Author: Luther G. TweetenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
An Economic Analysis of the Resource Structure of United States Agriculture
Author: Luther G. TweetenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
The Resource Structure of United States Agriculture: an Economic Analysis
Author: Kent D. OlsonResource Structure of Agriculture
Author: Keith CowlingPublicly Funded Agricultural Research and the Changing Structure of U.S. Agriculture
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309170346
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) requested that the Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources of the National Research Council (NRC) convene a panel of experts to examine whether publicly funded agricultural research has influenced the structure of U.S. agriculture and, if so, how. The Committee to Review the Role of Publicly Funded Agricultural Research on the Structure of U.S. Agriculture was asked to assess the role of public-sector agricultural research on changes in the size and numbers of farms, with particular emphasis on the evolution of very-large-scale operations.
Economics and Public Service
Author: Climate Change and Agriculture
Author: Robert O. MendelsohnPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1849802238
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
The specific focus of this seminal work is on the economic impact of climate change on agriculture world wide, and how faced with the resultant environmental alterations, agriculture might adapt under varied and varying conditions. Enhanced with a detailed and comprehensive index, Climate Change and Agriculture is highly recommended for academic library environmental studies and economic studies reference collections and supplemental reading lists. The Midwest Book Review Despite its great importance, there are surprisingly few economic studies of the impact of climate on agriculture and how agriculture can adapt under a variety of conditions. This book examines 22 countries across four continents, including both developed and developing economies. It provides both a good analytical basis for additional work and solid results for policy debate concerning income distributional effects such as abatement, adaptation, and equity. Agriculture and grazing are a central sector in the livelihood of many people, particularly in developing countries. This book uses the Ricardian method to examine the impact of climate change on agriculture. It also quantifies how farmers adapt to climate. The findings suggest that agriculture in developing countries is more sensitive to climate than agriculture in developed countries. Rain-fed cropland is generally more sensitive to warming than irrigated cropland and cropland is more sensitive than livestock. The adaptation to climate change results reveal that farmers make many adjustments including switching crops and livestock species, adopting irrigation, and moving between livestock and crops. The results also reveal that impacts and adaptations vary a great deal across landscapes, suggesting that adaptation policies must be location specific. Finally, the book suggests a research agenda for the future. Economists in academia and the public sector, policy analysts and development agencies will find this broad study illuminating.
Economic Analysis and Agricultural Policy
Author: Richard Hollis DayPublisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 418
Book Description
On values, analysis, and policy; The quantitative approach; on research, technology, and resources; Markets and economic development.
Structure Issues of American Agriculture
Author: United States. Department of Agriculture. Economics, Statistics, and Cooperatives ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
The Economics of American Agriculture
Author: Steven C. BlankPublisher: M.E. Sharpe
ISBN: 0765631822
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
This book answers the questions: what is happening to American agriculture, and why? Steven C. Blank uses portfolio theory to analyze both macro- and microeconomic data that paints a clear picture of the trends in agriculture, and explains why these trends are consistent with market evolution and global economic development. He clarifies agriculture's specific role in economic development with a focus on the current and future globalizing commodity markets. The book features empirical research that demonstrates the link between farm-level investment decisions and regional and national economic trends. It shows how the dynamic environment of industrialization and globalization of agriculture is part of a continuing development that is driven by technological innovation. This all points to a future with a very different agricultural production sector and some extremely important policy choices that will face the entire country.
Market Promotion and Potential in the U.S. Agricultural Sector, 1979-1983
Author: Maria G. PisaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description