[fre] La fonction d'offre est encore mal connue en agriculture malgré les nombreux travaux effectués en ce domaino. De récents développements théoriques semblent indiquer que l'analyse des mécanismes déterminant les quantités de facteurs de production utilisés pour une spéculation...

[eng] Since the time of decolonization, agricultural economists have played a significant, but not always determinant, role in the debates regarding the place of agriculture in economic development. Several phases can be identified in the evolution of these debates : from the promotion of...

[fre] Exposé introductif à la session. Au delà de discussions sur les définitions, il est essentiel de voir que les activités de développement sont liées à la situation d'ensemble de l'agriculture et aux priorités de la politique agricole. Le renversement des situations conduit à des...

[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] Foreign points of view - We asked four foreign colleagues (M. de Benedictis, F. Heidhues, W. Moyer et M. Tracy) to give us their points of view on agricultural economics in France (more precisely on « économie rurale » as it is called in France), seen both as a discipline and as a...

[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...