Who is the father of Agricultural Economics?

🔑 Key Points
Agricultural economics is a branch of economics that uses economic theory to optimize the production and distribution of food and fiber products.
Agricultural economics began as a subfield of economics concerned with land use.
Father of Agricultural Economics: Henry Charles Taylor

📌 Additional Information

Norman Ernest Borlaug – Father of Agriculture.
→ He was an American agronomist who led global projects that contributed to the Green Revolution's massive increase in agricultural production.

Mason Vaugh – Father of Agricultural Engineering in India.
→ He was an American agronomist who established the first agricultural engineering department outside of North America at Allahabad Agricultural Institute in 1921.

Petrus de Crescentiis – Father of Agronomy.
→ He was a Bolognese jurist, now remembered for his writings on horticulture and agriculture, the Ruralia commoda.

M. H. Marigowda – Father of Horticulture in India.