SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Major Reports:
Messina, William A., Jr., William E. Kost, James E. Ross, Frederick S. Royce and Thomas H. Spreen. “Cuba’s Food and Agricultural Situation Report.” Report prepared under contract for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Foreign Agricultural Service, Office of Global Analysis. March 2008.
http://www.fas.usda.gov/itp/cuba/CubaSituation0308.pdf.
Industry Reports:
Messina, William A., Jr., and Lisa House. “Preliminary Demand Analysis for a Vegetable Processing Facility in St. Johns County, Florida.” Florida Agricultural Market Research Center industry report. 2011.
Messina, William A. Jr., Lisa House, R. L. Creswell and Charles M. Adams. “An Assessment of the Conch Market in Florida and the United States.” Florida Agricultural Market Research Center industry report. 2011.
Bi, Xiang, Lisa House and William A. Messina, Jr. “Identifying the Attitudes and Preferences of Parents and Children for Seafood.” Florida Agricultural Market Research Center Industry Report 11-1. June 2011.
House, Lisa, Allen Wysocki, William A. Messina, Jr. and Kathryn Olson. “Attitudes and Preferences of People Aged 55 and Above for Seafood.” Florida Agricultural Market Research Center Industry Report 09-2. February 2009.
Wysocki, Allen, Lisa House and William A. Messina, Jr., “Seafood Perceptions Among People Aged 55 and Above – Focus Group Results. Florida Agricultural Market Research Center Industry Report 09-1. February 2009.
Books:
Schmitz, Andrew, Thomas H. Spreen, William A. Messina, Jr. and Charles B. Moss (editors). Sugar and Related Sweetener Markets: International Perspectives. New York, N.Y. CABI Publishing. 2002.
Case Studies:
Trejo-Pech, Carlos Omar, Ma. Carmen López-Reyna, Lisa A. House, and William A. Messina, Jr. Appellation of Origin Status and Economic Development: A Case Study of the Mezcal Industry. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review. Volume 13, Issue 2, 2010.
Book Chapters:
Messina, William A., Jr. “Cuban Agriculture in Transition: The Impacts of Policy Changes on Agricultural Production, Food Markets and Trade.” Chapter in The Cuban Economy: Performance, Problems, Policies and Prospects. Pittsburgh, PA. University of Pittsburgh Press. 2004.
Articles:
Messina, William A., Jr. “The 2008 Hurricane Season and its Impact on Cuban Agriculture and Trade.” In Cuba in Transition, Volume 19. Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy. Washington, D.C. 2009.
Messina, William A., Jr., Frederick S. Royce and Thomas H. Spreen. “Cuban Agriculture and the Impacts of Tropical Storm Fay and Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.” EDIS publication number FE-755. Department of Food and Resource Economics, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A. October 2008.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/document_fe755
Harper, Vanessa K. Lianne Fernández Granda, Peter E. Hildebrand and William A. Messina, Jr. “Farm Household Livelihood Strategies: Preliminary Findings of a Case Study of Fifteen Households with Limited Resources in the Sierra del Rosario Region of Western Cuba.” In Cuba in Transition, Volume 16. Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy. Washington, D.C. 2006.
Messina, William A., Jr. “Hurricane Dennis’ Impact on Cuban Agriculture.” EDIS publication number FE-570. Department of Food and Resource Economics, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A. August 2005.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FE570.
Messina, William A., Jr. “An Assessment of Hurricane Charley’s Impact on Cuba.” EDIS publication number FE-494. Department of Food and Resource Economics, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A. August 2004.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FE494.
Messina, William A., Jr. “U.S.-Cuban Agricultural Trade: Present Realities and Future Prospects.” EDIS publication number FE-438. Department of Food and Resource Economics, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A. November 2003. (Text of testimony presented before the United States Senate Finance Committee September 4, 2003.)
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FE438.
Leo C. Polopolus, Jose Alvarez and William A. Messina, Jr. “Sugar and the North American Free Trade Agreement.” EDIS publication number SC-035. Department of Food and Resource Economics, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A. Revised June 2002.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/SC035
Taylor, Timothy G. and William A. Messina, Jr. “International Trade and Miami/Dade County Agriculture.” Chapter in Miami-Dade County Agricultural Land Retention Study. Robert L. Degner, Thomas J. Stevens, III and Kimberly L. Morgan, editors. Florida Agricultural Market Research Center, Department of Food and Resource Economics, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A. April 2002.
Messina, William A., Jr., Eric T. Bonnett and T. G. Taylor. “Cuba: A View of Revealed Export Advantage.” In Cuba in Transition, Volume 11. Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy. Washington, D.C. 2001.
Messina, William A., Jr. “Cuba in the U.S. International Trade Commission Report.” In Cuba in Transition, Volume 11. Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy. Washington, D.C. 2001.
Spreen, Thomas H., Mark G. Brown and William A. Messina, Jr. “The Potential Impact of Hurricane Michelle on the Cuban Citrus Industry.” EDIS publication number FE-328. Department of Food and Resource Economics, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Gainesville, FL.U.S.A. November 2001.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FE328.
Messina, William A., Jr. “Terrorist Attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C.: Implications for U.S. Trade Policy.” EDIS publication number FE-312. Department of Food and Resource Economics, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A. October 2001.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FE312.
Messina, William A., Jr. August 2001. “Structural Change in Cuban Agriculture in the 1990s.” EDIS publication number FE-296. Department of Food and Resource Economics, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A. August 2001.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FE296.
Messina, William A., Jr. “Agricultural Reform in Cuba: Implications for Agricultural Production, Markets and Trade.” EDIS publication number FE-159. Department of Food and Resource Economics, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A. April 2000.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/FE159.
Gordon, John R., William A. Messina, Jr., Daniel J. Cantliffe, Roger D. Newton, Fritz M. Roka, Marilyn E. Swisher and John J. VanSickle. “Florida Agriculture: Domestic and International Business Climate and Demographics.” In Proceedings of T-STAR Workshop X: Mitigating the Effects of Exotic Pests on Trade and Agriculture. University of Florida. Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A. 1999. pp. 15-26.
Messina, William A., Jr. “Cuban Agriculture: Adapting to New Policies and New Realities in a World of Liberalizing Trade.” In Proceedings of the Twenty-Second West Indies Agricultural Economics Conference. University of the West Indies. St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. September 1999. pp. 46-55.
Messina, William A., Jr. and Thomas H. Spreen. “The Impact of Banana Supply and Demand Changes on Income, Employment and Food Security.” Executive Summary and Working Paper for Meetings of the Committee on Commodity Problems, Intergovernmental Group on Bananas and on Tropical Fruit. Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations. Rome, Italy. March, 1999.
Messina, William A., Jr. and Thomas H. Spreen. “The Impact of Banana Supply and Demand Changes on Income, Employment and Food Security: Case Studies of Costa Rica and St. Lucia.” Report prepared and submitted to the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations. Rome, Italy. February, 1999.
Gordon, John, Dan Cantliffe, William A. Messina, Jr., Roger Newton, Fritz Roka, Mickie Swisher, and John VanSickle. “Domestic and International Business Climate/Demographics.” in Florida FIRST Base Papers. University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Gainesville, Florida. February, 1999. pp. 43-56.
Messina, William A., Jr. “Cuba’s Agriculture and Fisheries Sectors.” Departmental Research Summary in 1998 Annual Research Report for the Florida Agricultural Experiment Station. Agricultural Experiment Station, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Gainesville, Florida. 1999.
Messina, William A., Jr. “Agricultural Reform in Cuba: Implications for Agricultural Production, Markets and Trade.” In Cuba in Transition, Volume 9. Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy. Washington, D.C. 1999.
Messina, William A., Jr. “Cuban Agriculture: Adapting to New Policies and New Realities in a World of Liberalizing Trade.” In Trade and Economic Liberalization: Implications for Agriculture and the Environment in the Caribbean and Latin America. Caribbean Agro-Economic Society. University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies. December 1998.
Alvarez, Jose and William A. Messina, Jr., editors. “Role of the Agricultural Sector in Cuba’s Integration into the Global Economy, and Future Economic Structures.” Proceedings from the Conference of the same name held in Washington, D.C., March 1998. Department of Food and Resource Economics, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Gainesville, Florida. U.S.A. 1998.
Messina, William A. Jr., “Issues and Concerns for Florida Agriculture Related to the Movement toward a Free Trade Area of the Americas.” Summit of the Americas Center, Florida International University. FTAA Position Paper Series. Miami, Florida. February 1998.
Messina, William A., Jr. and Antonio F. Romero. “Agriculture in Cuba’s Reintegration into the Global Economy.” In Reintegration into World Society: Cuba in International Perspective. Queens College and Graduate School, University Center, City University of New York. New York, New York. 1998.
Royce, Frederick S., William A. Messina, Jr. and Jose Alvarez. “An Empirical Study of Income and Performance Incentives on a Cuban Sugarcane CPA.” In Cuba in Transition, Volume 7. Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy. Washington, D.C. 1997.
Messina, William A., Jr., Richard N. Brown, James E. Ross and Jose Alvarez. “Cuban Non-Sugarcane Agricultural Trade Patterns: Historical Perspectives and Future Prospects.” In Cuba in Transition, Volume 7. Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy. Washington, D.C. 1997.
Messina, William A., Jr. “World Citrus Market Summary.” in World Commodity Situation and Outlook. Intergovernmental Group on Citrus Fruit, Committee on Commodity Problems. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome, Italy. 1996.
Messina, William A., Jr. “World Citrus Market Update” in Commodity Market Review 1996-97. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome, Italy. 1996.
Messina, William A., Jr. “World Banana Market Summary.” in World Commodity Situation and Outlook. Intergovernmental Group on Bananas, Committee on Commodity Problems. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome, Italy. 1996.
Messina, William A., Jr. “World Banana Market Update” in Commodity Market Review 1996-97. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome, Italy. 1996.
Messina, William A., Jr. “Banana Policy Developments” in Commodity Market Review 1996-97. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Rome, Italy. 1996.
Taylor, Timothy G., Patrick A. Antoine and William A. Messina, Jr. “Banana Diversification: Major Issues and Constraints.” Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Publication number CCP:BA 96/CRS.2. Rome, Italy. 1996.
Messina, William A. Jr. and James E. Ross. “An Assessment of the Impact of Environmental Regulations on Citrus Production and Trade in Brazil (Sao Paulo), The United States (Florida and California) and Mexico (Veracruz).” United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization, Intergovernmental Group on Citrus Fruits. Publication Number CCP:CI96/CRS.5. Rome, Italy. April 1996.
Messina, William A., Jr. “The Potential Agricultural Competitiveness of Cuba and Florida” in Cuba on the Horizon: A New Dawn. The Naples Institute of Mount Ida College, Naples, Florida. 1996.
Messina, William A., Jr. and Jose Alvarez. “Cuba's New Agricultural Cooperatives and Markets: Antecedents, Organization, Early Performance and Prospects.” In Cuba in Transition, Volume 6. Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy. Washington, D.C. 1996.
Messina, William A., Jr., Thomas H. Spreen, Anne E. Moseley, Charles M. Adams and Jose Alvarez. “Cuba's Non-Sugar Agriculture: Current Situation and Prospects.” In Cuba in Transition, Volume 6. Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy. Washington, D.C. 1996.
Messina, William A. Jr. and James E. Ross. “An Assessment of the Impact of Environmental Regulations on Citrus Production and Trade in Brazil (Sao Paulo), The United States (Florida and California) and Mexico (Veracruz).” United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization, Intergovernmental Group on Citrus Fruits. Publication Number CCP:CI96/CRS.5. Rome, Italy. April 1996.
Messina, William A. Jr. and James E. Ross. “Research Project Summary: An Assessment of the Impact of Environmental Regulations on Citrus Production and Trade in Brazil (Sao Paulo), The United States (Florida and California) and Mexico (Veracruz).” United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization, Intergovernmental Group on Citrus Fruits. Publication Number CCP:CI96/8. Rome, Italy. April 1996.
Deere, Carmen Diana, Jose Alvarez, Karen Graubart and William A. Messina, Jr. “An Annotated Bibliography on Post-1959 Cuban Agriculture.” University of Florida, Department of Food and Resource Economics. International Working Paper No. IW96-4. January 1996.
Messina, William A., Jr. “Cuban Agriculture: Current Situation and Prospects for the 21st Century.” Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the American Agricultural Economics Association. American Journal of Agricultural Economics. Vol. 77, No. 5, (December 1995):1352.
Messina, William A., Jr. “Discussant's Comments to 'Cuban Citrus Production in a Post-Transition Economy.'” by Joseph M. Perry, Louis A. Woods and Jeffrey W. Steagall. In Cuba in Transition, Volume 5. Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy. Washington, D.C. 1995.
Smith, Douglas E., William A. Messina, Jr. and Jose Alvarez. “Bibliography on Cuban Agriculture.” University of Florida, Department of Food and Resource Economics. International Working Paper No. IW95-16. August 1995.
Messina, William A., Jr. “Results from Ongoing Research on Cuban Commodity Subsectors.” In Global Partnering in Agribusiness. Proceedings from the Fourth World Congress of the International Agribusiness Management Association. College Station, TX. (May 1995):16.
Spreen, Thomas H., John J. VanSickle, Anne Moseley, M.S. Deepak, William A. Messina, Jr. and Lorne Mathers. “An Assessment of the Long Term Economic Impacts of the Loss of Methyl Bromide on Florida Agriculture.” University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences. Research Bulletin No. 898. 1995.
York, Alison, William A. Messina, Jr. and Thomas H. Spreen, editors of translated version of paper by Armando Nova Gonzales. “The Cuban Citrus Industry: Historical Developments Through 1990.” University of Florida, Department of Food and Resource Economics. International Working Paper No. IW94-9. October 1994.
Polopolus, Leo C., Jose Alvarez and William A. Messina, Jr. “Sugar and the GATT: Results of the Uruguay Round.” Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Department of Food and Resource Economics. Sugar Policy Series. Number 9. March 1994.
Polopolus, Leo C., Jose Alvarez and William A. Messina, Jr. “Sugar and the North American Free Trade Agreement: Final Results.” Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Department of Food and Resource Economics. Sugar Policy Series. Number 8. March 1994.
Messina, William A., Jr. “Future U.S.-Cuba Trade: Implications for the Southern Region.” Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics. Vol. 26, No. 1, (July 1994):341.
Messina, William A. Jr. Invited book review of “The Cuban Economy: Measurement and Analysis of Socialist Performance” by Andrew Zimbalist & Claes Brundenius. Agriculture and Human Values. Vol. X, No. 3, Summer 1993:93-94.
Alvarez, Jose and William A. Messina, Jr. “Potential Cuban Agricultural Export Profile Under a Policy of Open Trade Between the U.S. and Cuba.” Agriculture and Human Values. Vol. X, No. 3, Summer 1993:61-74.
Messina, William A. Jr. and James L. Seale, Jr. “U.S. Sugar Policy and the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: Conflicts Between Domestic and Foreign Policy Objectives.” Review of Agricultural Economics. 15(1993):167-180.
Martin, Michael, William A. Messina, Jr. and Timothy G. Taylor. “Implications of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) for Central American Development.” University of Florida, Department of Food and Resource Economics. International Working Paper No. IW93-9. May 1993.
Alvarez, Jose and William A. Messina, Jr. “Challenges and Opportunities for Florida Agriculture from Future Trade with Cuba: Preliminary Findings and Justification for Further Research.” University of Florida, Department of Food and Resource Economics. International Working Paper No. IW93-5. March 1993.
VanSickle, John J. and William A. Messina, Jr. “Cuba's Vegetable Industry.” University of Florida, Department of Food and Resource Economics. International Working Paper No. IW93-3. February 1993.
Messina, William A. Jr. and Jose Alvarez. “Potential Cuban Imports of Selected Florida Field Crops: Cereals, Cotton, and Potatoes.” University of Florida, Department of Food and Resource Economics. International Working Paper No. IW92-34. December 1992.
Alvarez, Jose and William A. Messina, Jr. “Potential Exports of Florida Agricultural Inputs to Cuba: Fertilizers, Pesticides, Animal Feed and Machinery.” University of Florida, Department of Food and Resource Economics. International Working Paper No. IW92-33. December 1992.
Alvarez, Jose and William A. Messina, Jr. “Cuba's Rice Industry: Potential Imports from Florida.” University of Florida, Department of Food and Resource Economics. International Working Paper No. IW92-27. September 1992.
Messina, William A. Jr., John J. VanSickle, and Rodney L. Clouser. “Florida Agriculture and Global Markets.” University of Florida, Food and Resource Economics Department NAVIGATE extension newsletter. Summer 1991 issue.
Messina, William A. Jr. “A Glossary of International Trade Terms.” University of Florida, Food and Resource Economics Department NAVIGATE extension newsletter. Fall 1991 issue.
Messina, William A. Jr. and James L. Seale, Jr. “U.S. Sugar Policy and Its Impact on Caribbean Basin Initiative Beneficiary Countries.” University of Florida, Food and Resource Economics International Working Paper No. IW91-8. October 1991.
Messina, William A. Jr. and Rodney L. Clouser, ed. “U.S.-Mexico Free Trade and Florida Agriculture.” University of Florida, Food and Resource Economics Staff Paper No. SP-91-21. May 1991.
Messina, William A. Jr. and James L. Seale, Jr. “U.S. Sugar Policy and the Caribbean Basin Initiative.” Selected paper presented at the joint meeting of the American Association of Agricultural Economics and the Canadian Agricultural Economics and Farm Management Society, Vancouver, British Columbia, Aug. 8, 1990.
Andrew, Chris O., William A. Messina, Jr. and Veronica Gottret. “Western Hemisphere Agricultural Trade: Initiatives and Agreements.” University of Florida, Food and Resource Economics Staff Paper No. 398. November 1990.
Messina, William A. Jr. and James L. Seale, Jr. “U.S. Sugar Policy: A Welfare Analysis of Policy Options Under Pending Caribbean Basin Expansion Act Legislation.” University of Florida, Food and Resource Economics Staff Paper No. 382. March 1990.
