The future of agricultural and applied economics departments

Agricultural and Applied Economics departments in the United States have evolved to serve traditional and new stakeholders under the three‐legged land grant mission: extension, research, and teaching. Substantial shifts in the focus of faculty, sometimes matching demand from stakeholders and sometim...

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Published inApplied economic perspectives and policy Vol. 46; no. 3; pp. 834 - 844
Main Authors Dorfman, Jeffrey H., Irwin, Scott H., Gopinath, Munisamy, Zilberman, David
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Boston, USA Wiley Periodicals, Inc 01.09.2024
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Subjects
agricultural and applied economics
Economics
Food chains
Food supply
land gran tmission
Physical sciences
Strategy
subfields
Supply chains
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Summary:Agricultural and Applied Economics departments in the United States have evolved to serve traditional and new stakeholders under the three‐legged land grant mission: extension, research, and teaching. Substantial shifts in the focus of faculty, sometimes matching demand from stakeholders and sometimes not, raise fundamental questions about their strategic direction. We argue agricultural and applied economics has a mission to solve problems, current and future, by working with physical sciences; specifically, the study of economic problems of the food supply chain and bioeconomy. By focusing on this mission, agricultural and applied economics will provide more value‐added to society and may even improve economics while doing so.
Bibliography:Editor in charge
Mindy Mallory
ISSN:2040-5790
2040-5804
DOI:10.1002/aepp.13432