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Spring 2025 Lecture Upper Division
This course investigates the major drivers of global agricultural and environmental change associated with the global farm and food system. This includes demography, income growth, biofuels, climate change, environmental and ecosystem services, livestock consumption, food waste and land use change. Weekly modules include a guest lecture, student led discussion of readings and discussion of lab assignments undertaken using the SIMPLE model of global agriculture, environment and food security. The class culminates with a course project which is presented to the class and written up in a term paper.
Learning Outcomes1Gain exposure to different disciplines and their approaches to analyzing global change.
2Master the basic economic concepts of demand and supply in the context of the global food economy.
3Become proficient in undertaking economic analysis using the SIMPLE model.
4Gain a knowledge of the role which economic analysis plays in analyzing long run sustainability of the global food system.
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