1. University of Management and Economics Agricultural Economics
By Khoy Rada (MSc.; BSc.; B.Ed.)
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2. Objectives
To help students understand agricultural development using economic theories as applied to agricultural production, marketing and trade of agricultural commodities.
To improve students’ analytical skills that will enhance their capacity to solve some economics problems.

3. Evaluation Attendance 10% Group assignment 15% Mid term test 25%
Final exam 50%
Total %

4. Discussion Questions
What is economics? Is it important? Why and why not?
What is agriculture? Is it important? Why and why not?
What is agricultural economics all about?

5. Related fields International development
Community and rural development
Food safety and nutrition
International trade
Natural resource and environmental economics
Production economics
Risk and uncertainty
Consumer behavior and household economics
Health economics
Labor economics

6. Related fields Forestry economics Analysis of markets and competition
Agribusiness
Agricultural marketing
Agricultural policy
Industrial organization
Marketing of agricultural products
Rural economics
Rural sociology
Farm management

7. Table of contents An introduction to economics
An introduction to agricultural economics
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics-production economics
Budgeting and financing in agricultural production