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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EEP Major

The undergraduate Environmental Economics & Policy (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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Areas of Research

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

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Events

Monja Sauvagard | Universität Bonn-Institute for Food and Resource Economics

Leo K. Simon Agriculture & Natural Resource Thursday Seminar Series
Unlocking Agricultural Data: The Tragedy of the Anticommons in Digital Agriculture
Thursday March 20, 2025
241 Giannini Hall

Christoph Albert

ARE Friday Seminar Series
The Effects of Climate Change on Labor and Capital Reallocation
Friday March 21, 2025
241 Giannini Hall | 12:10-1:30pm

Bård Hardstad | Stanford Business School

ARE Friday Seminar Series
title forthcoming
Friday April 18, 2025
241 Giannini Hall | 12:10-1:30pm
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Department News

‘Catastrophic’ Honeybee Losses Threaten California’s Almond Crop

A San Francisco Chronicle article features comments by Professor Aaron Smith, the Gordon Rausser Distinguished Chair in Agricultural and Resource Economics.

Highlight

Tax Credit Proposed to Offset Cost of Farmworker Overtime

ARE Assistant Professor of Cooperative Extension Ali Hill's 2023 analysis in ARE Update titled "California’s Overtime Law for Agricultural Workers: What Happened to Worker Hours and Pay?" is featured in the above titled article in AgAlert.