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GLOBAL IMPACT

How do we create global impact? We do it with our expertise in applied economics and agribusiness principles to help address the food, financial, health, development, policy, environmental, and social needs of those in 51官网 and around the world.

Impact spotlight: Researcher and two students look at economic impact of reduced humanitarian assistance in East Africa
A market outside Rwamwanja refugee settlement in southwest Uganda. Photo courtesy of Anubhab Gupta.
Ph.D. candidate Yixing Zheng presents her poster titled 鈥淒irect and indirect impact of growing season weather shocks on Global Agricultural Trade.鈥� Photo courtesy of Anukul Bhattarai for 51官网 Tech.
By the numbers

Nearly 2,500

Alumni

Top 10%

Ranked worldwide

3

Centers

30

Faculty

Over 230

Undergraduate students

Nearly 60

Graduate students

The AAEC family serves as leaders around the world

Featured stories

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    Anubhab Gupta, assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, with a World Food Programme colleague in East Africa. Photo courtesy of Anubhab Gupta.
    Date: September 2024
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    Head shot of Dr. Dixie Watts Dalton
    Date: August 2024
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    Normand Adams with the HokieBird at the Dept. of Agricultural and Applied Economics Career Fair in 2022
    Date: August 2024
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    Image of Ph.D. candidate Yixing Zheng
    Date: August 2024
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    Date: August 2024
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    Date: July 2024
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    Data science for public good
    Date: July 2024
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    Date: July 2024

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