Economic studies on food, agriculture, and the environment /
作者： edited by Maurizio Canavari, Paolo Caggiati, and K. William Easter.
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简介：Summary:
Publisher Summary 1
The 23 selected papers examine topics of interest to agricultural economists. The section on food, nutrition, and quality discusses concentration and vertical coordination within the food industry as well as food safety and quality. That on land and resource assessment looks at water resource management and the recreational use of land among other issues. A third group of papers considers agriculture and rural development. The final section explores problems involving the effects of agro-environmental policies and market mechanisms to improve or protect the environment. No index is provided. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Publisher Summary 2
This book contains a selection of the papers presented at the Joint Conference on Food, Agriculture, and the Environment, organized by the University of Minnesota and several universities in Italy, and held in Bologna, Italy, on June 12-14, 2001. The papers are grouped into four sections: a) food, nutrition, and quality, b) land and resource assessment, c) agriculture and rural development, and d) environment and markets. Readers will benefit from the analysis provided in the papers and will gain new insights concerning alternative approaches to dealing with important policy issues.
