Oslo: Copenhagen Business School Press, 2006, 477 pp.,Įdited by Frank Aasche (University of Stavanger), this book Of the issues and trends within the world food economy.Īnd Agribusiness, Louisiana State UniversityĮ-mail: Industries Facing Global Markets: The SupplyĬhains and Markets for Norwegian Food, F. Use this volume as a supplemental reading to provide both undergraduate and graduate students with a better understanding
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Trade or development, the authors have put together in one volume a useful overview of the key issues facing the world foodĮconomy. Theory that many instructors want in a textbook in international A synopsis is provided in chapter 16.Īlthough this book does not provide the level of economic The authors provide a moreĭetailed and in-depth analysis of each region in chapters 10 Chapter 9 compares these trendsĪcross seven regional groupings. Countries are compared and contrasted on the basis of trends in GDP per capita, populationĭynamics, agricultural development, dietary change, consumption trends, and food security. They reside, and examining the role of economic developmentĬhapters 9 through 15 adopt a geographic approach in considering world food issues. Security is, identifying who the food insecure are and where ChapterĨ examines the issue of food security by defining what food Chapterħ considers the role of agriculture in economic growth, discussing the contributions of agriculture to the development ofĪn economy as well as the need for diversification. To highlight both sides in the debate over globalization. Identify the net costs of trade distortions. Present the theory of comparative advantage, and subsequently Here the authorsĬ 2008 International Association of Agricultural Economists With the idea that markets do not always efficiently allocate Chapter 5 discusses the impact on the environment of livestock and crop production. Of each chapter provide the reader with necessary economicĬhapters 5 through 8 continue the topical format as the authors consider the interaction of agriculture with the environment, globalization, economic development, and food security, Chapter 4 provides an overview of how suppl yĪnd demand interact in the market. Following an overview of the nature ofĪgriculture, this chapter examines the historic events that haveĪllowed agriculture to keep pace with, and even exceed, population growth.
Chapter 3 examines the determinants of food supply. The chapter looks both at historic trends in demand as well as examining The role of income in determining consumption is also examined. Relation to their impact on food consumption. Using the Malthusian Theorem as a focal point, population growth and changes in demographics are examined in Chapter 2 examines factors influencing foodĭemand. Of these chapters,Ĭhapters 2, 3, and 4 consider the basic elements of the worldįood economy. Of key issues in the world food industry. In the first,Ĭhapters 2 through 8, the authors provide a topical analysis The book can be divided into two main sections. Related to global development and the world food supply. Non-technical, easy to understand primer on important issues Of this nature is typically quite diverse, the authors provide a The capacity of agriculture to provide for the demands of a The World Food Economy was originally written for an undergraduate course focusing on global development trends and Issues relevant to the world food system and examining historic The World Food Economy fills a niche in this literature, providing an overview of key Thomas Malthus examined this issue, economists, industryleaders, policy-makers, and others continue in their quest toīetter understand the world food system. Tweeten, Oxford: Blackwell, 2006, 402 pp., US$94.95,Īs the world’s population grows, questions persist regarding how global food production will be able to keep pace