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What
is...Food and Resource Economics?
Agricultural
and Technology Education
- Agriculture and Natural Resources Education
Educating young people about agriculture, natural resources
and technology is critical to our future livelihood. Agricultural
and Technology Education (ATED) offers professional training
and certification preparation to tomorrow’s teachers
of these important disciplines. The major is a diverse
blend of professional development, technical knowledge,
and general education courses, designed to give students
both breadth and depth in their program.
Food & Agribusiness Management
- Food Marketing
Think of a business major with a unique and profitable twist!
One of the biggest pieces of the business world is the
agricultural industry. From food and fiber to chemicals
and equipment, agriculture means big money throughout
the world. This major blends traditional business courses
like accounting, marketing, economics, and finance with
specialty courses in food marketing, international trade,
futures markets, and management.
Natural
Resource Management
Water, air, wildlife, plants and land...all require management
of some kind to ensure their preservation. Natural Resource
Management blends economics, policy, and science in an
effort to study and manage our natural resources. If law
and policy are your interest, your knowledge of science
and economics will make you more effective. If it's the
science you like, the reality of economic and political
impact can't be ignored. This major allows you to see
all angles of resource issues and find ways to manage
them.
Resource
Economics
More than your basic "supply and demand," this
field looks at the discipline of economics as it interacts
with the world of agriculture and the environment. Consider
commodities like corn, soybeans, wheat, and poultry...how
are they priced, marketed and exported worldwide? How
do floods in the Midwest impact prices in China? And even
beyond food and fiber, the economics of our natural resources
warrant concern. How do we decide the value of keeping
land in agricultural use or selling it to developers?
Which is worth more...and to whom? These and other issues,
which have great consequence for us all, form the basis
of resource economics. For
detailed information on course requirements and offerings,
please see our on-line catalog at http://udcatalog.udel.edu/.
Food and Resource Economics Graduate
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