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Agriculture, Economics and Nature
Curso
en
Inglês
14 h
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- Individualizado
- Acesso livre
- Certificado pago
- 7 sequências
- Introductive Level
Detalhes do curso
Programa de Estudos
- Week 1 - Agricultural production and prices, and agriculture’s reliance on natural resources
Week 1 provides a history of agricultural production and prices, an examination into the reasons behind changes in production and prices, and discussions of the 2007 global food crisis and agriculture’s usage of resources. - Week 2 - Resource and environmental challenges facing agriculture
Week 2 addresses the agricultural issues of water availability, peak phosphorus, herbicide resistance, and climate change. - Week 3 - The economics of agricultural inputs
Week 3 looks at the relationship between inputs and outputs, the optimal level of an input, the question of pollution from inputs, and flat payoff functions. - Week 4 - The economics of land conservation
Week 4 focuses on evaluating land conservation practices, weighing benefits and costs correctly, non-economic factors, and provides an example in conservation agriculture. - Week 5 - The economics of agri-environmental projects
Week 5 discusses the importance of extending economics beyond the farm gate, characteristics of agri-environmental projects, Benefit: Cost Analysis, and provides an example with Gippsland Lakes. - Week 6 - Government policies in agriculture
Week 6 ties up the course through discussion of government policies that support agriculture, policies that protect the rural environment, policies with problems, and justifications for agricultural policy. - Week 7 - Final Exam
Pré-requisito
Nenhum.
Instrutores
Professor David Pannell, BSc(Agric), BEc, PhD
UWA School of Agriculture and Environment
University of Western Australia
Jacob Hawkins, BA(Biol), MESM, PhD
School of Agricultural and Resource Economics
University of Western Australia
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