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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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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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| 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 | |