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The Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics
According to the American Economic Association, the Department of Agricultural & Resource Economics at UConn ranks 15th worldwide in Environmental and Resource Economic programs and 23rd in the broader subdiscipline of Agricultural & Resource Economics.

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News & Events
ARE Department Head Attends Conference in Beijing
Department Head Rigoberto Lopez, Professor and Food Marketing Policy Center Director Ronald Cotterill, Professor Boris Bravo-Ureta, and Assistant Professor Rui Huang attend a conference in Beijing, China from August 16-22, 2009. Click here to continue reading the article.
Department's Research Aids in Dairy Bill Creation
Research quantifying the contribution of the state’s $1 billion dairy industry was instrumental in aiding in the creation of Public Act 09-229, which allocates funding from deed recording fees to the state’s dairy farmers for two years. Click here to continue reading the article.


Visitors Participate in L.I.D. Program
Visitors from Kenya participated in the Learning for International Development (L.I.D.)program hosted by the Department. Members of Kenya’s Ministries of Finance and Agriculture attended a series of lectures on the topic of negotiation in August, 2009. Click here to continue reading this article.
ARE Graduate chosen for "40 Under 40"...
ARE Graduate Kevin Molloy (B.S. '93, M.S. '95) was recently chosen by UConn Magazine as one of their "40 Under 40", the most outstanding alums of the University under 40 years of age. Please click here to continue reading about Kevin.