The World Food Economy

Douglas D. Southgate, Jr., Douglas H. Graham, Luther G. Tweeten

• Publisher: Wiley
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN:
  9780470593622
• Edition: 2
• eBook ISBN:
  9781118139783
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Agriculture
• Index: Technology & Engineering

Population growth and food supply have long been of central concern to economists. The World Food Economy examines the lessons of the past while assessing 21st century and future challenges, including food shortages, global hunger, and economic inequality.With the demand for food and the population growing at an unprecedented rate, this text provides students with a timely, relevant, and unique overview of the world of agricultural production.New coverage in the Second Edition explains how productivity has risen around the globe throughout the last century through technological advances and how consumers and producers in every part of the world--rich and poor alike--feel the effects of expanded global commodity trade, food aid, and national legislation in response to globalization.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Acknowledgments
• 1: Introduction
• 2: The Demand Side: How Population Growth and Higher Incomes Affect Food Consumption
• 3: The Supply Side: Agricultural Production and Its Determinants
• 4: Aligning the Consumption and Production of Food over Time
• 5: Agriculture and the Environment
• 6: Globalization and Agriculture
• 7: Agriculture and Economic Development
• 8: Striving for Food Security
• 9: Interregional Differences and Similarities
• 10: Affluent Nations
• 11: Asia
• 12: Latin America and the Caribbean
• 13: The Middle East and North Africa
• 14: Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
• 15: Sub-Saharan Africa
• 16: The Global Food Economy in the Twenty-First Century
• Abbreviations and Acronyms
• Map Annex
• References
• Index