Handbook of international food and agricultural policies, volume I /
Policies for agricultural markets and rural economic activity.
editors William H. Meyers and Thomas Johnson, University of Missouri, USA ; editor-in-chief Timothy Josling, Stanford University.
- New Jersey : World Scientific Publishing Co., 2017, c2018.
- xxxiv, 510 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Includes bibliographical references.
Volume 1. Policies for agricultural markets and rural economic activity -- Volume 2. Policies for food safety and quality, improved nutrition, and food security -- Volume 3. International trade rules for food and agricultural products. Volume 1: Policies for agricultural markets and rural economic activity -- Evolving agricultural and rural policy in a global context: diverse origins and varied paths -- US agricultural policy -- Rural policy in the United States -- Agricultural policy in Europe -- Rural policy in Europe -- The Political economy of agricultural policy in Canada -- Rural policy in Canada -- Agricultural policy in Japan -- Agricultural and rural policy in Australia -- Agricultural and rural policies in Brazil -- Food and agricultural policies in India: evolution and performance -- Agricultural and rural policies in Indonesia: understanding food security and the changing role of rice through a food policy lens -- Agricultural and rural policies in Chile -- Agricultural and rural policies in Pakistan -- Agricultural policies in South Africa -- Agricultural and rural policies in Ghana: trends and impacts -- Agricultural and rural policies in China -- Agricultural and rural policies in Vietnam -- Agricultural and rural policies in Russia -- Agricultural policies in Kazakhstan -- Global interlinkage of National Agricultural and rural policies: technical change, trade, and the environment.
Volume 1 covers Farm and Rural Development policies of developed and developing countries. The volume contains 20 country chapters together with a concluding comprehensive synthesis of lessons to be drawn from the experiences of the individual countries.