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Content of Agricultural Economics Courses
AgEc 201 Principles of Agricultural Economics
Characteristics of Agricultural Sector, the Concepts of Demand and Supply for Agricultural Products, Consumption and Production Theories, Production Costs, and Introduction to Major Areas of Agricultural Economics.
AgEc 210 Principles of Agricultural Marketing
Studying and Analyzing the Economic and Behavior; Activities which are required to coordinate various stages of agriculture economics. Activities form, Production to Consumption.
AgEc 211 Development of Agricultural Economics
The agricultural sector in the developing countries, role of agriculture in economic development, constraints of agricultural development, agricultural development planning and policies.
AgEc 212 Price analysis of food products
To study the agricultural price rules and its impact on demand, supply, and production of agricultural commodities price variations and its causes are included too.
AgEc 213 Agricultural Organization Management
The concept of farm management and its relationship with other branches, selection of farms, optimum size and evaluation of farms, planning tools and techniques, controlling, organizing and decision making.Studying the economic and management principals and analytical procedures necessary for the planning and control in the areas of Plant and animal production, marketing and finance. Also for evaluating and allocating investments among various plantation and animal production activities within the agric. plan framework
Analyzing Market Structure, Market Conduct, and Market Performance for Food Market. Food wholesale Market, Food Retail Market and Food Manu factoring plants and Marketing Strategies.
AgEc 215 Economics of Natural Resources
The concept of natural and economic resources and various classification of economic resources- Renewable resources (water resource, fisheries, forestry) non-renewable resources, land and parks economics, resource policy and protection, sustainable development.
AgEc 321 Economics of food consumption
Behavior rules for consumer ( Indifference Curves, Utility Function), Direct and indirect utility maximization, Demand function and its estimation, Substitution and Income effect estimation using Slutsky Equation, Food expenditure function estimation, Engel Curves, and Cost of Living Indices applications.
AgEc 322 Wholesaling and Retailing of food products
Study the existing situation of wholesaling and retailing of Food commodities. The structural status and How to make suitable marketing strategies to improve the performance.
Agricultural finance is the economic study of the acquisition and use of capital in agriculture. It deals with the supply of and demand for funds in the agric. sector of economy acknowledge of fundamental economic and management principles and analytical procedures facilitates obtaining control over capital and using it efficiently.
AgEc 324 Records Analysis of Agricultural Organizations
Farm records: objectives and types analysis of records valuation of inventories, depreciation methods financial and capital accounts, assets farm gain and loss.
AgEc 325 Economics of Environment
Utilizing economic principles as an analytical tool to study the relationship between environment and the economy - identifying circumstances that give rise to environmental problems and searching for solutions identify public goods and its characteristics, including the Economic value estimation techniques.
AgEc 326 Agricultural Data Analysis
Type of data- methods of data collection- samples- statistical estimation and hypotheses testing- methodology of research in econometrics- regression and coloration- time series analysis- index numbers- forecasting
AgEc 327 Food Marketing Efficiency
Analyzing the main Dimensions of Food Marketing Form dimensions, of Food Marketing, from dimension Spatial dimension, Time, dimension. Food Marketing Efficiency. Technology and its impact on Marketing Efficiency.
AgEc 401 Field Training (Agri. Economics or Marketing)
Supervised programmed visits to private and public agricultural institution and projects to expose the students to real life job in the approach of Agricultural Economics or Marketing.
AgEc 402 Computer application in Agriculture
Introduction to computer applications and packages (software) under windows system, introduction of using applications and packages in agriculture and agricultural economics. Advanced using of spreadsheet applications in solving mathematical programming. Introduction of using statistical packages in data analysis for the agricultural purposes.
AgEc 403 Special Studies
Supervised research topics designed to fulfill the student interest in one of the major areas of agricultural economics.
AgEc 404 Seminar in Research Methodology
The academic bases for research methods used in agricultural economics research procedures including problem formulation, objectives, tools, techniques, data collection, and results.
AgEc 412 Agricultural Production Economics
Study the three relations between inputs and outputs in agriculture sector. In addition to the applications of production theory and the optimal use of agriculture resources.
AgEc 423 Economics of Environmental Tourism
Identify Ecotourism and its importance, public goods and its characteristics , including the economic value estimation techniques such as Travel Cost Method (TCM). Applying the economic rules for using public resources by eco-tourism activities. Economice value of ecotourism, demand for visiting different sites , consumer surplus, and willingness to pay are used for sustainable development public resources, and forecasting.
AgEc 424 International Trade of Agricultural Product
Main concepts used in International trade. The major principles controlling international trade movement in factors affecting international trade. World Food crisis Food Security.
AgEc 425 Feasibility Study of Agricultural projects
Definition of Agricultural Project and its main features. Types of agricultural projects. Technical and financial study of agricultural projects. Financial and economics measures of project worth.
AgEc 426 The Economics of water Resources in Agricultural
Identify water as natural resource and its scarcity concept from economic point of view, In addition to water balance between demand and supply of water. Estimating demand for water as derived demand and its value of marginal product (VMP). The loss of water as the difference between plant need of water and its actual use. Policies of optimal use of water including rationing and water pricing for long and short run.
AgEc 427 Agricultural Policy and Planning
Agric. planning and policy deals with the determination of the ultimate goals and objectives of agric. production activities on various levels and deciding the optimal policies, programs and procedures that satisfy them in accordance with the economic, social and religious philosophy of the society.