Volume 2B. Part 5: Agricultural and Food Policy. The incidence of agricultural policy (J.M. Alston, J.S. James). Information, incentives, and the design of agricultural policies (R.G. Chambers). Market failures and second-best analysis, with a focus on nutrition, credit, and incomplete markets...

v. 1. pt. 1. Agricultural production (p. 3-741) -- v. 1. pt. 2. Marketing, distribution and consumers (p. 745-1209) -- v. 2. pt. 1. Agriculture and its external linkages (p. 1213-1686) -- v. 2. pt. 2. Agricultural and food policy (p. 1689-2249) -- v.3 Agricultural Development: Farmers, Farm...

"This book brings together emergent research and best practices in the area of agricultural management, policy, and structures, highlighting theoretical concepts and empirical research"--Provided by publisher.

1. The Introduction: Pandemic Preparedness and A-Platonic Policies for Transforming Africa’s Agri-food Systems -- 2. Technical Efficiency and Poultry Farming in Nigeria -- 3. Economics of Sesame Marketing in Nigeria -- 4.Analysis of Smallholder Maize Farmer’s Technical Efficiency and Farm...

This chapter traces the evolution of the agricultural economics literature on agrifood output markets over the past 50 years, emphasizing research approaches and policy issues. The analysis of agrifood systems encompasses the demand and supply side of output markets. The analysis in this chapter...