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The Handbook of Global Agricultural Markets : The Business and Finance of Land, Water, and Soft Commodities / by L. Nijs.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nijs, L., Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Financial risk management.
- Financial services industry.
- International economic relations.
- Industries.
- Agriculture.
- Risk Management.
- Financial Services.
- International Economics.
- Local Subjects:
- Risk Management.
- Financial Services.
- International Economics.
- Industries.
- Agriculture.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (605 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2014.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book is a one-stop reference for practitioners and academics in finance, business and economics, providing a holistic reference to the international agriculture business. It takes a multidisciplinary approach, looking at the issues, opportunities and investable themes in the global agricultural space, combining research and practical tools.
- Contents:
- Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 The Investible Agricultural Space; 3 Climate Change and Agriculture; 4 Agricultural Risk Management and (Crop) Insurance; 5 Biofuels and Agriculture; 6 Biofuels and the Sustainability Conundrum; 7 Financing the Agricultural Firm; 8 Farmland I: An Investible Asset Class?; 9 Farmland II: Capita Selecta; 10 Farmland III: Land-Expectation Value and Timberland Valuation; 11 Advanced Technologies and Agriculture: Genomics, Nanotechnology, and Beyond
- 12 Challenges in Agricultural Production and Natural-Resources Management13 Sustainability of Agricultural Productivity Growth; 14 Commodities I: Derivative Markets; 15 Commodities II: Trading Agricultural Commodities; 16 Commodities III: Speculation on (Agricultural) Commodity Derivatives and Financialization of Commodity-Price Formation; 17 The Global Water Challenge; 18 Future Agricultural Dynamics; Notes; Index
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9781786841582
- 1786841584
- 9781137302342
- 1137302348
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