This course explores the structure and functioning of the agri-food sector and the determinants and outcomes of food markets in different parts of the world and in countries at varying levels of economic development. In so doing, the course explores how individual countries are positioned and linked within the global agri-food system. Using an applied industrial organization perspective, the course examines the behaviour of actors within the agri-food sector and the influence of policies at the national, regional and international levels on sector performance, for example, in terms of the quality and safety, availability and price of food.
This course explores the structure and functioning of the agri-food sector and the determinants and outcomes of food markets in different parts of the world and in countries at varying levels of economic development. In so doing, the course explores how individual countries are positioned and linked within the global agri-food system. Using an applied industrial organization perspective, the course examines the behaviour of actors within the agri-food sector and the influence of policies at the national, regional and international levels on sector performance, for example, in terms of the quality and safety, availability and price of food.
