; Kiger, Miles; and Rahman, Tauhidur, Environmental Federalism, Regulator Capture and the Safe Drinking Water Act: The Arizona Arsenic Experience.” Selected paper presented at Western Economic Associating meeting, Vancouver, CA, July 2009 Borlizzi, Andrea; and Rahman, Tauhidur, “Crime, Local Inequality, Unemployment, Criminal Catchment Area, and Geographical Units of Analysis.” Selected paper presented at Agricultural and Applied Economics Association meeting, Milwaukee, WI, July 25-29, 2009 Murugesan, Anand; Rahman, Tauhidur; and Dayal, Vikram “Neighbors Can Make You Sick: Hygiene Behavior and Health in rural Uttarakhand, India.” Selected paper presentation at Northeastern Universities Development Consortium Conference, Boston University, 8-9 November, 2008 Rahman, Tauhidur; and Aradhyula, Satheesh, “Moving beyond Income: Inequality, Neighborhood, Household Behavior, and Children’s Health in the United States.”, Stanford University, August 8, 2008. Rahman, Tauhidur; and Aradhyula, Satheesh, “Socioeconomic Status, Neighborhood, Household Behavior, and Children's Health in the United States: Evidence from Children's Health Survey Data.” Selected paper presentation at Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, July 27-29, 2008, Orlando, Florida. Murugesan, Anand; Rahman, Tauhidur; and Dayal, Vikram “Neighbors Can Make You Sick: Hygiene Behavior and Health in rural Uttarakhand, India.” Selected paper presentation at 2008 North American Meeting of Econometric Society, Carnegie Mellon University, June 19-22, 2008 Murugesan, Anand; Rahman, Tauhidur; and Dayal, Vikram, “Neighbors Can Make You Sick: Hygiene Behavior and Health in rural Uttarakhand, India.” Both submitted and invited presentation at 19th Annual Health Economics Conference, University of Chicago, March 19-22, 2008. Discussant for, “The Role of Property Rights in Climate Change Mitigation and adaptation, Jason Scott Johnston.” Economics, Law, and the Environment (ELE) Symposium, Tucson, AZ, October, 2007. Murugesan, Anand; and Rahman, Tauhidur, “Poverty Status, Hygiene, and Health: Some Evidence from India.” Invited seminar presentation at the Delhi School of Economics, Delhi, India, August 30, 2007. Rahman, Tauhidur; and Aradhyula, Satheesh, “Moving beyond Poverty: Neighborhood Characteristics, Household Behavior, and Children’s Health in the United States.” Invited seminar presentation at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India, August 27, 2007. Rahman, Tauhidur; and Aradhyula, Satheesh, “Cross-Country Evidence on the Link between Health and Macroeconomic Volatility.” Submitted by invitation presentation at Singapore Economic Review/Brooks World Poverty Institute Conference, Singapore, August 4, 2007. Rahman, Tauhidur; and Trent Teegerstrom, “Developing a Framework for Evaluating the Role of Extension Education in Perceived Farm Risks: An Application of the Multivariate Ordered Probit Model.” Selected paper presentation at Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, July 29-August 1, 2007. Rahman, Tauhidur; and Trent Teegerstrom, “Importance and Determinants of Perceived Farm Risks: Evidence from Rural Western United States.” Selected paper presentation at Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, July 29-August 1, 2007. Rahman, Tauhidur and Aradhyula, Satheesh, “Moving beyond Poverty: Neighborhood Characteristics, Household Behavior, and Children’s Health in the United States.” Selected paper presentation at Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, July 29-August 1, 2007. Aradhyula, Satheesh; Rahman, Tauhidur; and S. Kumaran, “Impact of Trade on Income and its Distribution.” Selected paper presentation at Agricultural and Applied Economics Association Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, July 29- August 1, 2007. Dewan Arif Rashid, and Rahman, Tauhidur, “Determinants of Escaping Poverty and Becoming Poor: Some Evidence from Bangladesh.” Selected paper presented at the Western Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting, Portland, Oregon, July 29- August 1, 2007 Murugesan, Anand; and Rahman, Tauhidur, “Poverty Status, Hygiene, and Health: Some Evidence from India.” Selected paper presentation at the Western Economic Association International Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, June 29-July 3, 2007 Cory, Dennis; and Rahman, Tauhidur, “Environmental Justice and Provision of Safe Drinking Water: The Arizona Arsenic Experience.” Selected paper presentation at the Western Economic Association International Annual Meeting, Seattle, WA, June 29-July 3, 2007. Rahman, Tauhidur, “Measuring the Impact of Globalization on the Well-being of the Poor: Methodology and an Application to Africa.” Selected paper presented at American Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting, Long Beach, CA, July 23-26, 2006. Rashid, Arif. D., Lisa Smith, and Rahman, Tauhidur, “Determinants of Dietary Quality: Evidence from Bangladesh. Selected paper presented at American Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting, Long Beach, CA, July 23-26, 2006. Rahman, Tauhidur, “Measuring the Impact of Globalization on the Wellbeing of the Poor: Methodology and an Application to Africa.” Invited paper presented at the UNU-WIDER Conference on The Impact of Globalization on the Poor in Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1-2 December 2005. Kohli, Mini., Rahman, Tauhidur; and Megdal, Sharon, “Maximum Contaminant Level Regulation and its Violation: An Econometric Analysis of Water Utilities Companies in Arizona. Selected paper presented at Western Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting, San Francisco, CA, July 2005. Rahman, Tauhidur., Mittelhammer, Ron; and Wandschneider, P., “A Latent Variable MIMIC Approach to Inferring the Quality of Life.” Selected paper presented at American Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting, Denver, August 1-4, 2004. Rahman, Tauhidur and Mittelhammer, Ron, “Decomposing Well-being Indicators using Distributional Data.” Selected paper presented at American Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting, Denver, August 1-4, 2004. Rahman, Tauhidur and Mittelhammer, Ron, “Measuring the Distribution of Human Development, Child Labor, and Poverty: Methodology and an Application to India.” Selected paper presented at American Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting, Denver, August 1-4, 2004. Rahman, Tauhidur. Issues in the Measurement of Human Well-being: A Multidimensional Assessment of Well-being Indices. Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, the University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, February 2004. Rahman, Tauhidur., Mittelhammer, Ron; and Wandchneider, P., “A Sensitivity Analysis of Quality of Life Indices across Countries.” Selected paper presented at American Agricultural Economics Association annual meeting, Montreal, Canada, July 27-30, 2003. Rahman, Tauhidur., Mittelhammer, Ron; and Wandschneider, P., “Measuring the Quality of Life across Countries: A Sensitivity Analysis of Well-being Indices.” Invited paper presented at Presented at the WIDER/UNU International conference on Inequality, Poverty, and Human Well-being, Helsinki, Finland, May 30-31, 2003. Chaudhri, D. P., A. L. Nagar, Tauhidur Rahman, and E.J. Wilson. Determinants of Child Labor in Indian States: Some Empirical Explorations (1961-1991). Selected paper presented at the East Asian Meeting of the Econometric Society, Singapore, 1-3 July, 1999. COMMUNITY / OUTREACH PRESENTATIONS Rahman, Tauhidur. Arizona Rural Development Roundtable, Coolidge, AZ, June 4, 2009. Rahman, Tauhidur; Uhlman, Kristine, Posner, Ari; Gunes, Pinar; and Westfall, Erin. “Forecasting Nitrate Contamination in Drinking Water Wells.” 2009 Ground Water Summit, Tucson, AZ, April 19-23, 2009 Rahman, Tauhidur; Uhlman, Kristine, Posner, Posner; Gunes, Pinar; and Westfall, Erin. “Mapping Groundwater Vulnerability to Nitrate in Arizona.” 2009 USDA-CSREES National Water Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, February 11, 2009 Rahman, Tauhidur. Western Farm Management & Marketing Extension Committee conference, Monterey, CA, January 6-9, 2009 Rahman, Tauhidur; Uhlman, Kristine; Posner, Ari; Gunes, Pinar; and Westfall, Erin., “Mapping Groundwater Vulnerability to Nitrate in Arizona.”, Watershed Planning Subcommittee meeting, Pima Association of Governments, Tucson, AZ, November 24, 2008 Rahman, Tauhidur; Uhlman, Kristine; Posner, Ari; Gunes, Pinar; and Westfall, Erin., “Mapping Groundwater Vulnerability to Nitrate in Arizona.” The Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (ASDWA), Colorado Springs, CO, October 22, 2008 Rahman, Tauhidur; Uhlman, Kristine; Posner, Ari; Gunes, Pinar; and Westfall, Erin,“Mapping Groundwater Vulnerability to Nitrate in Arizona.” AIPG/AHS/3rd IPGC Conference, Flagstaff, AZ, September 20-24, 2008 Project “Predicting the Vulnerability of Groundwater to Nitrate in Arizona” Meeting with Wayne Hood (Arizona Department of Environmental Quality), Tucson, AZ, August 22, 2008 Rahman, Tauhidur; and Tronstad, Russell, “Agri-Tourism in Arizona.”, Southwest Marketing Network Meeting, Santa Fe, NM, May 5-7, 2008 Rahman, Tauhidur; and Teegerstrom, Trent., “New Study Defining Rural Clientele for Extension in the West.” Annual Western Extension Directors Meeting, Tucson, AZ, March 2008 Rahman, Tauhidur; and Uhlman, Kristine, “Predicting Vulnerability of Groundwater to Nitrate in Arizona.” Presentation to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, Phoenix, AZ, March, 2008 Rahman, Tauhidur; and Teegerstrom, Trent, “New Study Defining Rural Clientele for Extension in the West.” The Western Region County Agents Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, October 24, 2007. Rahman, Tauhidur; and Teegerstrom, Trent., “Defining New Rural Clientele for Extension in the West.” at the Western Center for Risk Management Meeting, Santa Fe, New Mexico, October 17, 2007. Rahman, Tauhidur. Rural Vitality Initiative Meeting, Tucson, Arizona, October 1, 2007. Hewlett, J.; Tranel, J.; Rahman, Tauhidur., Teegerstrom, T; Weigel, R; and Ehmke, C; “Who are today’s Farmers and what their Educational Needs are?” at International Farm Management Association Congress, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007. Hewlett, J.; Tranel, J.; Rahman, Tauhidur., Teegerstrom, T; Weigel, R; and Ehmke, C; “Defining New Clientele for University Outreach in the West.” at International Farm Management Association Congress, Ireland, July 15-20, 2007 Teegerstrom, Trent; Tronstad, Russ; and Rahman, Tauhidur, “Tribal RME across Southwest” National Extension Risk Management Education Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, April 17-18, 2007. Rahman, Tauhidur; Teegerstrom, T; Tranel, J; Hewlett, J; Weigel, J; and Ehmke, E, “New Study Defining Rural Clientele for Extension in the West (With)”, National Extension Risk Management Education Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, April 17-18, 2007. Teegerstrom, Trent; Tronstad, Russ; Rahman, Tauhidur, “The Farm Directory: A new website linking producers with consumers interested in farm and ranch products including post products and agri-tourism.” National Extension Risk Management Education Conference, Phoenix, Arizona, April 17-18, 2007. Rahman, Tauhidur; and Uhlman, Kristine, “Predicting Groundwater Vulnerability to Nitrate Contamination in Arizona.” Presentation to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, Phoenix, Arizona, March 1, 2007. Rahman, Tauhidur. Rural Family Venture Group Meeting, Tucson, AZ, February 15-16, 2007. Rahman, Tauhidur; and Teegerstrom, Trent., “Defining New Rural Clientele for Extension in the West” Presentation at the Western Farm Management Committee Annual Meeting, Kona, Hawaii, January 10-12, 2007. Rahman, Tauhidur; and Teegerstrom, Trent, “Defining New Extension Clientele in the West, Natural Resources Conference, Flagstaff, AZ, December 25, 2006. Rahman, Tauhidur; and Teegerstrom, Trent, “Defining New Rural Extension Clientele in the West.” Presentation at Arizona Agricultural Extension Association Meeting, Maricopa, Arizona, December 14, 2006. Rahman, Tauhidur. “Water Quality in Arizona.” Presented at 21st Annual Arizona Agribusiness Forum, Maricopa, Arizona, November 16, 2006. Rahman, Tauhidur. “Rural Vitality Initiative Group Meeting”, Tucson, Arizona, November, 7, 2006. Rahman, Tauhidur; and Teegerstrom, Trent, “Rural Family Ventures: Defining New Rural Extension Clientele for Extension in the West.” Presented to the members of Executive Council, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, the University of Arizona, September 28, 2006. Frisvold, George; and Rahman, Tauhidur, “Economic and Social Impacts of Tourism and Recreation: Evidence from Arizona.” National Extension Tourism Conference, Burlington, VT, September 13, 2006. Frisvold, George; and Rahman, Tauhidur, “Drought Impact of National Park Tourism and Gateway Community Economies.” National Extension Tourism Conference, Burlington, VT, September 11, 2006. Rahman, Tauhidur, “Nitrate Meeting” with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality, Tucson, Arizona, September 1, 2006. Rahman, Tauhidur. Rural Family Venture Group Meeting, Estes Park, Colorado, August 2931, 2006. Rahman, Tauhidur. CALS Regional Development Group Meeting, Tucson, AZ, June 26, 2006. Tronstad, Russell; Teegerstrom, Trent; and Rahman, Tauhidur. Computer RME Workshops and Presentations, “Agri-Tourism and Specialty Agri-Product Market Opportunities for Native Americans.” Fredonia, AZ, May 4, 2006 Tronstad, Russell; Teegerstrom, Trent; and Rahman, Tauhidur. Computer RME Workshops and Presentations, “Agri-Tourism and Specialty Agri-Product Market Opportunities for Native Americans.” Page, AZ, May 3, 2006 Tronstad, Russell; Teegerstrom, Trent; and Rahman, Tauhidur. Computer RME Workshops and Presentations, “Agri-Tourism and Specialty Agri-Product Market Opportunities for Native Americans.” Tuba City, AZ, May 2, 2006. Tronstad, Russell; Teegerstrom, Trent; and Rahman, Tauhidur. Computer RME Workshops and Presentations, “Agri-Tourism and Specialty Agri-Product Market Opportunities for Native Americans.” Kayente, AZ, April 25, 2006 Tronstad, Russell; Teegerstrom, Trent; and Rahman, Tauhidur. Computer RME Workshops and Presentations, “Agri-Tourism and Specialty Agri-Product Market Opportunities for Native Americans.” Chinle, AZ, April 24, 2006 Tronstad, Russell; Teegerstrom, Trent; and Rahman, Tauhidur. Computer RME Workshops and Presentations, “Agri-Tourism and Specialty Agri-Product Market Opportunities for Native Americans.” Newlands, AZ, April 24, 2006 Rahman, Tauhidur, “Predicting Groundwater Vulnerability to Nitrate in Arizona.” Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), Phoenix, AZ, April 12, 2006. Rahman, Tauhidur, “Assessment of Community Development: A Quality of Life Approach.” Southwest Marketing Network, 4th Annual Conference, Grand Junction, Colorado, March 27-29, 2006. Rahman, Tauhidur, “A Profile of Quality of Life in Arizona.” Presented to CALS Executive Council, University of Arizona, March 10, 2006. Frisvold, George; and Rahman, Tauhidur, “Arizona Agricultural Land and Water Use: 19452020.” Spring AG Outlook Forum, Arizona Chapter of American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, Phoenix, AZ, February 24, 2006. Rahman, Tauhidur. CALS Regional Development Group Meeting, Tucson, AZ, February 20, 2006. Rahman, Tauhidur. Western Farm Management and Marketing Meeting, San Diego, CA, January 9, 2006. Rahman, Tauhidur. CALS Regional Development Group Meeting, Tucson, AZ, Dec 13, 2005. Group Meeting “Rural Family Venture, Western Center for Risk Management Education Extension grant” to finalize Multi-States Household Survey, Denver, Colorado, June 26-27, 2005. Tronstad, Russell; Teegerstrom, Trent; and Rahman, Tauhidur. Computer RME Workshops and Presentations, “Agri-Tourism and Specialty Agri-Product Market Opportunities for Native Americans.” 2005 Rahman, Tauhidur. RMA Conference of Success Strategies for Small and Limited Resource Farmers and Ranchers, San Francisco, CA, May 17-18, 2005. Rahman, Tauhidur. Western Extension Marketing and Farm Management Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, January 10, 2005. GRANTS AND CONTRACTS: $872, 004