(eBook PDF) Economics of the Food System by David Blandford – Digital Ebook – Instant Delivery Download
Product details:
- ISBN-10 : 1516509862
- ISBN-13 : 978-1516509867
- Author: James Dunn, Alan Webb , David Blandford
Economics of the Food System provides a comprehensive overview of the food system, beginning with the physical and geographical context of United States agriculture. Concepts and tools of applied economics are then used to analyze the structure and economic characteristics of each component of the food system.
Over the course of the text, students learn about agricultural supply, demand, and prices, market elasticities and derived demand, food processing, wholesaling, retailing and food service, and the international food market. They also study the role of transportation, the law of one price, risk management, storage, and emerging issues and challenges for the food system. Throughout the text, the focus is on how markets function to ensure that people have the food they want to eat, when and where they want to eat it.
Table contents:
1 What This Book is All About
2 Overview of the Food System
3 Demand
4 Supply, Markets, and Prices
5 More on Elesticities and Derived Demand
6 Production and Farm Transactions
7 Food Processing, Differentiated Products, and Food Wholesaling
8 Food Consumption, Retailing, and Food Service
9 Agricultural Policies
10 International Trade and Trade Policies
11 The International Food Market
12 Transportation
13 The Law of One Price: Markets Separated by Distance or Time
14 Prices, Risk, Management, and Storage Decisions
15 Competition and Performance of the Food System
16 Emerging Issues and Challenges for the Food System
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