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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
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| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Douglas DeWitt Southgate; Douglas H Graham; Luther G Tweeten |
| ISBN: | 9781405105965 1405105968 9781405105972 1405105976 |
| OCLC Number: | 70911128 |
| Description: | xiii, 402 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | The demand side: how population growth and higher incomes affect food consumption -- The supply side: agricultural production and its determinants -- Aligning the consumption and production of food over time -- Agriculture and the environment -- Globalization and agriculture -- Agriculture and economic development -- Striving for food security -- A synopsis of regional trends in the global food economy -- Affluent nations -- Asia -- Latin America and the Caribbean -- The Middle East and North Africa -- Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- The global food economy in the twenty-first century. |
| Responsibility: | Douglas Southgate, Douglas H. Graham, and Luther Tweeten. |
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"The World Food Economy is an excellent book written by three well-known authors. This is a brilliant exposition of various dimensions of the world food problem. It is grounded in economic theory but written so that it is easily understood by people without a background in economics." Andrew Schmitz, University of Florida "This book is a must-read for those who wish to understand the world food economy, a contribution both to the layman's understanding and to the science." Barry L. Flinchbaugh, Kansas State University "An excellent undergraduate textbook ... .structured clearly ... .Very well written. I am convinced this book will be very popular with students and instructors alike." European Review of Agricultural Economics Read more...
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