The Food and Consumer Issues Working Group has produced this report as part of the 1995 Farm Bill Project. The Group's members represent diverse backgrounds and brought to the discussion a variety of viewpoints. This diversity yielded a well-rounded consensus regarding the key issues, options,...

This brief is divided into four parts. Part one provides a basic description of the agricultural production process as a dynamic flow, producing not only commodities but environmental goods and "bads"(damages). Part two discusses the research agendas that have influenced this production process,...

The latest orientations of the CAP have had remarkable and wide-spread effects on the whole agri-food sector. It has deeply influenced the entrepreneurs' choices, with reference both to the production techniques and to the business organization. The changes have had inevitable reflexes on the...