Author: theodore w. schultzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 142
Book Description
economic crises in world agriculture
Author: theodore w. schultzImpact of Global Economic Crisis on Agriculture
Author: Austen W. YoungPublisher:
ISBN: 9781617611803
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book explores the world economic crisis that began in 2008, and which has had major consequences for U.S. agriculture. The weakening of global demand because of emerging recessions and declining economic growth results in reduced export demand and lower agricultural commodity prices, compared with those in 2008. These, in turn, reduce U.S. farm income and place downward pressure on farm real estate values. So far, the overall impact on U.S. agriculture is not as severe as on the broader U.S. economy because the record-high agricultural exports, prices, and farm income in 2007 and 2008 put U.S. farmers on solid financial ground.
Economic Crisis and Third World Agriculture
Author: Ajit SinghPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521441018
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Examines the effects of world economic crisis on agrarian development at a regional and global level.
Agriculture and Food in Crisis
Author: Fred MagdoffPublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 1583673903
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
The failures of “free-market” capitalism are perhaps nowhere more evident than in the production and distribution of food. Although modern human societies have attained unprecedented levels of wealth, a significant amount of the world’s population continues to suffer from hunger or food insecurity on a daily basis. In Agriculture and Food in Crisis, Fred Magdoff and Brian Tokar have assembled an exceptional collection of scholars from around the world to explore this frightening long-term trend in food production. While approaching the issue from many angles, the contributors to this volume share a focus on investigating how agricultural production is shaped by a system that is oriented around the creation of profit above all else, with food as nothing but an afterthought. As the authors make clear, it is technically possible to feed to world’s people, but it is not possible to do so as long as capitalism exists. Toward that end, they examine what can be, and is being, done to create a human-centered and ecologically sound system of food production, from sustainable agriculture and organic farming on a large scale to movements for radical land reform and national food sovereignty. This book will serve as an indispensible guide to the years ahead, in which world politics will no doubt come to be increasingly understood as food politics.
Food and financial crises: Implications for agriculture and the poor
Author: Joachim von BraunPublisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
ISBN: 0896295346
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 27
Book Description
The State of Food Insecurity in the World: Economic Crises - Impacts and Lessons Learned
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsPublisher:
ISBN: 9789254062880
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 64
Book Description
The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2009 presents the latest statistics on global undernourishment and concludes that structural problems of uderinvestment have impeded progress toward the World Food Summit goal and the first Millennium Development Goal hunger reduction target. This disappointing state of affairs has been exacerbated by first the food crisis and now the global economic crisis that, together, have increased the number of undernourished people in the world to more that one billion for the first time since 1970. This crisis is different from the crisis developing countries have experienced in the past, because it is affecting the entire world simultaneously and because developing countries today are more integrated into the global economy than in the past. In the context of the enormous financial pressures faced by governments, the twin-track approach remains an effective way to address growing levels of hunger in the world. Investments in the agriculture sector, especially for public goods, will be critical if hunger is to be eradicated. Also published in Arabic, Chinese, English, French and Spanish.
Mitigating the Nutritional Impacts of the Global Food Price Crisis
Author: Institute of MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309140188
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
In 2007 and 2008, the world witnessed a dramatic increase in food prices. The global financial crisis that began in 2008 compounded the burden of high food prices, exacerbating the problems of hunger and malnutrition in developing countries. The tandem food price and economic crises struck amidst the massive, chronic problem of hunger and undernutrition in developing countries. National governments and international actors have taken a variety of steps to mitigate the negative effects of increased food prices on particular groups. The recent abrupt increase in food prices, in tandem with the current global economic crisis, threatens progress already made in these areas, and could inhibit future efforts. The Institute of Medicine held a workshop, summarized in this volume, to describe the dynamic technological, agricultural, and economic issues contributing to the food price increases of 2007 and 2008 and their impacts on health and nutrition in resource-poor regions. The compounding effects of the current global economic downturn on nutrition motivated additional discussions on these dual crises, their impacts on the nutritional status of vulnerable populations, and opportunities to mitigate their negative nutritional effects.
Comparing crises: Great Lockdown versus Great Recession
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 925132526X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
A comparison of the Great Lockdown of 2020 underway with the Great Recession of 2009, reveals some regularities, yet many differences. Notably, the shock associated with the Great Recession arose out of economy-wide stress, particularly high-income countries, while in direct contrast, the Great Lockdown was borne outside of the global economic system, and seemingly is set to leave most countries severely affected, high and low-income countries alike. Both crises, however, have led to similar impacts to economies throughout the world, with significant contractions to economic growth, economic activity and employment. For global food and agriculture, the Great Recession unfolded as a combination of two distinct crises that followed each other from 2007 to 2009. The initial 2007-2008 crisis was largely limited to food and agriculture, arising from a combination of supply and demand shocks within the global food sector. The 2009 crisis arose from an external demand side shock, brought about by the sharp contraction in overall economic activity in 2009, which is now known as the Great Recession. When referring to the Great Recession, this paper distinguishes two distinct sub-crises, i.e. the global food crisis of 2007-2008 and the global recession of 2009.
International Financial Crises and Agriculture
Author: The World Economic Crisis and Third World Agriculture
Author: Ajit SinghPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description