R. Karina Gallardo

Assistant Professor, Extension Specialist

School of Economic Sciences, Tree Fruit Research and Extension Center, Center for Precision and Automated Agricultural Systems

• Vita
   
• Extension Site

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University. December 2007.
• M.S. Agricultural Economics, Mississippi State University. August 2004.
• Professional Degree. Food Science and Technology Engineering, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina. Lima, Perú. August 2000.
• B.S. Food Science and Technology, Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina. Lima, Perú. December 1997.

AREAS OF INTEREST

• Agribusiness Marketing
• Consumer Demand
• Value-added Food Products

PUBLICATIONS 

• Hudson, D. R.K. Gallardo, and T. Hanson.2012. A Comparison of Choice Experiments and Actual Grocery Store Behavior: An
  Empirical Application to Seafood Products. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 44: 49-62.PDF
• Gallardo, R.K., E. Kupferman, R. Beaudry, E. Blankenship, E. Mitcham and C. Watkins. 2011. Market Quality of Pacific Northwest Pears. Journal of Food Distribution Research, 42:89-99. PDF
• Gallardo, R.K. 2011. Choice Experiments Findings: A Tool for Fruit Agribusiness Managers.International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 14: 95-110. PDF
• Gallardo, R.K., E. Kupferman, and A. Colonna. 2011. Willingness-to-pay for Optimal Anjou Pear Quality. HortScience, 46: 452-456. PDF
• Gallardo, R.K., W. Brorsen, and J. Lusk. 2010. Prediction Markets: An Experimental Approach to Forecasting Cattle on Feed. Agricultural Finance Review, 70: 414-426.PDF
• Zhang, H., R. K. Gallardo, J. McCluskey, and E. Kupferman. 2010. Consumers’ Willingness to Pay for Treatment-Induced Quality Attributes in Anjou Pears. Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 35: 105-117. PDF
• Marsh, T. and R.K. Gallardo.  2009. Adopting Biological Control for Ornamental Crops in Greenhouses.  CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources, May, 4(22), 9 pp.PDF
• Gallardo, R.K., J. Lusk, R. Holcomb, and P. Rayas-Duarte. 2009. Willingness to Pay for Attribute Level and Variability: The Case of Mexican Millers Demand for Hard Red Winter Wheat.  Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 41: 599-611. PDF

• Galinato, S. and R.K. Gallardo. 2011 Cost Estimates of Establishing and Producing Honeycrisp Apples in Washington. Washington State University Extension Factsheet FS062E, February, 2012.
• Galinato, S. and R. K. Gallardo. 2010 Cost Estimates of Producing Pears in North Central Washington. Washington State University Extension Factsheet FS031E, July, 2011.
• Galinato, S. and R.K. Gallardo. Cost Estimates of Producing Bartlett Pears in Yakima Valley, Washington. Washington State University Extension Factsheet FS034E, July, 2011.
• Gallardo, R.K. 2010 Cost of Producing Native and Scotch Spearmint under Rill and Center Pivot Irrigation in Washington. Washington State University Extension Factsheet FS026E, April, 2011.
• Galinato, S., R.K. Gallardo, and M. Taylor. 2009 Cost Estimates of Establishing and Producing Sweet Cherries in Washington. Washington State University Extension Factsheet FS022E, August, 2010.
• Gallardo, R. K., M. Taylor, and H. Hinman. 2009 Cost Estimates of Establishing and Producing Gala Apples in Washington. Washington State University Extension Factsheet FS005E, January, 2010.
• Hanson, T., D. Hudson, R. K. Gallardo, and S. Sempier. Opinions of Rural and Urban Consumers toward Freshwater Prawns: Results from 2003 and 2004 Surveys. Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station. Bulletin 1152, November, 2005.