AFRE's faculty and graduate students are at the forefront of research in the following areas:

• Global Food Production

• Intuitional and Agricultural Policy

• Nutrition and Health

• Consumer Behaviors

• Managerial Economics

• Agribusiness Finance and Management

• Development Economics

• Climate Resiliency

• Environmental Economics

• Natural Resource Economics

• Energy Economics

• Regional Economics

• Local Government Finance and Policy

• Applied Econometrics

AFRE's graduate program equips students to conduct pioneering and impactful research in food and agriculture, development, and environmental & natural resource economics, preparing them to become leaders in the field. As part of their education, AFRE graduate students work closely with faculty, extension experts, business owners, and public officials to produce cutting-edge research. Our alumni have secured teaching and research positions at many of the world’s top universities, including the University of Virginia, University of California Berkeley, University of Arizona, Purdue University, University of Washington, University of Florida, Tufts University, The Ohio State University, Amazon, and others. Notable alumni include prominent economists and influential policymakers.

Supported by a renowned faculty with strengths in empirical research methods, AFRE is consistently ranked as the top academic department in the world for its excellence in agricultural and applied economics research papers and articles.