Course overview
This course examines the rules, policy, and economic realities governing international trade in agriculture and food, including recent developments, disputes, agreements, and disruptions. Topics include key agricultural policy models, the role of intergovernmental organisations, global value chains, the growing impact on trade of private standards, and food insecurity. It also covers the recent transformation in markets and methods as retailers have gained a greater influence over production and distribution decisions.
Course learning outcomes
- Identify and analyse the impacts of agricultural trade policies and policy instruments
- Explain how agricultural reforms affect economic development and food security with a special focus on the developing world
- Apply value chain analysis to specific sectoral contexts to help explain export flows
- Assess changing global patterns of consumption and distribution of food and how food producers, wholesalers and retailers manage the supply chain
- Explain different national models for agricultural production and trade
- Identify and analyse the impacts of agricultural trade policies and policy instruments
- Explain how agricultural reforms affect economic development and food security with a special focus on the developing world
- Apply value chain analysis to specific sectoral contexts to help explain export flows
- Assess changing global patterns of consumption and distribution of food and how food producers, wholesalers and retailers manage the supply chain