Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The farm and food system
  • 3. Consumer behavior and demand
  • 4. Producer decision making: single-variable input
  • 5. Producer decision making: two-variable inputs and enterprise selection
  • 6. Production costs, supply and price determination
  • 7. Competition and the market
  • 8. Imperfect competition and market regulation
  • 9. Macroeconomics
  • 10. Financial picture of agriculture
  • 11. Agricultural price and income policies
  • 12. Marketing agricultural commodities
  • 13. Natural resources
  • 14. Rural development
  • 15. International economics
  • 16. Agriculture's role in economic development
  • 17. Global food demand and dupply.