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Professor David Pannell, BSc(Agric), BEc, PhD

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Agriculture, Economics and Nature

Universidad de Australia Occidental

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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

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Professor David Pannell, BSc(Agric), BEc, PhD

UWA School of Agriculture and Environment

University of Western Australia

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The University of Western Australia (UWA) was established in 1911 and continues to set the standard for other West Australian universities. Staff, students and graduates from the University have been recognised at state, national and international levels, and UWA continues to confirm its standing as one of Australia’s leading research-intensive universities. UWA's leaders and researchers work in partnership with three domestic and international networks, the Group of Eight, Matariki and the Worldwide Universities Network.

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Semana1

Semana 1

3 horas para completar

Agricultural production and prices, and agriculture’s reliance on natural resources

3 horas para completar

11 videos (Total 63 minutos), 9 lecturas, 1 cuestionario

11 videos

Video - Course introduction5mVideo - History of agricultural production and prices2mVideo - Agricultural products' supply4mVideo - Agricultural products' demand6mVideo - The 2007 food price crisis12mVideo - Food security4mVideo - Resource usage 1: Land and soils4mVideo - Resource usage 2: Water4mVideo - Resource usage 3: Nutrients4mVideo - Resource usage 4: Pesticides4mVideo - Interview - Kadambot Siddique, Institute of Agriculture, University of Western Australia8m

9 lecturas

Optional Viewing - The Agricultural Revolution: Crash Course World History #110mOptional Reading - Economics Basics: Supply and Demand10mRecommended Reading - Pannell Discussion 266: Supply and Demand: The Wool Crisis10mRecommended Reading - Pannell Discussions 178: Betting on Wheat Prices10mRecommended Reading - Pannell Discussions 284: The world food price crisis of 200710mOptional Viewing - The Corn Controversy: Food or Fuel10mOptional Reading - The Food Price Crisis of 2007/2008: Evidence and Implications10mOptional Reading - Causes of the 2007-2008 global food crisis identified10mOptional Reading - The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World10m

1 ejercicio de práctica

Quiz - Agricultural production and prices, and agriculture’s reliance on natural resources30m

Semana2

Semana 2

3 horas para completar

Resource and environmental challenges facing agriculture

3 horas para completar

9 videos (Total 64 minutos), 8 lecturas, 1 cuestionario

9 videos

Video - Water pollution6mVideo - Pesticide bans5mVideo - Dryland salinity8mVideo - Resource exhaustibility: phosphorus supply12mVideo - Resource exhaustibility: water shortages5mVideo - Resource exhaustibility: herbicide resistance9mVideo - Climate change4mVideo - Climate policy and adaptation4mVideo - Interview - Michael Robertson, CSIRO8m

8 lecturas

Recommended Reading - Pannell Discussion 261: Agricultural water pollution10mOptional Reading - Protecting Water Quality from Agricultural Runoff10mOptional Reading - Pannell Discussion 26: Dryland salinity in Australia10mOptional Reading - Phosphorus: Essential to Life – Are we running out?10mOptional Reading - Can Australia overcome its Water Scarcity Problems?10mOptional Reading - Pannell Discussion 57: Herbicide resistance: Does prevention pay?10mOptional Reading - Pannell Discussions 230: Future climate change and wheat yields in Western Australia10mRecommended Reading - Pannell Discussions 168: Telling farmers how to adapt to climate change10m

1 ejercicio de práctica

Resource and environmental challenges facing agriculture30m

Semana3

Semana 3

2 horas para completar

The economics of agricultural inputs

2 horas para completar

9 videos (Total 56 minutos), 4 lecturas, 1 cuestionario

9 videos

Video - Fertiliser4mVideo - Fertiliser and Crop Yield5mVideo - Production functions4mVideo - Profit maximisation7mVideo - Building a spreadsheet to maximise profit11mVideo - Effects of price and yield changes on optimal fertiliser use4mVideo - Considering pollution in input decisions7mVideo - Flat payoff functions6mVideo - Interview - David Brown, Farmer, Burracoppin, Western Australia5m

4 lecturas

Optional reading - world data on fertilizers10mRecommended Reading - Pannell Discussion 277: Perfection isn’t best10mOptional Reading - Determining Optimum Nitrogen Application Rates for Corn10mRecommended Reading - Pannell Discussions 88: Flat-earth economics10m

1 ejercicio de práctica

The economics of agricultural inputs30m

Semana4

Semana 4

3 horas para completar

The economics of land conservation

3 horas para completar

9 videos (Total 84 minutos), 6 lecturas, 1 cuestionario

9 videos

Video - Resource conservation in farming6mVideo - Benefits and costs of resource conservation over time5mVideo - Accounting for time12mVideo - Discounting5mVideo - Building a spreadsheet for discounting benefits and costs10mVideo - Case study: conservation agriculture17mVideo - Drivers of farmers’ decision-making11mVideo - Interview - Mike McFarlane, farmer, Doodlakine, Western Australia9mVideo - Interview - Greg Shea, WA Department of Agriculture and Food6m

6 lecturas

Recommended Reading - Pannell Discussions 33: Time is money10mRecommended Reading - Pannell Discussions 268: Conservation Agriculture in Developing Countries10mOptional Reading - The farm-level economics of conservation agriculture for resource-poor farmers.10mRecommended Reading - Adoption of conservation practices by rural landholders10mOptional Reading - Pannell Discussions 203: Predicting adoption of new farming practices10mHelp with the calculations for Week 4 Quiz10m

1 ejercicio de práctica

The economics of land conservation30m

Semana5

Semana 5

3 horas para completar

The economics of agri-environmental projects

3 horas para completar

8 videos (Total 54 minutos), 7 lecturas, 1 cuestionario

8 videos

Video - Environmental projects in agriculture5mVideo - Extending economics beyond the farm4mVideo - Characteristics of environmental projects7mVideo - Benefit: Cost Analysis8mVideo - Benefit: Cost Ratio7mVideo - Case study: The Gippsland Lakes6mVideo - A helpful tool: INFFER3mVideo - Interview - Marit Kragt, School of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Western Australia10m

7 lecturas

Optional Viewing - A cleaner Baltic Sea by improved agricultural productivity10mOptional Viewing - Positive benefits flow from agri-environment funding support in Scotland10mRecommended Viewing - Intro to Cost-Benefit Analysis10mOptional Reading - Simple Introduction to Cost-Benefit Analysis10mRecommended Reading - When ranking environmental projects, mixing a little theory, logic and common sense leads to better outcomes10mRecommended Reading - Pannell Discussion 182: Increasing marginal costs of environmental projects10mOptional Reading - INFFER (Investment Framework for Environmental Resources)10m

1 ejercicio de práctica

The economics of agri-environmental projects30m

Semana6

Semana 6

2 horas para completar

Government policies in agriculture

2 horas para completar

8 videos (Total 50 minutos), 8 lecturas, 1 cuestionario

8 videos

Video - Government policies in agriculture4mVideo - Policies to support agricultural production6mVideo - Policies for environmental protection in agriculture3mVideo - Agricultural policy problems: Price support8mVideo - Agricultural policy problems: Biofuels7mVideo - Justifications for agricultural policy8mVideo - Course wrap-up3mVideo - Interview - Ross Kingwell, Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre8m

8 lecturas

Optional Viewing - Fields of Gold: Lifting the Veil on Europe's Farm Subsidies10mOptional Reading - Pannell Discussions 259: Increasing environmental benefits10mRecommended Reading - Pannell Discussion 266: Supply and Demand: The Wool Crisis10mRecommended Reading - Severing the Link between Farm Program Payments and Farm Production: Motivation, International Efforts, and Lessons10mOptional Reading - The Trouble with Biofuels: Costs and Consequences of Expanding Biofuel Use in the United Kingdom10mOptional Reading - Pannell Discussions 22: Public goods and public benefits in NRM10mOptional Reading - Pannell Discussions 35: Externalities and market failure10mFurther information on studying agricultural economics, natural resource economics or environmental economics at the University of Western Australia10m

1 ejercicio de práctica

Government policies in agriculture

Semana7

Semana 7

1 hora para completar

Final Exam

1 hora para completar

Reseñas

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Principales reseñas sobre AGRICULTURE, ECONOMICS AND NATURE

por ST25 de jun. de 2020

This was a fantastic learning experience. Professor Pannell is a brilliant teacher, researcher, reasoner, economist! This course was interesting, relevant and useful - I highly recommend it.

por NT21 de dic. de 2017

Excellent course and presenter! I is very useful to revise important economic and environmental concepts and also to learn more agriculture. It is very useful for me.

Thanks Prof. David

por CC22 de sep. de 2016

An excellent course and online experience. Coming from an industrial environmental management background, this has given me insight and interest

por CH14 de abr. de 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.

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Professor David Pannell, BSc(Agric), BEc, PhD

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Universidad de Australia Occidental

Programa - Qué aprenderás en este curso

Agricultural production and prices, and agriculture’s reliance on natural resources

Resource and environmental challenges facing agriculture

The economics of agricultural inputs

The economics of land conservation

The economics of agri-environmental projects

Government policies in agriculture

Final Exam

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Professor David Pannell, BSc(Agric), BEc, PhD

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Programa - Qué aprenderás en este curso

Agricultural production and prices, and agriculture’s reliance on natural resources

Resource and environmental challenges facing agriculture

The economics of agricultural inputs

The economics of land conservation

The economics of agri-environmental projects

Government policies in agriculture

Final Exam

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