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Perspektiv på Produktionsekonomi inom Jordbruk

5.0 hp
2025-09-10 - 2025-10-03
Uppsala
Engelska
Anmälningskod: SLU-F0042
Kurskod: P000144
Sista ansökningsdag: 2025-09-01

Kursfakta

Ämne
Nationalekonomi
högskolepoäng
5.0 hp
Kurskod
P000144
Sista ansökningsdag
2025-09-01
Studieort
Uppsala
Undervisningsform
Distans utan fysiska träffar
Kursspråk
Engelska
Ansvarig institution eller motsvarande
Institutionen för ekonomi
Studietakt
100 %

P000144, Perspektiv på Produktionsekonomi inom Jordbruk, 5.0 Hp
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Kursplan

Fastställd av: Pia Nilsson, 2025-06-11
Giltig från och med : Andra halvår 2025 (2025-07-01)

Nivå

Forskarnivå

Ämne

Nationalekonomi

Betygsskala

Godkänd / Icke godkänd

Kraven för kursens olika betygsgrader framgår av betygskriterier, som ska finnas tillgängliga senast vid kursstart.

Kursspråk

Engelska

Behörighetskrav

Admitted as PhD student in Economics at the Department of Economics, SLU

Mål

The aim of the course is to provide students with deeper knowledge on classic and contemporary research perspectives in agricultural economics. The course builds on microeconomic theory applied to production decisions in agriculture and the theoretical knowledge acquired during the PhD s. It introduces key perspectives in applied economic analysis through a range of topics with application to agriculture and with connection to own research contributions.

After successfully completing this course students are expected to be able to:

  1. Conceptualize and discuss classic and contemporary research in agricultural economics to describe forward-looking research directions and topics in the field. \
  2. Relate the topics identified in 1) to own contributions, methodological advances and discuss limitations and research gaps. \
  3. Apply relevant theories and conceptual frameworks for analyzing contemporary topics related to agricultural production, off-farm income, agricultural productivity, economies/diseconomies of scale, knowledge diffusion, spatial spillover effects and impacts of climatic extremes. \
  4. Evaluate and interpret their own research contributions in light of theory and empirical evidence in the field.

Innehåll

Individual instruction seminar at the Department of Economics, approximately 2 hours

Own work, approximately 138 hours.

In total, approximately 140 hours.

Examinationsformer

Write an individual term paper. The paper will be assessed (fail/pass) based on how comprehensively it describes and discusses the ILOs and to what extent it integrates the student’s own research into the bigger picture of applied agricultural production economics.

Ansvarig institution eller motsvarande

Institutionen för ekonomi

Kompletterande uppgifter

Suggested readings.

Chavas, J. P. (2001). Structural change in agricultural production: Economics, technology and policy. Handbook of agricultural economics, 1, 263-285.

Chavas, J. P., & Nauges, C. (2020). Uncertainty, learning, and technology adoption in agriculture. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 42(1), 42-53.

de Mey, Y., Wauters, E., Schmid, D., Lips, M., Vancauteren, M., & Van Passel, S. (2016). Farm household risk balancing: empirical evidence from Switzerland. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 43(4), 637-662.

Finger, R., & El Benni, N. (2021). Farm income in European agriculture: new perspectives on measurement and implications for policy evaluation. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 48(2), 253-265.

Eastwood, R., Lipton, M., & Newell, A. (2010). Farm size. Handbook of agricultural economics, 4, 3323-3397.

Foster, A. D., & Rosenzweig, M. R. (2022). Are there too many farms in the world? Labor market transaction costs, machine capacities, and optimal farm size. Journal of Political Economy, 130(3), 636-680.

Ifft, J., Kuhns, R., & Patrick, K. (2018). Can machine learning improve prediction–an application with farm survey data. International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 21(8), 1083-1098.

Harrison, M. T. (2021). Climate change benefits negated by extreme heat. Nature Food, 2(11), 855-856.

Helfand, S. M., & Taylor, M. P. (2021). The inverse relationship between farm size and productivity: Refocusing the debate. Food Policy, 99, 101977.

Hill, A. E., & Burkhardt, J. (2021). Peers in the field: The role of ability and gender in peer effects among agricultural workers. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 103(3), 790-811.

Key, N. (2019). Farm size and productivity growth in the United States Corn Belt. Food Policy, 84, 186-195.

Khanal, A. R., & Mishra, A. K. (2014). Agritourism and off‐farm work: survival strategies for small farms. Agricultural economics, 45(S1), 65-76.

Knapp, L., Wuepper, D., Dalhaus, T., & Finger, R. (2021). Revisiting the diversification and insurance relationship: Differences between on–and off-farm strategies. Climate Risk Management, 32, 100315.

Kolady, D., Zhang, W., Wang, T., & Ulrich-Schad, J. (2021). Spatially mediated peer effects in the adoption of conservation agriculture practices. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 53(1), 1-20.

Koundouri, P., Nauges, C., & Tzouvelekas, V. (2006). Technology adoption under production uncertainty: theory and application to irrigation technology. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 88(3), 657-670.

McCann, P. (2013). Modern urban and regional economics. Oxford University Press.

Manski, C. F. (1993). Identification of endogenous social effects: The reflection problem. The review of economic studies, 60(3), 531-542.

Manski, C. F. (1993). Dynamic choice in social settings: Learning from the experiences of others. Journal of Econometrics, 58(1-2), 121-136.

Muyanga, M., & Jayne, T. S. (2019). Revisiting the farm size‐productivity relationship based on a relatively wide range of farm sizes: Evidence from Kenya. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 101(4), 1140-1163.

Nickerson, C., Morehart, M., Kuethe, T., Beckman, J., Ifft, J., & Williams, R. (2012). Trends in US farmland values and ownership.

Rada, N. E., & Fuglie, K. O. (2019). New perspectives on farm size and productivity. Food Policy, 84, 147-152.

Schmitt, J., Offermann, F., Söder, M., Frühauf, C., & Finger, R. (2022). Extreme weather events cause significant crop yield losses at the farm level in German agriculture. Food Policy, 112, 102359.

Sumner, D. A. (2014). American farms keep growing: Size, productivity, and policy. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 28(1), 147-166.

van Leeuwen, E., & Dekkers, J. (2013). Determinants of off-farm income and its local patterns: A spatial microsimulation of Dutch farmers. Journal of Rural Studies, 31, 55-66.

Weiss, C. R. (1999). Farm growth and survival: econometric evidence for individual farms in Upper Austria. American journal of agricultural economics, 81(1), 103-116.

Wimmer, S., Stetter, C., Schmitt, J., & Finger, R. (2024). Farm‐level responses to weather trends: A structural model. American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 106(3), 1241-1273.

In addition to these suggested articles, students are expected to independently search for relevant literature.

Kontakt

Kursledare
pia.nilsson@slu.se