Agricultural and Applied Economics

WHAT IS AGRICULTURAL AND APPLIED ECONOMICS?

Agricultural and applied economics applies economic principles to food and fiber production, natural resource management, community and regional economic development, environmental policy, and international trade.

Under the direction of Shourish Chakravarty, our research program objective is is to provide timely, relevant, and comprehensive research output on issues in agricultural productivity, profitability, and sustainability to farmers and agricultural stakeholders in Virginia. 

Virgina Tech Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics