US Agricultural and Food Policies: Economic Choices and Consequences

Policy analysis is a dynamic process of discovery rather than a passive exercise of memorizing facts and conclusions. This text provides opportunities to "practice the craft" of policy analysis by engaging the reader in realistic case studies and problem-solving scenarios that require the selection and use of applicable investigative techniques.

US Agricultural and Food Policies will assist undergraduate students to learn how policy choices impact the overall performance of agricultural and food markets. It encourages students to systematically investigate scenarios with appropriate positive and normative tools. The book emphasizes the importance of employing critical thinking skills to address the complexities associated with the design and implementation of twenty-first-century agricultural and food policies. Students are asked to suspend their personal opinions and emotions, and instead apply research methods that require the careful consideration of both facts and values. The opportunities to build these investigative skills are abundant when we consider the diversity of modern agricultural and food policy concerns.

Featuring case studies and critical thinking exercises throughout and supported by a Companion Website with slides, a test bank, glossary, and web/video links, this is the ideal textbook for any agricultural policy class.

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US Agricultural and Food Policies: Economic Choices and Consequences

Policy analysis is a dynamic process of discovery rather than a passive exercise of memorizing facts and conclusions. This text provides opportunities to "practice the craft" of policy analysis by engaging the reader in realistic case studies and problem-solving scenarios that require the selection and use of applicable investigative techniques.

US Agricultural and Food Policies will assist undergraduate students to learn how policy choices impact the overall performance of agricultural and food markets. It encourages students to systematically investigate scenarios with appropriate positive and normative tools. The book emphasizes the importance of employing critical thinking skills to address the complexities associated with the design and implementation of twenty-first-century agricultural and food policies. Students are asked to suspend their personal opinions and emotions, and instead apply research methods that require the careful consideration of both facts and values. The opportunities to build these investigative skills are abundant when we consider the diversity of modern agricultural and food policy concerns.

Featuring case studies and critical thinking exercises throughout and supported by a Companion Website with slides, a test bank, glossary, and web/video links, this is the ideal textbook for any agricultural policy class.

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US Agricultural and Food Policies: Economic Choices and Consequences

US Agricultural and Food Policies: Economic Choices and Consequences

US Agricultural and Food Policies: Economic Choices and Consequences

US Agricultural and Food Policies: Economic Choices and Consequences

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Overview

Policy analysis is a dynamic process of discovery rather than a passive exercise of memorizing facts and conclusions. This text provides opportunities to "practice the craft" of policy analysis by engaging the reader in realistic case studies and problem-solving scenarios that require the selection and use of applicable investigative techniques.

US Agricultural and Food Policies will assist undergraduate students to learn how policy choices impact the overall performance of agricultural and food markets. It encourages students to systematically investigate scenarios with appropriate positive and normative tools. The book emphasizes the importance of employing critical thinking skills to address the complexities associated with the design and implementation of twenty-first-century agricultural and food policies. Students are asked to suspend their personal opinions and emotions, and instead apply research methods that require the careful consideration of both facts and values. The opportunities to build these investigative skills are abundant when we consider the diversity of modern agricultural and food policy concerns.

Featuring case studies and critical thinking exercises throughout and supported by a Companion Website with slides, a test bank, glossary, and web/video links, this is the ideal textbook for any agricultural policy class.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781315459516
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 09/18/2017
Series: Routledge Textbooks in Environmental and Agricultural Economics
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 380
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Gerald D. Toland, Jr. is a Professor of Economics at Southwest Minnesota State University, USA.

William E. Nganje is a Professor in the Department of Agribusiness and Applied Economics, North Dakota State University, USA.

Raphael Onyeaghala is a Dean of the College of Business, Education, Graduate, and Professional Studies at Southwest Minnesota State University, USA.

Table of Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: An introduction to policy analysis

Chapter 2: Twenty-first-century trends, opportunities, and challenges for US agriculture and food systems

Chapter 3: A policy analysis toolbox: methods to investigate agricultural and food market scenarios

Chapter 4: Analyzing economic consequences of farm safety net programs in the 2014 Farm Bill

Chapter 5: The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA): evaluating costs and benefits

Chapter 6: US agricultural and food sector connections to the global economy

Chapter 7: Analyzing effects of USDA nutrition programs on hunger and food security in the US

Chapter 8: Economic choices and outcomes for agriculture, natural resources, and the environment

Chapter 9: Research, technology, and the growth of sustainable agricultural production

Chapter 10: Exploring the multi-dimensional aspects of food security

Chapter 11: Twenty-first-century perspectives on rural development

Chapter 12: Current developments and new dynamics influencing agricultural and food policy

Chapter 13: When policies work at cross-purposes: addressing challenges and pursuing opportunities

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