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Informationen zum Autor George W. Norton is Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University! Blacksburg! Virginia! USA.Jeffrey Alwang is Professor of Agricultural and Applied Economics at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University! Blacksburg! Virginia! USA.William A. Masters is Professor of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University! West Lafayette! Indiana! USA. Zusammenfassung The globalization of goods! services and capital for agriculture is fundamental to the future of developing countries. This book shows developments including the impact of climate change! issues affecting agricultural markets such as bio-fuels! the rise in farm prices and energy costs and the general move to higher valued agricultural products. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1. Dimensions of World Food and Development Problems 1. Introduction 2. Poverty! Hunger and Nutitition 3. Economics of Food Demand 4. Population Part 2. Development Theories and the Role of Agriculture 5. Economic Transformation and Growth 6. Development Theories and Growth Strategies Part 3. Agricultural Systems and Resource Use 7. Agriculture in TraditionalSocieties 8. Agricultural Systems and Their Determinants 9.Resource Use and Sustainability 10.Human Resources! Family Structure! and Gender Roles Part 4. Getting Agriculture Moving 11. Theories and Strategies for Agricultural Development 12. Research! Extension! and Education 13. Land and Labour Markets 14. Input and Credit markets 15. Pricing Policies and Marketing Systems Part 5. Agricultural Development in an Interdependent World 16.Agriculture and International Trade17. Trade Policies! Negotiations and Agreements 18. Macroeconomic Policies and Agricultural Development 19. Capital Flows! Foreign Assistance! and Food Aid 20. Lessons and Perspectives
