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3.00 Credits
An introduction to the problem of world hunger and possible solutions to it. World demand, supply, and distribution of food. Alternatives for leveling off world food demand, increasing the supply of food, and improving its distribution. Environmental limitations to increasing world food production.
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3.00 Credits
One hour of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisites: MATH111/STAT100 or equivalent; and ECON200/AREC240/AREC250 or equivalent. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: AREC182 or AREC382. Formerly AREC182. Analysis of economic data using computer spreadsheets. Exercises include analyses of forest land shares, farmer willingness to pay, farm production planning, fisheries management, corn prices, and index numbers. Analyses features use of cell formulas, spreadsheet functions, Excel's Data Analysis Tool and Solver. This is a lab course featuring experimental learning.
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3.00 - 6.00 Credits
Prerequisite: permission of department. Junior standing.
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3.00 - 6.00 Credits
Prerequisite: admission to AGNR Honors Program. Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs. Undergraduate honors thesis research conducted under the direction of an AGNR faculty member in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the College of AGNR Honors Program. The thesis will be defended to a faculty committee.
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1.00 - 3.00 Credits
Repeatable to 6 credits if content differs. Concentrated reading and study in some phase of a problem in agricultural and/or natural resource economics.
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3.00 Credits
Restricted to Agricultural & Resource Economics majors (0111C &0111O), Environmental Science and Policy Environmental Economics concentration majors (2299D), and those minoring in Agribusiness Economics (#AG01), Environmental Economics and Policy (#AG02), or Resource and Agricultural Policy in Economic Development (#AG03) Other students will be taken off the hold file on the first day of class as space allows. Prerequisite: ECON306, ECON326 or equivalent. An introduction to the economic analysis of price behavior, with applications to agricultural commodities. The use of price information in the decision-making process, the relation and supply and demand in determining price, and the relation of prices to grade, time, location, and stages of processing in the marketing system.
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3.00 Credits
Restricted to Agricultural & Resource Economics majors (0111C &0111O), Environmental Science and Policy Environmental Economics concentration majors (2299D), and those minoring in Agribusiness Economics (#AG01), Environmental Economics and Policy (#AG02), or Resource and Agricultural Policy in Economic Development (#AG03) Other students will be taken off the hold file on the first day of class as space allows. Prerequisite: ECON306, ECON326 or equivalent. The use and application of production economics in analysis of firm and policy decisions. Production functions, cost functions, multiple product and joint production, and production processes through time.
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3.00 Credits
Corequisite: ECON306, ECON326, or equivalent. Credit will be granted for only one of the following: AREC425 or AREC489B. Formerly AREC489B. Economic analysis of food sector issues, including food safety, agricultural biotechnology, and coordination mechanisms in the food supply chain.
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3.00 Credits
Restricted to Agricultural & Resource Economics majors (0111C &0111O), Environmental Science and Policy Environmental Economics concentration majors (2299D), and those minoring in Agribusiness Economics (#AG01), Environmental Economics and Policy (#AG02), or Resource and Agricultural Policy in Economic Development (#AG03) Other students will be taken off the hold file on the first day of class as space allows. Prerequisite: ECON306, ECON326 or equivalent. Basic economic theory as applied to the marketing of agricultural commodities. Current developments affecting market structure including contractual arrangements, cooperative marketing, vertical integration, and governmental policies.
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3.00 Credits
Restricted to Agricultural & Resource Economics majors (0111C &0111O), Environmental Science and Policy Environmental Economics concentration majors (2299D), and those minoring in Agribusiness Economics (#AG01), Environmental Economics and Policy (#AG02), or Resource and Agricultural Policy in Economic Development (#AG03) Other students will be taken off the hold file on the first day of class as space allows. Prerequisite: ECON306, ECON326 or equivalent. Economic and political context of governmental involvement in the farm and food sector. Historical programs and current policy issues. Analysis of economic effects of agricultural programs, their benefits and costs, and comparison of policy alternatives. Analyzes the interrelationship among international development, agricultural trade and general economic and domestic agricultural policies.
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