316-309 Agricultural Economics | |
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Credit Points | 12.5 |
HECS Band | 2 |
Coordinator | Associate Professor D MacLaren |
Prerequisites | 316-202 Intermediate Microeconomics. |
Semester | 2 (view timetable) |
Contact | Two 1-hour lectures and a 1-hour tutorial a week |
Subject Description | Topics include the reasons for government intervention in the agri-food sector; the policy objectives and instruments of government intervention in selected countries; international trade, agricultural protectionism and the World Trade Organisation; and world food safety and food security. |
Assessment | A 2-hour written examination at the end of the semester (80%) and an assignment of up to 2000 words (20%). |
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