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International Resource Development Economics Lab
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A lab that uses economics to analyze agriculture and food in a globalizing world.
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Reading agriculture and food through the lens of economics.
The International Resource Development Economics Lab studies agricultural policy and economic development in the context of advancing globalization.
It analyzes food consumption in developed and developing countries using economic methods, and examines agribusiness from the perspective of industrial organization.
The lab's name, "International Resource Development Economics," is the name of a research field in the Social Economics Course of the College of Agro-Biological Resource Sciences.
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The lab analyzes agricultural and food issues using economic methods, focusing mainly on agricultural policy and economic development, food consumption, and agribusiness. Its papers present analyses covering Japan as well as India, Ethiopia, Nepal, and other countries.
*Illustrative imageAgricultural Policy and Economic Development
The lab studies agricultural policy and economic development in the context of globalization. One of its papers examines how India's export restrictions affected onion prices in Nepal.
*Illustrative imageEconomic Analysis of Food Consumption
The lab uses economic methods to analyze how people in developed and developing countries consume food. One of its papers examines the effects of food and cash transfers on food consumption in Ethiopia.
*Illustrative imageIndustrial Organization of Agribusiness
The lab studies agribusiness from the perspective of industrial organization.
*Illustrative imageLand Reform and Demand for Factors of Production
Focusing on the Amhara Region of Ethiopia, the lab examines the causal effect of land reform on the demand for factors of production under insecure land tenure.
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- Associate ProfessorHisato Shuto
- Project Assistant ProfessorJun Takada
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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: “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)
- Agricultural Policy and Economic Development: “Onions and tomatoes on a market stall” Owobusingye / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Economic Analysis of Food Consumption: “Africa Food Security )” Stephen Morrison/Africa Practice / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Industrial Organization of Agribusiness: “Gifford, IL silo and grain elevator” TheTechnician27 / CC0 (cropped)
- Land Reform and Demand for Factors of Production: “ILRI, Stevie Mann - Ploughing with cattle in southwestern Ethiopia” Photo: ILRI/Stevie Mann / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Bioresource Economics Lab): “Farmers Market 14 June )” USDAgov / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Cell Function Development Engineering Lab): “Small cell culture flat flask” Lilly_M / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Social and Environmental Systems Lab): “Waste Recycling Facility - geograph.org.uk - 287540” David Wright / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Sustainable Resource Management Lab): “Waste Recycling Facility - geograph.org.uk - 290823” David Wright / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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