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100 1 $aBarkley, Andrew P.,$d1962-
245 10 $aDepolarizing Food and Agriculture :$ban Economic Approach.
260 $aLondon ;$aNew York :$bRoutledge,$c2015.
300 $a1 online resource (213 pages)
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490 1 $aEarthscan Food and Agriculture
588 0 $aPrint version record.
505 0 $aCover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of boxes; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and abbreviations; Dedication; 1 Introduction: the industrialization and de-industrialization of agriculture; Introduction; Global agriculture; Polarization and agriculture; Example 1: polarization in the beef industry; Example 2: the Green Revolution in India; Is polarization good or bad?; The economic approach to polarization; Major themes and book summary; Notes; 2 A concise history of agriculture: the advent of polarization; Introduction.
505 8 $aThe development of US agricultureSlavery; The search for efficiency; The mechanization of American agriculture; Global diffusion of agricultural equipment; The Civil War period: Abraham Lincoln signs five important laws affecting agriculture; The government and US agriculture: the development of agricultural protectionism; The increased use of chemical fertilizer; Genetically modified plants and seeds; Summary and conclusions; Notes; 3 Markets and polarization; Introduction; Historical evolution of a circular flow economy; Market economies, command economies, and mixed economies.
505 8 $aMarket economies and consumer sovereigntyWhy do markets work?; Resource allocation and coordination in a market-based economy; Price changes; Limits to markets; Poverty in a market-based economy; Summary and conclusions; Notes; 4 Food markets and polarization; Introduction; What food to produce?; How much food to produce?; How to produce food?; When to produce food?; For whom to produce food?; Summary and conclusions; Notes; 5 Creative destruction and the cycle of polarization; Introduction; Background: early economic studies; Diffusion of innovations.
505 8 $aDeterminants of the rate of adoption of agricultural innovationsA model of the rate of agricultural innovation adoption; A model of polarization in food and agriculture; Innovators and early adopters: intensely pro-innovation; The opposition: intensely anti-innovation; Summary and conclusions; Notes; 6 Industrial agriculture and economies of scale; Introduction; Market concentration in food and agriculture; Economies of scale; Industrial agriculture and polarization; Depolarizing industrial agriculture: a way forward; Retail groceries and economies to scale.
505 8 $aEconomies of scale and the environmentSummary and conclusions; Notes; 7 Externalities, public goods, and agricultural subsidies; Introduction; Externality; Challenges of agricultural externalities; Public goods; Economic analysis of agricultural policy; Optimal level of polarization; Summary and conclusions; 8 Product bundling: bringing together divergent consumers; Introduction; Consumer sovereignty; Product bundling; Summary and conclusions; Notes; 9 Trade, globalization, and localism; Introduction; Absolute advantage; Comparative advantage.
500 $aOpposition to trade due to protection from import competition.
520 $aMany issues in food and agriculture are portrayed as increasingly polarized. These include industrial vs. sustainable agriculture, conventional vs. organic production methods, and global vs. local food sourcing, to name only three. This book addresses the origins, validity, consequences, and potential resolution of these and other divergences. Political and legal actions have resulted in significant monetary and psycho-social costs for groups on both sides of these divides. Rhetoric on many issues has caused misinformation and confusion among consumers, who are unsure about the impact of thei.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 $aAgriculture$xEconomic aspects.
650 0 $aAgriculture and politics.
650 0 $aFood industry and trade$xPolitical aspects.
650 0 $aAgriculture and state.
650 6 $aAgriculture$xAspect économique.
650 6 $aAgriculture et politique.
650 6 $aPolitique agricole.
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700 1 $aBarkley, Paul W.
776 08 $iPrint version:$aBarkley, Andrew.$tDepolarizing Food and Agriculture : An Economic Approach.$dHoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2014$z9780415714228
830 0 $aEarthscan food and agriculture.
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