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Agricultural & Resource Policy, Development Economics, and Environmental & Energy Economics

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Environmental Economics & Policy (EEP) Major

ARE's undergraduate EEP program takes a problem-solving approach to issues involving renewable and fixed natural resources, and is based on a foundation in micro-economic theory and the economics of resources and the environment.

Environmental Economics and Policy (EEP) Major
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Agricultural & Resource Economics

UC Berkeley's Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics is top-ranked worldwide for its outstanding contributions to questions in agriculture and resource policy, development economics, environmental and energy economics, and international trade.

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Department News

Adapting the U.S. Federal Crop Insurance Program for Climate Change: Critical Lessons for Policy Design

This is the title of ARE Professor Francis Annan's article in the current issue of ARE Update. Prof. Annan "present(s) a descriptive framework that sheds light on alternative policy redesigns for climate resilience, with implications for ongoing discussions around the Farm Bill."

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Congratulations to Ellen Bruno on Her Promotion to Associate Professor of Cooperative Extension

 This is a great day for Ellen and the department as a whole!  Read about Cooperative Extension here.