The profile “International Agribusiness and Rural Development Economics” within the MSc program “Sustainable International Agriculture” trains students to analyse socio-economic interactions between individuals, resources and markets in agriculture using up-to-date quantitative and qualitative methods. Students acquire the tools they need to contribute to the provision of answers to vital questions ranging from the macro-level (e.g. global hunger, the world trade system) to the meso-level (e.g. the structure and performance of national and international food chains; food safety and quality issues) and the micro-level (e.g. the efficiency of agricultural production, participation and poverty at the household level) in agricultural systems.

You are taught by staff from Göttingen and Kassel-Witzenhausen who are representing the largest group of internationally recognised and internationally active agricultural economists in Germany (14 professors and many post-docs and lecturers). This enables us to provide you with specialised, cutting-edge teaching and supervision, and thus prepare you for exciting careers in research, business, national and regional governments and administration, and international organisations.

Please note that this specialisation does not require that you have a background in economic theory and quantitative methods as a prerequisite. However, the compulsory courses do include several modules that emphasize theory and methods (e.g. World Agricultural Markets and Econometrics) at an advanced MSc level.

General information about the programme, the contact persons and the modules can be found in the SIA Study guide.

Study Plan