AGEC 1233 Fundamentals of Agricultural Economics: Home: Get Started

Principles of Agricultural Economics, showcases the power of economic principles to explain and predict issues and current events in the food, agricultural, agribusiness, international trade, natural resource and other sectors. The field of agricultural economics has expanded to include a wide range of important and interesting topics, including macroeconomics, international trade, agribusiness, environmental economics, natural resources, and international development.

Agricultural economics originally applied the principles of economics to the production of crops and livestock. Throughout the 20th century the discipline expanded and the current scope of the discipline is much broader. Agricultural economics today includes a variety of applied areas, having considerable overlap with conventional economics. This new book focuses on new research from around the world.

This book examines the structure and organization of the agricultural industry, then discusses basic micro and macroeconomics principles as they apply to agriculture.

Food sustainability is essential to the advancement and development of economies and societies worldwide. However, there is an ongoing lack of progress in this field due to the challenge of bridging the gaps between applied science, policy, and society. The book covers a broad range of topics such as green economics, organic farming, and sustainable development from a nature vs. nurture perspective, this book is ideally designed for agricultural researchers, professionals, academicians, policymakers, and farmers seeking current research on sustainability in farming.

Explains basic concepts of Microeconomics as applied to Agriculture.

This text provides opportunities to practice policy analysis by engaging the reader in realistic case studies and problem-solving scenarios that require the selection and use of applicable investigative techniques. US Agricultural and Food Policies will assist undergraduate students to learn how policy choices impact the overall performance of agricultural and food markets.