ABSTRACT

This Handbook offers an up-to-date collection of research on agricultural economics. Drawing together scholarship from experts at the top of their profession and from around the world, this collection provides new insights into the area of agricultural economics.

The Routledge Handbook of Agricultural Economics explores a broad variety of topics including welfare economics, econometrics, agribusiness, and consumer economics. This wide range reflects the way in which agricultural economics encompasses a large sector of any economy, and the chapters present both an introduction to the subjects as well as the methodology, statistical background, and operations research techniques needed to solve practical economic problems. In addition, food economics is given a special focus in the Handbook due to the recent emphasis on health and feeding the world population a quality diet. Furthermore, through examining these diverse topics, the authors seek to provide some indication of the direction of research in these areas and where future research endeavors may be productive.

Acting as a comprehensive, up-to-date, and definitive work of reference, this Handbook will be of use to researchers, faculty, and graduate students looking to deepen their understanding of agricultural economics, agribusiness, and applied economics, and the interrelationship of those areas.

part 1|154 pages

Food economics

chapter 3|13 pages

World food

New developments

chapter 4|20 pages

Industrial organization of the food industry

The role of buyer power

chapter 5|14 pages

Economic ramifications of obesity

A selective literature review

part 3|144 pages

Trade, policy, and development

chapter 19|28 pages

International agricultural trade

A road map

chapter 23|15 pages

Models of economic growth

Application to agriculture and structural transformation

part 4|157 pages

Methods

part 5|86 pages

Production

chapter 33|21 pages

Investing in people in the twenty-first century

Education, health, and migration

chapter 35|12 pages

Farm management

Recent applications

part 6|91 pages

Marketing