Karina Gallardo
Karina Gallardo's expertise is in the areas of agribusiness marketing, consumer demand, and value-added food products, joined SES faculty Fall 2008.
Karina Gallardo's research and outreach efforts are focused in the areas of value-added agribusiness development and consumer demand analysis. Specifically, consumer demand studies on food quality, food safety, and health benefits of Washington produced commodities. Additional interests include the economic assessment of the impacts of new technologies at both the farm and processor level.
Consumer Demand Tree Fruit
- Working Paper 2009-16, Willingness to Pay for Anjou Pears with Different Conditioning Treatments
- Working Paper 2009-13 Characterizing Fresh Pears Consumers Purchasing Patterns
- Working Paper 2009-17, Market Quality of Pacific Northwest Pears
- Working Paper 2009-14, Consumers Willingness to Pay for Treatment-Induced Quality Attributes in Anjou Pears
Enterprise Budget Tree Fruit
Transdisciplinary Projects
- Enhancing Western Orchard Biological Control http://enhancedbc.tfrec.wsu.edu
- RosBREED: Enabling Marker Assisted Breeding in Rosaceae http://www.rosbreed.org
- Agronomic, Biochemical, Social, and Economic Impacts of Biotic and Abiotic Stress on Pacific Northwest Flavor Crops
Contact Info
Karina Gallardo
Email Address:
karina_gallardo@wsu.edu
Office Location:
Tree Fruit Research Ext. Center
School of Economic Sciences
Washington State University
Wenatchee, WA
509-663-8181 ext 271