Agricultural economics

The Agricultural Economics is a specialized field of economics . It deals with the economic interrelationships and laws of the agricultural sector .

structure

Agricultural economics is generally divided into

• agricultural management ,
• agricultural market theory / agricultural marketing and
• Agricultural policy .

Education

At some universities it is possible to study agricultural economics with a degree in agricultural economics (Dipl.agr.oec.), Or a Master of Science in agricultural science with a major in agricultural and resource economics. The course combines elements of business administration and economics with areas of agricultural science .

You can study agricultural sciences in Germany at the following universities with different focuses and subject areas:

• Georg-August-University Goettingen
• University of Hohenheim
• Technical University of Munich
• Humboldt University Berlin
• University of Bonn
• Justus-Liebig university of Giessen
• Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg
• Christian Albrechts University Kiel
• Rostock University
• University of Kassel

literature

• Gail L. Cramer, Krishna P. Paudel, Andrew Schmitz (Eds.): The Routledge handbook of agricultural economics . Routledge, London 2019, ISBN 978-1-138-65423-5 .
• Commission of the European Communities (Ed.): Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology . Saur, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-598-10098-1 .
• Bruce L. Gardner, Gordon C. Rausser (Eds.): Handbook of Agricultural Economics , 5 volumes. Elsevier, Amsterdam 2001-2007.
• Katrin Hirte: The German Agricultural Policy and Agricultural Economics The emergence and change of two ambivalent disciplines . University of Jena, Jena 2018.
• Alfred Lemmnitz : Capitalist or socialist agricultural economy. A scientific controversy about the teachings of Johann Heinrich von Thünens. German Science Publishing House, Berlin 1956.
• Willi Oberkrome: Order and self-sufficiency. The history of German agricultural research, agricultural economics and rural social science as reflected by the research service and the DFG (1920–1970) . F. Steiner, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-515-09255-5 .
• Hans W. Popp: Agricultural Economics. Basics of agricultural policy . Agricultural Teaching Aids Center Zollikofen, Zurich 1983.
• Eberhard Rempel (Hrsg.): Economy of Agriculture of the GDR . Deutscher Landwirtschaftsverlag, Berlin, 3rd, heavily revised edition. 1989, ISBN 3-331-00486-3 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ University of Kiel - Central Student Advisory Service - Study Information Sheet Agricultural Economics. In: zsb.uni-kiel.de. Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, March 2007, archived from the original on July 9, 2007 ; Retrieved January 19, 2015 .