Since the 1970s, agricultural economics has primarily focused on seven main topics, according to a scholar in the field: agricultural environment and resources; risk and uncertainty; food and consumer economics; prices and incomes; market structures; trade and development; and technical change and human capital.
20世紀70年代以來，據農業環境與資源學者介紹，農業經濟學主要集中在七個主題：風險和不確定性; 食品和消費經濟學; 價格和收入; 市場結構; 貿易和發展; 技術變革和人力資本。