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Dr. Kent Fleming
Specialist

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Contact Information:

Kona Research Station:
79-7381 Mamalahoa Hwy.
Kealakekua, HI 96750-7911

Tel: (808) 989-3416 
Fax: (808) 322-4895

Campus office:
3190 Maile Way, St. Johns 107A
Honolulu, HI 96822-2279

Tel: (808) 956-8714
Fax: (808) 956-3894

email: fleming@hawaii.edu

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Educational Background

  • Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
  • M.S. University of Wisconsin, Madison
  • M.R.A.C. The Royal Agricultural College (UK)
  • B.A. University of California, Berkeley

Extension/Research Interests:

  • Risk management education (RME)
  • Sustainable agriculture (e.g., “12 Tropical Fruit Trees” project)
  • Agtourism & direct marketing
  • The farmer-chef connection (“Hawaii Grown”)
  • Cost of production studies
  • Financial & economic feasibility analysis
  • Economics of coffee production & marketing

Teaching:

  • Enterprise Management (TPSS 351)
  • Agribusiness Certificate Program

Related Interests:

  • International Slow Food movement & agricultural biodiversity
  • International agricultural economic development (e.g., USAID/UH East Timor project)
  • Deep ocean water agriculture (ColdAg™)
  • Western Management & Marketing Extension Committee (WMMEC)

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Last updated on 8/9/2004