3 credits
Spring 2025 Lecture Upper Division
Economic analysis of U.S. food and agricultural policy; current and past farm legislation; international trade; agricultural policies in selected countries; domestic and foreign food assistance; structural change; agricultural research policy; macroeconomic linkages with the agricultural sector; and emerging environmental policy issues, land and water use.
Learning Outcomes1Understand the role of government interventions in the farm and food system. Methods of Evaluation: Quizzes, Participation in weekly discussions.
2Apply economic principles to the analysis of government interventions. Methods of Evaluation: Quizzes, Participation in weekly discussions.
3Delineate between economic and values-based arguments in assessment of policies. Methods of Evaluation: Quizzes, Participation in weekly discussions.
4Understand the breadth, complexity and importance of 'Agricultural Policy'. Quizzes, Participation in weekly discussions.
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