The World Food Economy
eBook - PDF

The World Food Economy

  1. 464 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The World Food Economy

About this book

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.

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Yes, you can access The World Food Economy by Douglas D. Southgate, Jr.,Douglas H. Graham,Luther G. Tweeten in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Agriculture. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

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

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface to the Second Edition
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. 1: Introduction
  8. 2: The Demand Side: How Population Growth and Higher Incomes Affect Food Consumption
  9. 3: The Supply Side: Agricultural Production and Its Determinants
  10. 4: Aligning the Consumption and Production of Food over Time
  11. 5: Agriculture and the Environment
  12. 6: Globalization and Agriculture
  13. 7: Agriculture and Economic Development
  14. 8: Striving for Food Security
  15. 9: Interregional Differences and Similarities
  16. 10: Affluent Nations
  17. 11: Asia
  18. 12: Latin America and the Caribbean
  19. 13: The Middle East and North Africa
  20. 14: Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union
  21. 15: Sub-Saharan Africa
  22. 16: The Global Food Economy in the Twenty-First Century
  23. Abbreviations and Acronyms
  24. Map Annex
  25. References
  26. Index