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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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Congratulations ARE graduates of 2018!
Congratulations ARE graduates of 2018!
Soda Tax Election Changed Drinking Habits

ARE '17 alumna Rebecca Taylor, Professor Sofia Villas-Boas and graduate student Scott Kaplan's Berkeley-based soda tax research featured in Berkeley News.

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Events

Chris Udry - Northwestern University

ARE Friday Seminar Series
Does Poverty Increase Labor Supply? Evidence from Multiple Income Effects and 115,579 Bags
Friday April 26, 2019
311 Wellman

Namrata Kala - MIT Sloan

ARE Friday Seminar Series
Workhorses or White Elephants? The Effects of Earned Autonomy on State Owned Enterprises
Friday May 03, 2019
311 Wellman

Eduardo Souza-Rodrigues - University of Toronto

ARE Friday Seminar Series
Optimal Environmental Targeting in the Amazon Rainforest
Friday May 10, 2019
311 Wellman - 12:10-1:30pm
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Department News

"No Genetic Engineering Means People Die"

In an interview with Globes, the largest and oldest daily evening financial newspaper in Israel, ARE Professor David Zilberman discusses pesticides and genetic engineering, and how agricultural policy must take a multidisciplinary approach.

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Joseph Shapiro Wins 2019 Excellence Award from Kiel Institute

ARE Professor Joseph Shapiro is a winner of a 2019 Excellence Award in Global Economic Affairs from the Kiel Institute for the World Economy. The other award winners announced on March 22, 2019 are Alex Wolitzky of MIT and Xavier Jaravel of the London School of Econonics.