Complete CV

WILDER NELSON FERREIRA                                                  wferrei@clemson.edu

I. CURRENT POSITION

     Extension Associate - Economist
     Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
     Clemson University
     279 Barre Hall     
     Clemson, SC 29634-0355

     PHONE: (864) 656-5785      FAX: (864) 656-5776

II. EARNED DEGREES

1.    M.S. Agricultural Economics (Agribusiness Management) - Clemson University - , 2003

2.      M.S. Agricultural Economics (Farm Management) Auburn University - Alabama - 1999

3.      B.S.  Computer Science. Federal University of Goiás - Goiás/Brazil - 1994

4.      B.S.  Economics. Catholic University of Goiás - Goiás/Brazil - 1993

III. PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

"Extension Economics Report." Responsible Agency: Clemson University Extension Service. Responsible for developing the agricultural enterprise budgets for the state of South Carolina and other economic reports associated with production costs, profitability and risk management. Developing several extension software applications and education programs to assess economic feasibility of new enterprises in South Carolina. The computer applications can be downloaded from the web site http://cherokee.agecon.clemson.edu/budgets/BudSys.htm  (1999-present)

"Comparative Profitability of Ultra Narrow Row (UNR) Cotton Production Technology." Responsible agency: Clemson University Extension Service/Cotton Incorporated. Responsible for assessing the costs of production on this innovative production practice and having them incorporating into an enterprise budget to be used by Southern cotton producers. (2000)

Assisted in workshop/seminar preparation of "Southern Agriculture in a World Economy." Responsible agency: Clemson University Extension Service/Southern Regional Trade Research Committee. (2000)

"National Center for Peanut Competitiveness." Responsible agency: Auburn University/University of Georgia. Responsible for assessing an agricultural decision support tool web page for Southeastern peanut producers to use in their decision-making process. (1999)

"Comparative Weed Control Systems in Peanuts." Responsible agency: Auburn University. Responsible for optimizing the economic analysis on the different varieties of peanut pest controls. (1998-1999)

 

IV. COMPUTER PROFICIENCY

Software applications: CONAUT for Europecas Ltda; BUDSYS, PRODSYS, and COWCALF PLUS for Clemson University Extension Service

Computer software programs:  Word, WordPerfect, Excel, Quattro Pro, Lotus 123, PowerPoint, and Adobe Photoshop, and Netscape Composer..

Management Science, statistical and expert system packages: GAMS, What's Best, Limdep, JMP IN, SAS, and EXSYS.

Programming languages and databases: Dbase III, Access, Clipper, Cobol, Visual Basic and SQL

Web development systems: HTML, JavaScript, Htmlscript (MIVA) and ASP.

Computer Networks: Novell 2.2, Novell 3.11, Windows NT, and UNIX.

Financial Packages: QuickBooks, Quicken, and FinPack.

V. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Ferreira, Wilder N. "PRODSYS - A Computer Application for Production Decisions." Extension Economics Report EER 227. Department of Applied Economics and Statistics, Clemson University Expension Service. October 2006

Ferreira, Wilder N., Richard Hassel, Powell Smith, Tony Melton, Gilbert Miller and W. Bryan Smith. "Vegetable Enterprise Budgets for South Carolina - 2006/2007." Extension Economics Report EER 226. Department of Applied Economics and Statistics, Clemson University Expension Service. October 2006.

Ferreira, Wildner N., Greg Henderson, Jesse Adams, Marion Hiers, et al. "Beef Cattle Enterprise Budgets for South Carolina - 2006/2007." Extension Economics Report EER 224. Department of Applied Economics and Statistics, Clemson University Expension Service. June 2006.

Ferreira, Wildner N. and John Andrae. "Forage Enterprise Budgets for South Carolina - 2006/2007." Extension Economics Report EER 223. Department of Applied Economics and Statistics, Clemson University Expension Service. May 2006.

Ferreira, Wildner N., Charles E. Curtis, Jr., et al. "Agronomic Crop Enterprise Budgets for South Carolina - 2006/2007." Extension Economics Report EER 222. Department of Applied Economics and Statistics, Clemson University Expension Service, April 2006.

Ferreira, Wildner N. "Is ABC a Blockbuster." Extension Economics Report EER 214. Department of Applied Economics and Statistics, Clemson University Expension Service. April 2004.

Ferreira, Wilder N. "Examing the Use of E-commerce by Business to Increase Revenues and Achieve Supply Chain Coordination," 2003 Southeast Decision Scienes Institute Conference Proceedings, pp. 167-169. February 2003.

Ferreira, Wilder N. "Analysis of the Meat Processing Industry in the United States." Extension Economics Report EER 211, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, January 2003

Ferreira, Wilder N. "COWCALF PLUS: A Computer Decision Tool for Cattlemen to Improve Production Decisions." Extension Economics Report EER 210, Dept. of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Clemson University Extension Service. January 2003.

Ferreira, Wilder N. "BUDSYS: A New Tool for Farm Enterprise Analysis," Extension Economics Report EER 195, Dept. of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Clemson University Extension Service. April 2001.

Ferreira, Wilder N., J. W. Prevatt, J. E. Dunkelberger and N.R. Martin. An Evaluation of the Use of Computers, the Internet, and Decision Tools by Selected Southeastern Beef and Peanut Farm Leaders." Abstract published in the Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 32:2, p. 420. August 2000.

Hall, Laura, Wilder N. Ferreira, J.W. Prevatt, J.E. Dunkelberger and N.R. Martin. "Diffusion-Adoption of Personal Computers and the Internet in Farm Business Decisions: Southeastern Beef and Peanut Farmers," Journal of Extension, 41:3, June 2003.

VI. PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES AS GUEST SPEAKER

  1. "Linkages Extension Research Conference" -- Production Risk, Technology Adoption and Enterprise Analysis, Sheraton Hotel & Conference Center, Columbia, SC, December 1, 1999.

  1. "MONSANTO Conservation Tillage Budgets, South Conference"-- Crop Production for Conservation Tillage in South Carolina, Doubletree Hotel & Conference Center, Chesterfield, MO, August 16, 2000.

  1. "SAEA Enterprise Budget Summit -- Software Review Workshop"--2002 SAEA Annual Meeting, Hyatt Orlando Hotel, Orlando, FL, February 2, 2002.

  1. "BUDSYS, Budgeting and Agribusiness Decision Aid Tools"--Ohio Penal Industries (OPI), Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, January 27, 2003.

  1. "Opportunities in ERP: Research, Consulting and Entrepreneurship"-- 2003 Southeast Decision Sciences Institute, Williamsburg, VA, February 27, 2003.

  1. "SAEA Budget Summit II Meeting"--Southern Extension Farm Management Committee (SEFMC), The Embassy Suites Hotel, Dallas, TX, April 14-15, 2003.

  2. Farm Business In-Service Training" - Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, August 26-27, 2003.

VII. HONORS AND AWARDS

1.      Recipient of Graduate Student Research Award - The Graduate School - Auburn University, 1998.

2.      Elected into Gamma Sigma Delta - The Honor Society of Agriculture - Alabama Chapter, Auburn University, 1999.

3.      Recipient of Southern Agricultural Economics Association’s Distinguished Professional Contribution Award, Lexington, KY 2000.

VIII. PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES

1.      Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
2.      American Agricultural Economics Association.
3.      Decision Sciences Institute.

IX. LANGUAGES

  1. Portuguese.
  2. English.
  3. Spanish.

 

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