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List of contents
Foreword -- Introduction -- The Setting: Development, Food, and the International Economy -- Food and Agriculture in the Pacific Basin: An Overview -- Economic Growth, Comparative Advantage, and Agricultural Trade of Pacific Basin Countries -- International Trade and Self-Sufficiency: Contrasting Approaches to Food Security -- The Trade Approach to Food Security -- The SAM Approach to Food Security -- Case Studies in Domestic Policy and International Trade -- Food Policy and the Rice Trade in the Pacific Basin Region -- Agricultural-Industrial Interactions -- Agricultural Development and Policy in the People's Republic of China -- The International Migration of Labor -- The U.S.-Mexican Labor Market -- International Migration Within the Pacific Basin: Characteristics, Causes, and Consequences -- Technological and Research Capacity, Exchange, and Diffusion -- Resources for the Production of Agricultural Growth in the Pacific Basin Region -- Development of Agricultural Research Capacity: Some Perspectives from Asian Experience -- The Changing Institutional Nature of Technology Diffusion in Latin America: Policy Implications -- Conclusions -- Future Issues and Prospects for International Collaboration in the Pacific Basin
Summary
This book is concerned with the management of food production and the distribution of food in the Pacific Basin, exploring food's potential for engendering both increased conflict and cooperation in the region. The authors begin by discussing the role of food and agriculture in the international economy and the implications of two contrasting approaches to food security: international trade and self-sufficiency. They also consider the problem of international migration of labor in the region and look at how agriculture can contribute to the development of the economy in individual countries. The book concludes with a discussion of the prospects for international collaboration in dealing with the domestic and international adjustments required to enhance overall growth and equity in food supply and distribution.
