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About the Course

Sound economic thinking is crucial for farmers because they depend on good economic decision making to survive. Governments depend on economic information to make good policy decisions on behalf of the community. This course will help you to contribute to better decision making by farmers, or by agencies servicing agriculture, and it will help you to understand why farmers respond to policies and economic opportunities in the ways they do. You can use this course to improve your skills and knowledge and to assess whether this is a subject that you'd like to study further. The course includes high-quality video lectures, interviews with experts, demonstrations of how to build economic models in spreadsheets, practice quizzes, and a range of recommended readings and optional readings. Assessment is by quizzes and a final exam. The key economic principles that we’ll learn about can help us understand changes that have occurred in agriculture, and support improved decision making about things like agricultural production methods, agricultural input levels, resource conservation, and the balance between agricultural production and its environmental impacts. There are literally thousands of agricultural economists around the world who work on these issues, so there is a wealth of knowledge to draw on for the course. Watch a brief video about our course here: https://youtu.be/Y8OGswUXx48...

Top reviews

QA

Jul 18, 2020

Very rich syllabus and highly interesting course. Thinking of applying for MSc. in Agric Economics, I never give it a thought until I took this course. Thanks to the University of Western AUSTRALIA.

RP

Jul 3, 2021

The whole course gave me economic insight of the agriculture. Also, prepared me to see the agriculture projects and products from the economic perspective's. I thoroughly enjoyed the sessions.

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By Pierre P D

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Jun 16, 2020

This course is very important and cover almost entirely the agricultural economics field. Through this course I discover and learn a lot that why now I feel very improvement of my level and can discuss and exchange about agriculture issues and challenges linked to social, economic and environnemental aspects.

By Patrick K

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Mar 27, 2018

I have a masters in Agricultural Economics and majored in resource and environmental economics. This course just summarizes my 4-year Bsc and 2 years Masters Programme. I will recommend it to anyone who wants to begin a PhD in Agricultural Economics. It is a good way to think of your project topics.

By Federico F

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Sep 25, 2016

It's really about economics in its broader meaning: how different natural, social, and financial aspects play together to set present and future of farmers and the communities they live in.

I highly recommend this course to anyone, even if not specifically interested in agriculture economics.

By Yoza M

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Jun 26, 2017

My field is Investments, but I have been interested in pursuing a career in Agriculture - but not really taking the next step or learning about it. Doing this course has made me 100% sure of my decision. It was quite interesting, informative and certainly educational. Thank you very much!

By Ignacio M C

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Jan 27, 2018

David Panell great professor. The course was really interesting for me to introduce me in agricultural issues since I already had the economic background. Great to be aware about the role of nutrients and pesticides in the consideration for production planning. Thanks for this course.

By Moahludi M

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Mar 22, 2021

Agriculture, Economics and Nature has been a great course for my arigriculture knowledge, I really enjoyed the course to the full and it will definitly add value for me in the agri-sector and the importance of how everything works hand in hand to get the best results at all cost.

By Stefano D S

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Apr 12, 2021

What a Wonderful Course. Thanks to David and everyone else that put in huge amounts of effort to provide such an insightful and broad course. I truly learned a lot and will be implementing a lot of what I have learned here on our family farm in Brazil.

By Mutiara R M

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Apr 11, 2018

It was very interesting subject for every one who are interested in this particular area. I definitely want to learn further related Agriculture Economics and Environmental Economics. Thank you University of Western Australia academic team!

By Dursun D

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May 2, 2020

It is good for those who are interested in environmental side of agricultural economics. Interviews with farmers and experts are interesting. Instructor and his reading assignments are also good though some of the links are not working.

By Ali H M

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Apr 3, 2023

I learned a great deal in just a few weeks. Professor David Pannell delivered the course very well. I enjoyed taking this course. And I recommend the course to anyone interested in Agriculture, Economics, and Nature.

Thank You.

By Maria

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Jan 23, 2018

Hi, Thanks a lot for creating such an amazing course. The content was interesting and diverse, and especially I loved reading/watching extra material that professor added to each weak. Absolutely will recommend it to everyone!

By Gift J

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Mar 22, 2024

The course is awesome. The curriculum is of high standard. I worked hard after many attempts. Finally i made it. Skills gained here i will use to apply to train my trainees at The Meru National Polytechnic, Kenya. Thanks

By reply M

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Jan 11, 2023

special thanks to professor David Pannel your teachings are quality and am totally happy to be one of your students the course was nice even though it was difficult to complete ...i'm i passed 5 days before my due date

By Jame T M

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Jul 28, 2020

A very informative course. Professor David Pannel explained all economic theories very well that the learners could understand them. The course has encouraged me to learn further the topic of Environmental Economics.

By Uditha C

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Jul 26, 2019

Very valuable and higher standard program. Professor David Pannell is delivering a wonderful transformation of insight to students. All the best wishes for University of Western Australia and Coursera Inc USA.

By Kechagia P

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Dec 6, 2020

This was a great learning experience and a very good course. Professor Pannell is a brilliant presenter. This course was educative and very interesting. I enjoyed it and I highly recommend it.

By David M N

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Dec 20, 2021

Very informative, enjoyable to study and clarity of concepts on relationship between economics and agriculture. I was particularly intrigued by the topic on PEAK PHOSPOHROUS.

By Daniel

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Jul 10, 2021

Very informative and educational. I attained my goals for this course which were to learn what factors are important considerations for economics in modern farming.

By Christopher H

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Apr 14, 2020

After completing studies in Agriculture 20+ years ago, I found this course to be a great refresher and really opened my eyes to the economics of resource management.

By Gurnit S S

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Apr 5, 2021

With the aid of this course i have learned numerous vital aspects related to the agri-business management like inter relationship between cost supply and demand.

By Roberta C

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Dec 19, 2016

Interesting course on Agriculture and Economics, very useful to revise important economic concepts and also to learn more about agriculture. Highly recommended.

By Alejandro I L

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Jul 17, 2017

Great course, I learned a lot of new and interesting things. I wish I could go and continue my studies by going to UWA, maybe in the not-so-distant future :)

By Bishow A

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Sep 29, 2020

This is fantastic course, This course relates with true world examples and focus more on practical education. Thank you coursera for such a nice course.

By Jose C C

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Dec 22, 2021

An exceptional agriculture and economics course that can be a supplementary course to Discover Best Practice Agriculture for Sustainable Agriculture.

By Brianna R W

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Jul 14, 2018

Clear and concise teaching, combined with helpful and accessible resources. A good basic guide to agriculture and agricultural related economics.