[eng] In spite of the lack of statistical data concerning the development in the numbers of the different categories of cattle, it appears that the number of cows is no longer increasing at the rythm of 2 '/* per year. In the absence of detailed and regular observation of the different types of...

[eng] Teaching marxist economics is justified, according to the author who belongs to the neo-classical tradition, because marxism is at least a very good pedagogical means to make students conscious of the fundamental hypotheses, and hence of the limitations, of neoclassical economics. In a...

[eng] The purpose of the article is to suggest an economic analysis of the situation of our agriculture and thus to emphasize the limits of the Mansholt Plan. The main faults are : 1) The ignorance of the opportunity cost principle which lead the authors to arbitrary computations of sizes of...

[eng] The identification of the main actors involved in the US agricultural policy process and the analysis of their strategies permits one to interpret the recent debates and to consider a few likely scenarios. The main actors are classified in two broad categories: economic organizations and...

[eng] The economic performance of French agriculture and of the agri-food sector during the last fifty years, particularly the growth of exports, has generally been a great success. Yet public intervention in this sector remains controversial. A new social contract, including multiple and...