1st Edition
The Role Of Markets In The World Food Economy
326 Pages
by
CRC Press
336 Pages
by
CRC Press
326 Pages
by
CRC Press
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This book extends the discussion of world food problems by giving explicit recognition to the potential role of markets. The authors highlight the contribution of prices to the solution of food problems in low-income countries, for example, by providing adequate incentives to farmers to expand production, assuring that food supplies can be obtained through trade when needed and giving appropriate... Read more
Also of Interest -- Preface -- The World Food Situation: Recent and Prospective Developments -- Discussion -- World Hunger: Extent, Causes, and Cures -- Hunger: Defining It, Estimating Its Global Incidence, and Alleviating It -- Discussion -- Price Policies in Developing Countries -- Discussion -- Discussion -- Governments and Agricultural Markets in Africa -- Why Do Governments Do What They Do? The Case of Food Price Policy -- Discussion -- Discussion -- The Role of Trade in Food Security and Agricultural Development -- Discussion -- Discussion -- The Role of Markets and Governments in the World Food Economy -- Discussion -- Discussion
Biography
"D. Gale Johnson is professor and chairman of the Department of Economics at The University of Chicago. G. Edward Schuh is professor and chairman of the Department of Agriculture and Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul."
