v. 1. pt. 1. Agricultural production (p. 3-741) -- v. 1. pt. 2. Marketing, distribution and consumers (p. 745-1209) -- v. 2. pt. 1. Agriculture and its external linkages (p. 1213-1686) -- v. 2. pt. 2. Agricultural and food policy (p. 1689-2249) -- v.3 Agricultural Development: Farmers, Farm...

Front cover; Handbook of Agricultural Economics. Agricultural Development: Farmers, Farm Production and Farm Markets; Copyright page; Introduction to the Series; Contents of the Handbook; Contents of Volume 3; Part 1: Introduction; Overview; Part 2: Human Resources and Technology Mastery; Chapter...

This book examines the implications of risk management for policy in agriculture. Opening with a chapter on risk management principles and guidelines for policy design in agriculture, the book goes on to look at quantitative analysis of risk and then at policy in various countries.

Volume 3 of this series of the Handbooks in Economics follows on from the previous two volumes by focusing on the fundamental concepts of agricultural economics. The first part of the volume examines the developments in human resources and technology mastery. The second part follows on by...

Ernährung wird heute vor allem unter ernährungstechnischen, medizinisch-gesundheitlichen oder weltanschaulichen Aspekten (z.B. Vegetarianismus, Veganismus usw.) diskutiert. Obwohl die Nahrungsmittelindustrie einen der wichtigsten Märkte darstellt, werden Fragen der Nahrungsmittelproduktion,...

Volume 1B. Part 2: Marketing, Distribution and Consumers. Agricultural commodity markets: spot, futures, options, forward contracts and derivatives (J. Williams). Storage and price stabilization (B. Wright). Food processing and distribution: an industrial organization approach (R.J. Sexton, N....