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Bioresource Economics Lab
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A bioresource economics lab that analyzes agriculture and food using economics.
AboutAbout the lab
Analyzing agriculture and food with economics.
The Bioresource Economics Lab studies agricultural policy, food consumption, and agribusiness using the methods of economics.
Its research covers agricultural policy and economic development under globalization, economic analysis of food consumption in developed and developing countries, and industrial organization research on agribusiness.
The lab has papers on countries such as Japan, India, and Ethiopia.
Key terms
- Industrial organization
- A field of economics that studies how market structure, such as the number of firms and the state of competition, affects prices and firm behavior.
- Agribusiness
- The full range of business activities of firms related to agriculture, such as the processing and distribution of agricultural products and the supply of inputs.
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The lab aims to analyze agricultural policy, food consumption, and the activities of agriculture-related firms from an economics perspective as globalization advances. Including countries in Asia and Africa, it examines topics such as how changes in policy and markets affect prices and food consumption.
*Illustrative imageAgricultural policy and economic development
The lab studies agricultural policy and economic development under advancing globalization. It lists economic reform in Indian agriculture as a research topic, and has a co-authored paper analyzing the effect of India's export restrictions on onion prices in Nepal.
*Illustrative imageEconomic analysis of food consumption
The lab uses economics to analyze how people consume food in developed and developing countries. It also has a co-authored paper examining the effect of food and cash transfers on food consumption in Ethiopia.
*Illustrative imageResearch on agribusiness markets
The lab examines the structure of firms and markets related to agriculture and food from the perspective of industrial organization. It has a co-authored paper analyzing how prices are transmitted in Japan's beef market.
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- Associate ProfessorHisato Shuto
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Farmers Market 14 June )” USDAgov / Public domain (cropped)
- Agricultural policy and economic development: “Onion and spring onion at monday market 11” Dorcas Atule / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Economic analysis of food consumption: “Market, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia ( )” A. Davey from Where I Live Now: Pacific Northwest / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Research on agribusiness markets: “Beef cattle farm, Rockingham County 05” Indy beetle / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (International Resource Development Economics Lab): “Two farmers driving a tractor towing a raft loaded with green rice sheaves in a paddy field of Vang Vieng Laos” Basile Morin / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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- Related lab (Social and Environmental Systems Lab): “Waste Recycling Facility - geograph.org.uk - 287540” David Wright / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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