This paper addresses various aspects of risk and risk management for smallholders in developing countries, and presents a quantitative assessment of farm-level risks and risk management strategies in three emerging economies: Brazil, China and Viet Nam. The analysis covers production, income,...

This paper addresses various aspects of risk and risk management for smallholders in developing countries, and presents a quantitative assessment of farm-level risks and risk management strategies in three emerging economies: Brazil, China and Viet Nam. The analysis covers production, income,...

The expansion in farm size is an important contributor to agricultural productivity in developed countries, but the reallocation process is hindered in less developed economies. How do distortions to factor reallocation affect farm dynamics and agricultural productivity? We develop a model of...

The key contribution of this report lies in developing a typology to structure the components of the enabling environment for agricultural growth and competitiveness, and in constructing an illustrative Agricultural Growth Enabling Index (AGEI) to summarise a wide array of available information...

This chapter is concerned with agricultural supply responses in developing countries. Its main emphasis is in explicitly considering the dynamics of the natural resource base (e.g., soil quality, water, etc.) of agriculture as well as the endogenous evolution of rural environmental institutions...

This chapter traces the evolution of the agricultural economics literature on agrifood output markets over the past 50 years, emphasizing research approaches and policy issues. The analysis of agrifood systems encompasses the demand and supply side of output markets. The analysis in this chapter...

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...

For many decades debates about the future of developed world agriculture policy have been dominated by a long political conflict between European/multifunctional policy regimes and the global trend towards trade liberalisation. The stalemate that had emerged between these two positions by 2000...

1. Prolegomenon -- 2. Agricultural Development Mode: Relevant Theoretical Research at Home and Abroad -- 3. The Transformation of China’s Agricultural Development with Multiple Goals under Resource and Environmental Constraints -- 4. The Transformation of the Utilization Mode of Elements and...