Handbook of Agricultural Economics: Agricultural Development: Farm Policies and Regional Development (Handbooks in Economics)

887 Pages·2009·7.83 MB·English

by  Robert E. Evenson

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INTRODUCTION TO THE SERIES
The aim of the Handbooks in Economics series is to produce Handbooks for various
branches of economics, each of which is a definitive source, reference, and teaching
supplement for use by professional researchers and advanced graduate students. Each
Handbook provides self-contained surveys of the current state of a branch of econom-
ics in the form of chapters prepared by leading specialists on various aspects of this
branch of economics. These surveys summarize not only received results but also
newer developments, from recent journal articles and discussion papers. Some original
material is also included, but the main goal is to provide comprehensive and accessible
surveys.TheHandbooksareintendedtoprovidenotonlyusefulreferencevolumesfor
professional collections but also possible supplementary readings for advanced courses
for graduate students in economics.
Kenneth J. Arrow
Michael D. Intriligator
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CONTENTS OF THE HANDBOOK
VOLUME 1A
PART 1 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 Production and Supply
YairMundlak
CHAPTER 2 Uncertainty, Risk Aversion, and Risk Management for
Agricultural Producers
GiancarloMoschiniandDavidA.Hennessy
CHAPTER 3 Expectations, Information and Dynamics
MarcNerloveand DavidA.Bessler
CHAPTER 4 The Agricultural Innovation Process: Research and Technology
Adoption in a Changing Agricultural Sector
DavidSundingandDavidZilberman
CHAPTER 5 Structural Change in Agricultural Production: Economics,
Technology and Policy
Jean-PaulChavas
CHAPTER 6 Land Institutions and Land Markets
KlausDeiningerandGershonFeder
CHAPTER 7 Human Capital: Education and Agriculture
WallaceE.Huffman
CHAPTER 8 Women's Roles in the Agricultural Household: Bargaining
and Human Capital Investments
T.PaulSchultz
CHAPTER 9 Human Capital: Migration and Rural Population Change
J.EdwardTaylorandPhilip L.Martin
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CHAPTER 10 Agricultural Finance: Credit, Credit Constraints,
and Consequences
Peter J.BarryandLindonJ.Robison
CHAPTER 11 Economic Impacts of Agricultural Research and Extension
RobertE.Evenson
CHAPTER 12 The Agricultural Producer: Theory and Statistical Measurement
Richard E.JustandRulonD.Pope
VOLUME 1B
PART 2 MARKETING, DISTRIBUTION AND CONSUMERS
CHAPTER 13 Commodity Futures and Options
Jeffrey C.Williams
CHAPTER 14 Storage and Price Stabilization
Brian Wright
CHAPTER 15 Food Processing and Distribution: An Industrial Organization
Approach
Richard J.SextonandNathalie Lavoie
CHAPTER 16 Marketing Margins: Empirical Analysis
MichaelK.Wohlgenant
CHAPTER 17 Spatial Price Analysis
PaulL.FacklerandBarryK.Goodwin
CHAPTER 18 Duality for the Household: Theory and Applications
Jeffrey T.LaFrance
CHAPTER 19 Economic Analysis of Food Safety
John M.Antle
CHAPTER 20 Marketing and Distribution: Theory and Statistical Measurement
JamesVercammen andAndrewSchmitz
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CHAPTER 21 Production and Marketing
RachaelE.Goodhue andGordonC.Rausser
VOLUME 2A
PART 3 AGRICULTURE, NATURAL RESOURCES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
CHAPTER 22 The Economics of Agriculture in Developing Countries:
The Role of the Environment
RamónLópez
CHAPTER 23 Agriculture and the Environment
ErikLichtenberg
CHAPTER 24 Common-Pool Resources and Institutions: Toward a Revised
Theory
ElinorOstrom
CHAPTER 25 Agriculture and Ecosystem Services
GeoffreyM. HealandArthurA.Small
PART 4 AGRICULTURE IN THE MACROECONOMY
CHAPTER 26 Applied General Equilibrium Analysis of Agricultural
and Resource Policies
ThomasW.Hertel
CHAPTER 27 Agriculture and the Macroeconomy, with Emphasis
on Developing Countries
MauriceSchiffandAlbertoValdés
CHAPTER 28 The Macroeconomics of Agriculture
PierGiorgioArdeniandJohn Freebairn
CHAPTER 29 Agriculture and Economic Development
C.PeterTimmer
CHAPTER 30 The Rural Sector in Transition Economies
KarenBrooksandJohnNash
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CHAPTER 31 Rural Development and Rural Policy
Alain DeJanvry,ElisabethSadouletandRinkuMurgai
CHAPTER 32 Agriculture in the Macroeconomy: Theory and Measurement
Philip AbbottandAlexMcCalla
VOLUME 2B
PART 5 AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD POLICY
CHAPTER 33 The Incidence of Agricultural Policy
JulianM. Alstonand JenniferS.James
CHAPTER 34 Information, Incentives, and the Design of Agricultural
Policies
RobertG.Chambers
CHAPTER 35 Market Failures and Second-Best Analysis with a Focus
on Nutrition, Credit, and Incomplete Markets
RobertInnes
CHAPTER 36 Political Economy of Agricultural Policy
Harry DeGorterandJohanSwinnen
CHAPTER 37 A Synthesis of Agricultural Trade Economics
Larry S.KarpandJeffrey M.Perloff
CHAPTER 38 International Trade Policy and Negotiations
DanielA.Sumnerand StefanTangermann
CHAPTER 39 Public Policy: Its Many Analytical Dimensions
GordonC.Rausserand RachaelE.Goodhue
CHAPTER 40 Food Security and Food Assistance Programs
Christopher B. Barrett
CHAPTER 41 Food Security and the World Food Situation
R.C. Duncan
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CHAPTER 42 Policy-Related Developments in Agricultural Economics:
Synthesis of Handbook Volume 2
BruceL.Gardner andD.GaleJohnson
VOLUME 3
PART 1 INTRODUCTION
OVERVIEW
RobertE.EvensonandPrabhuPingali
PART 2 HUMAN RESOURCES AND TECHNOLOGY MASTERY
CHAPTER 43 Agriculture and Human Capital in Economic Growth:
Farmers, Schooling and Nutrition
WallaceE.Huffmanand PeterF.Orazem
CHAPTER 44 Agricultural Extension
JockR.Anderson andGershonFeder
PART 3 INVENTION AND INNOVATION
CHAPTER 45 The Role of International Agricultural Research in Contributing to
Global Food Security and Poverty Alleviation: The Case of the CGIAR
PrabhuPingaliandTimKelley
CHAPTER 46 Contributions of National Agricultural Research Systems
to Crop Productivity
RobertE.EvensonandDouglasGollin
CHAPTER 47 Livestock Productivity in Developing Countries: An Assessment
Alejandro Nin,SimeonEhuiandSamuelBenin
CHAPTER 48 Agricultural Innovation: Investments and Incentives
BrianD.Wright,PhilipG.Pardey,Carol NottenburgandBonwoo Koo
CHAPTER 49 Private Agricultural Research
CarlE.Pray,KeithO.FuglieandDanielK.N.Johnson
CHAPTER 50 Plant Biotechnology for Developing Countries
RobertHerdt, GaryToenniessenandJohnO'Toole
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PART 4 MARKETS, INSTITUTIONS AND TRANSACTION COSTS
CHAPTER 51 Efficiency and Equity Effects of Land Markets
KeijiroOtsuka
CHAPTER 52 Labor: Decisions, Contracts and Organization
JamesRoumasset andSang-Hyop Lee
CHAPTER 53 Fertilizers and Other Farm Chemicals
PaulW.Heisey andGeorgeW.Norton
CHAPTER 54 Agricultural Mechanization: Adoption Patterns and
Economic Impact
PrabhuPingali
CHAPTER 55 Transformation of Markets for Agricultural Output in Developing
Countries Since 1950: How Has Thinking Changed?
ThomasReardonandC.Peter Timmer
CHAPTER 56 Rural Financial Markets in Developing Countries
JonathanConningandChristopher Udry
PART 5 NATURAL RESOURCES
CHAPTER 57 Soil Quality and Agricultural Development
PierreCrosson
CHAPTER 58 The Economics of Water, Irrigation, and Development
KarinaSchoengoldandDavidZilberman
CHAPTER 59 Land Use: Forest, Agriculture, and Biodiversity Competition
Roger A.SedjoandR.DavidSimpson
CHAPTER 60 Past Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture
RobertMendelsohn