Textbook
Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, 8th EditionISBN: 978-0-471-38847-0
Paperback
544 pages
January 2001, ©2001
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- Updated data and policies coverage, as well as revised applied chapters, makes this the most current text on the market.
- There is a new Chapter 16 on Agriculture's role in economic development.
- Chapter 13 on natural resources has been revised-(1) externality problems, or what is called market failure which results when producers fail to internalize all environmental impacts, are addressed; and (2) a discussion on how governments can correct market failure by applying regulations, taxes, or marketable permit schemes.
- Chapter 17 on global food demand and supply has been revised to reflect the changing factors affecting the global demand and supply of food.