The Role of Markets in the World Food Economy

ISBN-13: 9780367311100 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 326 str.

D. Gale Johnson; G. Edward Schuh

Opis

This book extends the discussion of world food problems by giving explicit recognition to the potential role of markets, highlighting the contribution of prices to the solution of food problems in low-income countries by providing adequate incentives to farmers to expand production.

Spis treści

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