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9780415770453

The Economics of Agricultural Development: World Food Systems and Resource Use

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  • ISBN13:

    9780415770453

  • ISBN10:

    0415770459

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-09-19
  • Publisher: Routledge

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Summary

Economics of Agricultural development examines the causes, severity, and effects of persistent poverty, rapid population growth, and malnutrition in developing countries. It discusses potential solutions to these problems, and considers implications of globalization for agriculture, poverty, and the environment. The authors provide a broad view of development and world food issues, on the means for utilizing agricultural surpluses to further overall economic development, and on issues related to trade and capital flows. The roles of the government and of international institutions in promoting broad-based development are also explored. Economics of Agricultural development covers topics related to sustainability of the natural resource environment, gender roles in relation to agriculture and resource use, and the importance of macroeconomic policies as related to development and trade and the success and failures of such policies and the implications for what might be done in the future to encourage morerapid agricultural and economic development.

Author Biography

William A. Masters is Professor of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA.

Table of Contents

Preface
Dimensions of World Food and Development Problemsp. 1
G1/4" Introductionp. 3
G1/4" Hunger and Malnutritionp. 25
G1/4" Economics of Food Demandp. 42
G1/4" Populationp. 62
Development Theories and the Role of Agriculturep. 79
G1/4"Economic Transformation and Growthp. 81
G1/4" Development Theory and Growth Strategiesp. 103
Agricultural Systems and Resource Usep. 121
G1/4" Agriculture in Traditional Societiesp. 123
G1/4" Agricultural Systems and Their Determinantsp. 138
G1/4" Resource Use and Sustainabil<$$$>
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