The agricultural sector is coming under increasing scrutiny as to its contribution to environmental degradation. The concepts of corporate social responsibility and environmental and product liability suggest that agribusiness firms have a duty and are responsible not only for the environmental...

Various models or explanations of structural change in agriculture are presented including the technology model, the human capital model, the financial model, the institutional (structure-conduct-performance) model, and the sociological (family firm) model. Each of these models provides useful...

Significant changes are occurring in the agribusiness sector; these changes will dramatically impact the management of agribusiness firms from sourcing of inputs through operations, finance, sales and marketing, to final customer contact. Awareness of these changes is critical for strategic...