{"id":9,"date":"2025-04-06T03:00:55","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T21:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bsmrau.edu.bd\/aer\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2025-04-29T12:42:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T06:42:43","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gau.edu.bd\/aec\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>Welcome to the Department of\u00a0Agricultural\u00a0Economics<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000\"><u>Department of\u00a0Agricultural\u00a0Economics\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h5 style=\"margin-top: 0in;text-align: justify;line-height: normal\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';color: windowtext;font-weight: normal\">The primary goal of our department is to deliver high-class teaching and conduct both basic and applied research in the field of agricultural economics that pushes forward the frontier of knowledge in the field of agricultural economics.<\/span><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"margin-top: 0in;text-align: justify;line-height: normal\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';color: windowtext;font-weight: normal\">The department offers courses for the students of Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and Ph.D. that include a wide array of courses in which students learn about both traditional ideas and cutting-edge research. The department of agricultural economics also provides a pathway to a diverse set of career opportunities, including jobs in private companies and public policy positions. In MS and Ph.D. program levels, the students also acquire the background and skills necessary for careers as scholars, university teachers, and economic analysts. The curriculum includes a comprehensive treatment of modern theory and empirical techniques as well as field courses taught by leaders in each of the subfields of the discipline. The duration of the MS program is usually five (5) terms, and the Ph.D. is nine (9) terms. However, the MS degree must be completed within nine (9) terms, and the Ph.D. degree must be completed within fifteen (15) terms from the commencement of the first term of admission. <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">More than 200 students have completed a master&#8217;s degree, and seven (7) students have completed a Ph.D. degree from this department. <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/h5>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #000080\"><strong>Plan of this Department:<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>The department has plans to do research focusing on the following areas:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Achieving of SDG goal<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Delta plan of Bangladesh<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Farm production and profitability analysis;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Efficiency and productivity measurement;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Management of natural resources;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Livestock, fisheries and forestry economics;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Extent of farm mechanization;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Value chain analysis of different agricultural produce;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Market linkage and agribusiness development;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Structural changes in agricultural production practices and marketing systems;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Food and nutritional security;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Crop diversification;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Role of off-farm income on farm production and farmers\u2019 livelihood;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Impact of climate change on agricultural production and farmers\u2019 coping strategy;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Underlying areas of technological change, its generation and diffusion;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Poverty and inequality;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Changes in agricultural production practices and market demand-supply.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Department of\u00a0Agricultural\u00a0Economics Department of\u00a0Agricultural\u00a0Economics\u00a0 The primary goal of our department is to deliver high-class teaching and conduct both basic and applied research in the field of agricultural economics that pushes forward the frontier of knowledge in the field of agricultural economics. 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