316-309 Agricultural Economics

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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