Research
Research focus areas, Centers and publications from the Penn State Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology.
Research Areas
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Agriculture and Food
Our research emphases include entrepreneurship, dairy profitability and milk markets, alternative and local food initiatives, animal welfare, women in farming, trade agreements, biotechnology and biofuels. -
Community, Regional and International Development
Recent emphases include the consequences of economic restructuring, rural revitalization, policy design and analysis, and the linkages between sustainable development strategies and land use. -
Environment and Natural Resources
Recent emphases include water quality, human activities affecting wildlife populations, fire management, global climate change, and forest and land use change in the US and internationally. -
Population Processes and Change
Recent emphases include rural youth outmigration, new patterns of immigration to rural areas of the US, consequences of HIV/AIDS on labor availability in Africa, and agricultural household labor decision-making processes.
