This degree is designed to provide you with a rigorous, stimulating and enjoyable training in applied economics and quantitative and qualitative research techniques. This master's programme: allows you to gain an appreciation of the complex dynamic between population growth and the world's finite resources; develops your quantitative and qualitative research techniques; and equips you with the skills to work as a professional agricultural economist in industry, government and non-governmental organisations. Our programmes are excellent preparation for careers in international and rural development, agricultural economics, and marketing within the food chain and policy. Some 96% of our graduates are in work or further study six months after graduating.