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Current Issues in Agricultural Economics

  • Textbook
  • © 1993

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Editors:
  1. A. J. Rayner

    1. University of Nottingham, UK

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  2. David Colman

    1. University of Manchester, UK

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Part of the book series: Current Issues in Economics (CIE)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Current Issues in Agricultural Economics: Introduction and Overview

    • A. J. Rayner, David Colman
    Pages 1-10

  3. The Political Economy of Industrial Countries’ Agricultural Policies

    • L. Alan Winters
    Pages 11-31

  4. Agricultural Policy Reform in the USA and the EC

    • Tim Josling
    Pages 32-61

  5. Agricultural Trade and the GATT

    • A. J. Rayner, K. A. Ingersent, R. C. Hine
    Pages 62-95

  6. Transformation of Agriculture in Central-Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union: Major Policy Issues and Perspectives

    • Csaba CsáKi
    Pages 96-126

  7. The Quest for Sustained Growth in Chinese Agriculture

    • Terry Sicular
    Pages 127-153

  8. Macroeconomics and the Agricultural Sector

    • P. Midmore, D. A. Peel
    Pages 154-177

  9. Economics of Agricultural Research and Biotechnology

    • W. Lesser, D. R. Lee
    Pages 178-204

  10. Environmental Economics and Agricultural Policy

    • David Colman
    Pages 205-223

  11. Less Favoured Areas and Rural Decline

    • K. J. Thomson
    Pages 224-239

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 240-279
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This book provides a survey of the key policy topics in agricultural economics, including agricultural protectionism and trade issues in the industrialised world, agricultural policy reform in Eastern Europe and China and agriculture and the environment. Recent theoretical analysis is also covered in relation to agricultural research and development and agriculture and the macroeconomy. The chapters are written by well-known international authors and the book will provide students with a clear and accessible guide to current issues in agricultural economics.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Nottingham, UK

    A. J. Rayner

  • University of Manchester, UK

    David Colman

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