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Preface to the Second Edition | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction | |
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Our Focus | |
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Chapter Outline | |
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Key Words and Terms | |
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Study Questions | |
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The Demand Side: How Population Growth and Higher Incomes Affect Food Consumption | |
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Classic Malthusianism, Its Modern Variants, and Its Critiques | |
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Demographic Transition | |
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Trends in Human Numbers, Past and Present | |
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Food Consumption and Income | |
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Demand Trends and Projections | |
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Summary and Conclusions | |
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Key Words and Terms | |
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Study Questions | |
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Appendix: The Fundamental Economics of Demand | |
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The Supply Side: Agricultural Production and Its Determinants | |
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The Nature of Agriculture | |
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Increases in Agricultural Supply | |
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Has Intensification Run Its Course? | |
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The Food Economy Beyond the Farm Gate | |
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Trends in Per Capita Production | |
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Key Words and Terms | |
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Study Questions | |
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Appendix: The Fundamental Economics of Supply | |
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Aligning the Consumption and Production of Food over Time | |
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The Desirability of Competitive Equilibrium | |
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Public Policy and Markets for Farm Products | |
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Historical Trends in the Scarcity of Agricultural Products | |
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Outlook for the Twenty-First Century | |
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Key Words and Terms | |
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Study Questions | |
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Appendix: The Coordination of Decentralized Decision Making | |
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Agriculture and the Environment | |
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Diagnosing and Correcting Environmental Market Failure | |
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Agriculture and Climate Change | |
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Farmland Degradation | |
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Agriculture and Deforestation | |
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Agricultural Development and the Environment | |
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Key Words and Terms | |
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Study Questions | |
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Appendix: Market Failure and Its Remedies | |
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Globalization and Agriculture | |
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The Theory of Comparative Advantage | |
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Trade Distortions and the Economic Impacts | |
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The Debate over Globalization | |
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Potential Gains from Agricultural Trade Liberalization | |
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Multilateral Trade Negotiations and Agriculture | |
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The Case for Free Trade Still Stands | |
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Key Words and Terms | |
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Study Questions | |
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Appendix: Two-Country Illustrations of Comparative Advantage | |
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Agriculture and Economic Development | |
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Economic Expansion and Structural Transformation | |
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Agriculture's Role in Economic Development | |
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Trying to Develop at Agriculture's Expense | |
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Agricultural Development for the Sake of Economic Growth and Diversification | |
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Summary and Conclusions | |
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Key Words and Terms | |
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Study Questions | |
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Striving for Food Security | |
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Who and Where Are the Food-Insecure? | |
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Achieving Food Security | |
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The Food Security Synthesis and Economic Development | |
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The Standard Model and Communitarian Values | |
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Key Words and Terms | |
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Study Questions | |
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Interregional Differences and Similarities | |
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Economic Growth and Income Distribution | |
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Population Dynamics | |
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Agriculture's Response to Demand Growth | |
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Summary | |
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Key Words and Terms | |
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Study Questions | |
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Affluent Nations | |
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Standards of Living | |
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Population Dynamics | |
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The Food Economy | |
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Dietary Change and Consumption Trends | |
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Summary | |
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Key Words and Terms | |
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Study Questions | |
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Asia | |
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Trends in GDP per Capita | |
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Population Dynamics | |
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Agricultural Development | |
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Dietary Change, Consumption Trends, and Food Security | |
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Summary | |
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Key Words and Terms | |
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Study Questions | |
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Latin America and the Caribbean | |
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Trends in GDP per Capita | |
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Population Dynamics | |
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Agricultural Development | |
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Dietary Change, Consumption Trends, and Food Security | |
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Summary | |
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Key Words and Terms | |
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Study Questions | |
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The Middle East and North Africa | |
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Political Realities and Economic Trends | |
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Population Dynamics | |
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Agricultural Development | |
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Dietary Change, Consumption Trends, and Food Security | |
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Summary | |
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Key Words and Terms | |
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Study Questions | |
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Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union | |
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Economic Trends since the Fall of Communism | |
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Demographic Trends | |
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The Agricultural Sector | |
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Dietary Change, Consumption Trends, and Food Security | |
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Summary | |
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Key Words and Terms | |
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Study Questions | |
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Sub-Saharan Africa | |
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Trends in GDP per Capita | |
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Demographic Trends | |
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Agricultural Development | |
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Consumption Trends and Food Security | |
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Summary | |
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Key Words and Terms | |
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Study Questions | |
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The Global Food Economy in the Twenty-First Century | |
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Victims of Our Own Success? | |
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The New Food Economy | |
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The Changing Role of Government | |
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Back to the Future Food Economy? | |
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Key Words and Terms | |
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Study Questions | |
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Abbreviations and Acronyms | |
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Map Annex | |
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References | |
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Index | |