WELCOME TO APPLIED ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS


Applied Economics and Statistics is concerned with agribusiness management, food marketing, the economics of environmental and resource management, and statistics.

Applied Economics courses are designed to provide a thorough background in the principles of organization and management of agribusiness firms, and includes study of financing agricultural business firms, marketing and international trade of agricultural products, price analysis, environmental economics, economics of land use, and agricultural and environmental policies.

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UD informs agricultural and environmental policy via consumer research: youtube.com/watch?v=h8VaAhl-WFA

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Faculty Spotlight

Kelly Davidson Assistant Professor of Applied Economics

Dr. Davidson uses behavioral and experimental economics to evaluate food and agricultural policy.

Latest news

  • African American researcher in an agriculture field

    Climate-smart farming

    December 13, 2022 | Written by Dante LaPenta
    University of Delaware faculty member Kent Messer will investigate how to accelerate farmers’ adoption of climate-smart agricultural practices through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Initiative, an effort that recently funded $2.8 billion in research projects nationwide.
  • James Prince Working Hard in the Trenches On and Off the Field

    September 12, 2022 | Written by
    Senior offensive lineman James Prince was usually alongside his teammates as they prepare for the 2022 season; however, he would often show up in the evenings covered in dirt and mud.
  • Analyzing the game

    August 26, 2022 | Written by Lauren Bradford
    Recent UD graduate Brett Kelly collected, interpreted and analyzed practice and game statistics for UD’s football team, combining that data with GPS metrics to provide a full performance analysis to the coaching staff.
  • What people eat

    July 19, 2022 | Written by Dante LaPenta
    University of Delaware alumnus Rodolfo Nayga Jr. is one of the world’s most prominent authorities on critical issues related to the economics of poverty, nutrition, obesity and novel food technologies.

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