Knowledge about: (i) Degree of mobility of essential inputs in agriculture; (ii) Opportunity cost and pricing of inputs; (iii) Partial equilibrium models and important supply and demand shifters; (iv) Economic return (ground rent etc.); (v) The evoution of the Norwegian agricultural model; (vi) Policy goals and main features and effects of policy tools as: Import regulations  (including EEA, WTO, international markets), Market regulations (main focus on dairy, meat and food and feed grains), Structure- and production regulations, Subsidy programs with emphasis on policies with a structure and/or district profile.

Skills: Describe and analyze consequences for Norwegain agriculture of possible changes in the industry's operating environment, including changes in national agricultural policies and/or international relations and markets.

General competences: Gain a better understanding of how changes in technology, national policies, international agreements, national and international markets may alter a business sector's operating environment.