The world's agrifood systems have been transformed by a process of globalization in which ever-closer functional … integration of the world's economies has occurred, supported by the Internet, the rise of transnational corporations, and the … details the changes occurring to agriculture and the broader agrifood system. It addresses the worldwide spread of …

Part I: A Global Overview of Agriculture -- Agricultural Development in a Changing World / Shenggen Fan and Keijiro … / Paul Dorosh and James Thurlow -- Agriculture and Undernutrition / Derek Headey, William A. Masters, and Sophie Goudet … Development: Past, Present, and Future / Miguel Robles -- Natural Resource Management and Resource Rights for Agriculture / Frank …