Principal Functions of the Centre:
- to encourage and facilitate research in the areas of agricultural, food, environmental and natural resource economics
- to coordinate bids for outside research contracts in these areas and to manage on-going contracts
- to disseminate research experiences and results through a series of working papers, workshops and seminars
- to manage MAFF contracts for the Farm Business Survey (FBS) and Special Enterprise Studies in the North West.
Members of CAFRE are heavily involved in the teaching and administration of the M.A. in Agricultural and Environmental Economics (click here for more details)
Following the merger of the Departments of Agricultural Economics, Economics, and Econometrics & Social Statistics to form the School of Economic Studies in 1994, a new research centre was created to act as the focus, within the School, for research in the areas of agricultural, natural resource and environmental economics. This has enabled this tradition of economics to continue at Manchester University and encouraged collaboration with other academic staff in the School and elsewhere.