The bananas we eat today aren't our parents' bananas: We eat a recognizable, consistent fruit that was standardized in the 1960s from dozens into one basic banana. But because of that, the banana we love is dangerously susceptible to a pathogen that might wipe them out. That's the story of our...

"Agribusiness Economics: Advances in Renewable Energy and Global Sustainability presents a cross-cutting and systemic approach for the interdependent issues of health, the environment, agriculture, management, and economics. It begins by characterizing the global food system, identifying...