A Kansas State University agricultural economist has been selected to lead a five-year project to develop decision-making tools and improve communication on the economic impacts of animal disease, ultimately improving the health of those animals.
Dustin Pendell, a professor in K-State’s department of agricultural economics, was named head of the Americas region of the Collaborating Center for the Economics of Animal Health. The project is supported by the World Organization for Animal Health, or WOAH, which has headquarters in Paris, France.
WOAH — similar in purpose to that of the…