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Handbook on the globalisation of agriculture / edited by Guy M. Robinson, Director, Centre for Rural Health and Community Development, University of South Australia, Doris A. Carson, Department of Geography and Economic History, Umeå University, Sweden, and Centre for Rural Health and Community Development, University of South Australia ; contributors, Kym Anderson [and thirty eight others].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Handbooks on Globalisation Series
- Handbooks on Globalisation
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Agriculture--Economic aspects--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Agriculture.
- Globalization--Economic aspects--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Globalization.
- Agriculture and state.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (524 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Agriculture is becoming increasingly influenced by globalisation. The result is a more interconnected world where new forms of trade and cultural exchange can thrive on an international level. This novel Handbook provides insights to the ways in which globalisation is affecting the whole agri-food system, from farms to the consumer. The expert contributors cover themes including the physical basis of agriculture, the influence of trade policies, the nature of globalised agriculture, and resistance to globalisation in the form of attempts to foster sustainability and multifunctional agricultural systems. They present a state-of-the-art summary of current debates and provide a starting point for subsequent research into solutions aimed at addressing food insecurity, global hunger and uneven development. Drawing upon studies from around the world, the Handbook will appeal to a broad and varied readership, across academics, students, and policy-makers interested in economics, trade, geography, sociology and political science.
- Contents:
- Part I. The physical basis of agriculture
- Part II. Globalisation and policy regimes
- Part III. Globalisation and transnational corporations
- Part IV. Challenges to the globalisation of agriculture.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 13, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 0-85793-983-1
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