Routledge Textbooks in Environmental and Agricultural Economics
Economics and Management of the Food Industry
1st Edition
By Jeffrey Dorfman
August 28, 2013
This book analyzes the economics of the food industry at every stage between the farm gate and the kitchen counter. Central to the text are agricultural marketing problems such as the allocation of production between competing products (such as fresh and frozen markets), spatial competition, ...
Agricultural Finance
1st Edition
By Charles Moss
June 13, 2013
This textbook integrates financial economics and management in the area of agricultural finance. The presentation of financial economics discusses how the credit needs of farmer/borrowers are met by depositors through commercial banks. The financial management content presents methods used to make ...
Food Economics: Industry and Markets
1st Edition
By Henning Hansen
June 12, 2013
Food and food markets still enjoy a pivotal role in the world economy and the international food industry is moving towards greater consolidation and globalization, with increased vertical integration and changes to market structure. Companies grow bigger in order to obtain economies of scale and ...
The World of Agricultural Economics: An Introduction
1st Edition
By Carin Martiin
May 23, 2013
This textbook takes a truly international approach towards agricultural economics, uniting many different perspectives on the subject and providing insight into agriculture in general, and into how practical farming works in particular. The book is laced throughout with real world examples and ...
Sustainability Economics: An Introduction
1st Edition
By Peter Bartelmus
June 21, 2012
The book is a concise introduction to an emerging field within economics. Drawing on numerous disciplines, including environmental science, environmental and ecological economics and optimal growth theory, sustainability remains a hazy and complex subject. The author set out with two objectives: ...
Agricultural Marketing: Structural Models for Price Analysis
1st Edition
By James Vercammen
May 26, 2011
The price of food has become very volatile in recent years for a variety of reasons, including a strengthened connection between the prices of agricultural commodities and other commodities such as oil and metals, more volatile production due to more frequent droughts and floods, and a rising ...