Dan Rymon

DAN RYMON Ph.D.

Dan Rymon is an agricultural economist with 37 years of experience, his major interest being in agricultural marketing, R&D management and efficient technology transfer. He has experience in many developing countries, mostly in Latin America (Argentina, Brasil, Panama, Costa-Rica, El Salvador, Trinidad, Guyana, etc.).

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

Many years of international experience, consulting to governments and firms.
Education in agricultural economics, major expertise in marketing: implementation at the farm, regional, national and global levels.
Has led interdisciplinary teams to transfer advanced agricultural technologies to developing countries and accelerate their farmers’ adoption.
Had developed innovative techniques in the economic evaluation of R&D and in Modern global marketing research
Has experience in Managing Agricultural Research & Development Institution at the National level.
Ability to speak, write and lecture in: English, Spanish, Portuguese and Hebrew

A SELECTED LIST OF RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS AND DUCUMENTS

Rymon, D. and M. Weinstein (1978) A Survey of Organic Wastes from Agricultural Sources of Potential Value for Recycling in Israel, ARO Publication Series in Research Economics, Special Publication 114
Rymon, D., H. Gordin and S. Tal (1978) Economic Evaluation of Research and Development in Aquaculture - Larval Growing ARO Publication Series in Research Economics, Special Publication 111
Rymon, D. (1980) Preliminary Planning of Various Farm Models in Mato Grosso, Brazil: Present Situation & Development Pattern, prepared for the NW Brazil Development Project, FAO / WB Mission
Rymon, D. (1981) Jojoba: Reevaluation of the Investment in R&D, ARO, Internal report, ARO
Rymon, D., I. Spharim and M. Zohar (1980) The Dairy Industry after Removal of the Subsidies, The Economic Quarterly 105: 167-172
Rymon, D. (1982) Forecasting in assistance of Policy Determination - Reevaluation in the Dairy Industry The Economic Quarterly 115:413-424
Rymon, D. and M. Zohar (1982) Reconnaissance Study of the Dairy Sector in Panama, Presented to the Banco Nacional de Panama, in Spanish
Rymon, D. and Y. Porat (1982) Economic Evaluation of Research, Development and Planning in Aquaculture Proceedings of the International Symposium on Aquaculture pp. 20-21, ISRAEL
Rymon, D., R. Nakar, J. Wegner, and N. Umiel (1987) Market Research for Orienting a Breeding Program: Spray Carnations, Acta Horticulturae 203: 221-225
Rymon, D., N. Umiel, R. Nakar, I. Spharim, and G. Fishelson (1987) Marketing analysis of Spray Carnations: Product-Life-Cycle of Spray Carnations (the product) and of a Single Cultivar (the brand), Acta Horticulturae, 216: 165-175
Rymon, D., N. Umiel, R. Nakar, and G. Fishelson (1987) Market trends and Consumer Preferences in Relation to Color and Fragrance of Spray Carnations Acta Horticulturae 216: 177-186.
Rymon, D. (1988) Conceptual Thoughts on What is Optimal Yield Management, Chapter 1, in D. Rymon, (Ed.) (1988) Optimal Yield Management, Gower Publishing Company, U.K., pp. 3-20.
Rymon, D. and S. Shalhevet (1988) Papaya: The Development of a New Industry, Internal research Report, ARO
Rymon, D., U. Or and Y. Shevach (1989) Introduction of Advanced Technologies in Traditional Agriculture (ATTA) A document submitted to the World Bank by TAHAL Consulting Engineers Ltd.
Fishelson, G. and D. Rymon (1989) Adoption of Agricultural Innovation: The Case of Drip Irrigation of Cotton in Israel Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 35: 375-382
Rymon, D. and E. Sadan (1990) An Economic and Marketing Evaluation of a Seeds’ Company, A business confidential report, ICC (Israel Chemical Corporation)
Fishelson, G. and D. Rymon (1990) Adoption of Innovations in Agriculture: The introduction of Drip Irrigation in the Cotton Fields of Israel, In: Kislev, Y. (Ed.), Technology, Cooperation, Growth and Policy Studies in Agricultural Economics, The Magnes Press, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ISRAEL, pp. 305-317.
Rymon, D. and S. Lavee (1990) Extension of the marketed product-line of table-olives by marketing a low-fat new variety – Kadesh Acta Horticulturae 286: 481-485
Rymon, D. and U. Or (1991) Advanced Technologies to Traditional Agriculture (ATTA): A New Approach, The ICID Bulletin, 1991.
Rymon, D. and U. Or (1991) Accelerating Technology-Transfer by means of ATTA (Advanced Technologies to Traditional Agriculture), A Demonstration from the Jordan Valley, ISRAEL, The Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, 2(1), 103-118.
Rymon, D. and E. Sadan (1991) The Establishment and Strengthening of the Brand of the Israeli Bell-peppers in the European market, A business confidential report, AGREXCO
Chet, I. and D. Rymon (1991) Research and Development Evaluation Report, Working Paper, submitted to a BID project in Trinidad and Tobago, lead by TAHAL Consulting Engineers Ltd.
Rymon, D. (1991) The Economics of the Agricultural Research, Development and Extension in Trinidad and Tobago Working Paper, submitted to a BID project in Trinidad and Tobago, lead by TAHAL Consulting Engineers Ltd.
Rymon, S. and D. Rymon (1993) A Pre-feasibility Study on Marketing Bananas from Central America in Europe A business confidential report, AGREXCO
Rymon, S. and D. Rymon (1993) A Pre-feasibility Study on Marketing Bananas from Central America in Europe A business confidential report, AGREXCO
Rymon, D., M. Natour and R. Nasser (1994) Technology transfer in on-farm olive-oil production Acta Horticulturae 356: 426-431
Kahana, Y. and D. Rymon (1994) Propuesta para el desarrollo de una región en el Oeste de La Rioja, A Report presented to the Government of the Province of La Rioja, Argentina (Spanish), 75 pp.
Rymon, D. and Y. Kahana (1994) Propuesta para el desarrollo de una región en el Oeste de Formosa, A Report presented to the Government of the Province of Formosa, Argentina (Spanish), 75 pp.
Rymon, D., M. Natour and R. Nasser (1994) Technology transfer in on-farm olive-oil production, Acta Horticulturae 356: 426-431
Rymon, D. and Y. Kahana (1995) Propuesta para el desarrollo agropecuario en la Provincia de Misiones, A Report presented to the Government of the Province of Misiones, Argentina (Spanish), 67 pp.
Kahana Y. and D. Rymon (1995) Propuesta para el desarrollo agropecuario en la Provincia de Corrientes, A Report presented to the Government of the Province of Corrientes, Argentina (Spanish),61 pp.
Rymon, D. (1995) Marketing: estratgía para el marketing de productos agricolas de la zona, A Report presented to the Government of the Province of Misiones, Argentina (Spanish), 17 pp.
Rymon, D. and Y. Kahana (1996) Proyecto de desarrollo del Centro-Oeste de Formosa, A Report presented to the Government of the Province of Formosa, Argentina (Spanish), 93 pp.+ 5 annexes
Kahana Y. and D. Rymon (1996) Propuesta preliminar de desarrollo: El valle del rio Chubut y la Comarca Andina, A Report presented to the Government of the Province of Chubut, Argentina (Spanish), 55 pp.
Rymon, D. (1996) Demand Patterns of Organic Fruits and Vegetables, Israel Agrisearch, (English summary) 8: 1-2, 5–20
Rymon, D. (1997) Validación, transferencia y demostración de tecnología agrícola, Agrotecnología en Israel 1997, (Spanish) pp. 14-19
Rymon, D., Y. Kahana, y el equipo (1997) Proyecto de desarrollo de seis departamentos en el noroeste de Corrientes, A Final Report presented to the Government of the Province of Corrientes, Argentina (Spanish), 135 pp.+5 annexes
Rymon, D., M. Natour, A. Zelcer and Y. Kahana (1997) Sistema integrado de Experimentación y Extensión rural en el Sur Bonarense A Report presented to the Government of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina (Spanish), 38 pp.
Rymon, D., M. Natour, U. Or, S. Marco and Y. Kahana (1997) Tamaño de la unidad empresarial - Oeste de Formosa, Argentina, A Report presented to the Government of the Province of Formosa, Argentina (Spanish), 15 pp.
Rymon, D., and M. Natour (1997) Determinación de la rentabilidad de los cultivos, A Report presented to the Government of the Province of Formosa, Argentina (Spanish), 24 pp.
Idelovitch, I., Y. Kahana, D. Rymon, G. Bental, U. Or, M. Natour, and S. Marco (1997) Tratamiento y reutilizacion agricola de las aguas residuales de Santa Rosa, A Report presented to the Government of the Province of La Pampa, Argentina (Spanish), 58 pp.+maps
Rymon, D. and M. Natour (1997) La composición óptima de los cultivos en el Oeste de Formosa, argentina – versión II A Report presented to the Government of the Province of Formosa, Argentina (Spanish), 11 pp.
Rymon, D. (1997) El perfil del equipo de comercialización y los sistemas de información, A Report presented to the Government of the Province of Formosa, Argentina (Spanish), 11 pp.
Rymon, D. and Z. Weis (1998) A 25 years of agricultural R&D supporting the development of the agricultural export from Israel Agrotecnología en Israel 1998, (Spanish) pp. 8-14
Kahana, Y. and D. Rymon (1998) Formosa: Plan estratégico para la caracterización y demostración de la tecnología para el desarrollar el Oeste de la Provincia, A Report presented to the Government of the Province of Formosa, Argentina (Spanish), 5 pp.
Zamir, S., D. Rymon, Y. Kahana, M. Natour, G. Bental, H. Naor, I. Flamenbaum, S. Marco and U. Or (1998) Valle Argentino, La Pampa – Planificación regional integral, Final Report presented to the Government of the Province of La Pampa, Argentina (Spanish), 225 pp., + maps, + annexes
Rymon, D. and Y. Kahana (1998) Riego Complementario en el Noreste de la Provincia, Final Report presented to the Government of the Province of La Pampa, Argentina (Spanish), 99 pp. + maps
Y. Kahana, Rymon, D., M. Natour, U. Or, S. Marco, Z. Dar, N. Umiel, A. Hagiladi, and A. Bercovich (1999) Planificación de las granjas modelo, A Report presented to the Government of the Province of Chubut, Argentina (Spanish), 71 pp.+charts+tables
Rymon, D. and S. Marco (1999) Material de propagación sano A Report presented to the Government of the Province of Chubut, Argentina (Spanish), 57 pp.
Rymon, D. (1999) Servicios de extensión agropecuaria públicos y privados, Agrotecnología en Israel 1999, (Spanish) pp. 17-21
Rymon, D. (2000) Análisis del ciclo vital de un producto - Flores o variedades, Agrotecnología en Israel 2000, (Spanish) pp. 16-21
Rymon, D. and I. Chet (2000) Potencial de la biotecnología en el agro israelí, Agrotecnología en Israel 2000, (Spanish) pp. 40-43
Rymon, D. (2001) Curtailing the duration of the market penetration stage of a new flower, ‘Flower-Tech’, 4 (4), pp. 28-31
Rymon, D. (2003) Roses: marketing analysis of varieties, ‘Floraculture International’,Sept. 2003, 24-27
Rymon. D., M. Natour, G. Perez and Ana Carolina Manzano (2004) El Salvador: “Fostering competitiveness in rural El Salvador”, Document presented to the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), July 2004, 132 pp.
Rymon. D., and Arnold De Mendonca (2005) Guyana: “Fostering the agricultural development - increasing the income and the employment in Region 10”, Document prepared for MASHAV, Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs and LEAP (Linden Economic Advancement Program), 20 pp.

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