Contributions of Agricultural Economics to Critical Policy Issues

Agricultural economists face new challenges, as new policy issues of global significance emerge successively. Frequent occurrence of natural disasters, increasing food safety regulations and bewildering agricultural trade reform negotiations, increasing importance of GMO and biofortification, and the persistent poverty in unfavorable agricultural areas all require relevant policy responses. In this volume, leading agricultural economists attempt to anatomize such new issues, provide analytical insights, and draw policy implications, with a view to arousing the interests of agricultural economists in these issues and stimulating discussions among them.