2006  Epsilon Sigma Phi Northeast Regional Visionary Leadership Award.
2002  Maryland Association of County Agricultural Agents: Mid-Career Award.
2002 and 2001 Top “Grant Getters” Award – Awarded by the University of Maryland’s Office of Research and Graduate Studies
2002  Epsilon Sigma Phi Northeast Regional International Service Award.
1999-2001  National Extension Leadership Development Program (NELD)
1994  Distinguished Individual Extension Program - American  Agricultural Economics Association.
1993  Excellence in Extension Programs - The University of Maryland at College Park Alumni Association: College of Agriculture Chapter
1992  Award of Honor - The Maryland Extension Specialists' Association - for specialists with less than five years of service.
1990  State Winner, MD Association of Agricultural County Agents: "Search for Excellence - Farm Income" for Southern MD Regional Farmers' Market.

                                  Sustainable Agriculture and Small Farms

Hanson, James C. and K.E. McConnell.  2007.  Nutrient Trading, the Flush Tax, and Maryland’s Nitrogen Emissions to the Chesapeake Bay.  Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.  Working Paper 07-03. Working Paper

Pimentel David, Paul Hepperly, James Hanson, David Douds, and Rita Seidel.  2005.    Environmental, Energetic, and Economic Comparisons of Organic and Conventional Farming Systems  BioScience 55(7):  573-582. Article

Hanson, James, Robert Dismukes, William Chambers, Catherine Greene, and Amy Kremen.  2004.  Risk and Risk Management in Organic Agriculture:  Views of Organic Farmers.  Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems:  19 (4): 218 - 227. Article

Kremen Amy, Catherine Greene, and Jim Hanson.  2004.  Organic Produce, Price Premiums, and Eco-Labeling in U.S. Farmers’ Markets.  Electronic Report from the Economic Research Service, USDA, VGS-301-01.  April, 12 pp. Report

Tubene, Stephan and James Hanson.  2002.  The Wholesale Produce Auction: An Alternative Marketing Strategy for Small Farms.  American Journal of Alternative Agriculture 17 (1): 18-23.  Article

Hanson, J. C., E. Lichtenberg, and S. E. Peters. 1997. Organic versus Conventional Grain Production in the Mid-Atlantic: An Economic and Farming System Overview.  American Journal of Alternative Agriculture 12(1): 2-9. Article

Hanson, J.C., T. Irwin Hewitt, K. Reichelderfer Smith, W.N. Musser, and S.E. Peters. 1997. The Use of United States’ Farm Commodity Programs in Sustainable Cash Grain Production Systems: An Economic Case Study.  Society and Natural Resources 10: 297-307. Article

Hanson, J., L. Weber, M. Davis, T. Kelly, and K. Kroll. 1996. Sustainable Agriculture in the Mid-Atlantic Region. Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland at College Park, Working Paper 96-13, October. Working Paper

Hanson, J.C., C.S. Kauffman, and A. Schauer. 1995. Attitudes and Practices of Sustainable Farmers, with Applications to Designing a Sustainable Agriculture Extension Program. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture 6(2/3). Article

Lichtenberg, E., J.C. Hanson, A.M. Decker, and A.J. Clark. 1994. Profitability of Legume Cover Crops in the Mid-Atlantic Region.  Journal of Soil and Water Conservation 49(6): 562-565.  Article

Hanson, J.C. and C.G. McKee. 1994. Economic Analysis of a One-Person Mechanized Harvest System for Maryland Tobacco.  Tobacco Science 38:55-57. Article

Hanson, J. C., Lichtenberg, E., Decker, A.M., and A.J. Clark. 1993. The Profitability of No-Tillage Corn Following a Hairy Vetch Cover Crop in the Mid-Atlantic Region.  Journal of Production Agriculture 6(3):432-437.  Article

Hanson, James C. and David R. Rada. 1992. Developing a Wholesale Marketing Strategy for Produce in the Mid-Atlantic Region, Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics Information Series No. 209201, U of MD at College Park, 36 pp. Information Series

Hanson, J. C., Johnson, D. M., Peters, S. E., and R. R. Janke. 1990. The Profitability of Sustainable Agriculture on a Representative Grain Farm in the Mid-Atlantic Region, 1981 to 1989, Northeastern Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 19(2):90-98. Article

McKee C.G. and J.C. Hanson. 1990. The Labor Requirements for Manually Harvesting, Barning, and Removing Maryland Tobacco from the Barn Compared with Two Partially Mechanized Systems. Tobacco Science 34:63-69.  Article

                           Agricultural Extension:  International and Domestic

Iraq, member of the agricultural component of the Department of Defense's Task Force to Improve Business and Stability Operations, providing advice on the use of funds to increase agricultural development and job creation with particular emphasis on Al Anbar Province (February and May). Website

Jordan, participated in a USDA project to evaluate the agricultural research and extension programs at National Center for Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer (NCARTT) and the Ministry of Agriculture Extension (July and October 2005). Report

Hanson, James C., Miodrag Matavulj, Gregory Manzuk, and John G. Richardson.  2007.  Agricultural Cooperatives and Unions of Cooperatives in Bosnia and Herzegovina:  Opportunities for Improvement. Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.  Working Paper 07-02. Working Paper

Hanson, James C., Dale M. Johnson, Raymond J. Miller, and Darlene Adams.  2006.  Training Extension Professionals from Developing Countries Through Educational Workshops Conducted in the United States.  Journal of Extension 44(5), Article number: 5FEA6, October. Article

Hanson, James C., Richard E. Just, and Jorge R. Lainez.  2006.  Evaluating a Publicly – Funded, Privately – Delivered Agricultural Extension System in Honduras. Journal of Extension Systems 22, December. Article

Miller, Raymond J., James Hanson, Thomas Fretz, and Richard Weismiller.  2004.  Necessary Conditions for Successful Agriculture and Rural Development. Outlook on Agriculture, Vol. 33 (1), pp 55-58. IP Publishing Ltd.  London.  Article

Phillips-Hershey, Elizabeth and James C. Hanson. 2004. “Establishing a Family-Owned Dairy Farm: Life in Post-Soviet Uzbekistan.  FACES: People, Places, and Cultures (an educational magazine with an international focus for teenagers), Cobblestone Publishing, Peterborough, New Hampshire. April, pp. 14-17. Article

Hanson, James C. and Richard E. Just.  2001.  The Potential for Transition to Paid Extension:  Some Guiding Principles.  Presented at the Allied Social Science Association Winter Meetings in New Orleans, Louisiana, January 5-7, 2001.  Published in the American Journal of Agricultural Economics 83(3), August 2001: 777-784. Article

Hanson, James C. 1998.  “Jobs for Extension Economists: A Growth Area?" Choices, Third Quarter, page 41 Text

Hanson, J.C.  1997. Opportunities and Challenges in Cooperative Extension for Agricultural Economists.  Agricultural and Resource Economics Review  26(2): 143-152.  October.  Article

Hanson, J. C. and T. Jogaratnam. 1985. Some Estimates of Future Demand and Supply of Trained Manpower for Agricultural Development in Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 22(2):128-156.