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The Food and Resource Economics (FRE) group (formerly Agricultural Economics) uses rigorous tools of economic analysis to examine applied problems in the general area of food markets (e.g., trade and regulated markets, food demand analysis, food safety and biotechnology) and the economics of renewable resources and the environment (e.g.,trade and the environment, environmental policy).

The FRE group is comparatively small, so faculty members actively collaborate with other economists at UBC and other universities through both formal and informal networks and linkages.

Some units where we have cross-campus collaborations are:

  • Faculty of Land and F ood Systems: Our graduate programs are interdisciplinary in nature. Professors and students work in close collaborations with colleagues in other graduate programs within the Faculty. These include: Animal Science, Food Science, Human Nutrition, Landscape Architecture, Plant Science and Soil Science.

  • Faculty of Commerce & Business Administration: This world-class business school has more than a dozen economists working on issues such as trade policy, regulatory and policy issues, industrial organization, finance and marketing.

  • Department of Economics: Canada's premier economics department specializes in industrial organization, trade, environmental issues and development.

  • Faculty of  Forestry: Economists in Forest Resource Management often work with our students on issues such as climate change, biodiversity and recreation demand.

  • Others include: Asian Centre, Institute for Resources & Environment

Contact Information:

Food & Resource Economics Group
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, B.C., Canada  V6T 1Z4
Phone: (604) 822-1219  Fax: (604) 822-2184
email: agdean@interchange.ubc.ca
web www.landfood.ubc.ca

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