The Oxford Handbook of the Economics of Food Consumption and Policy

by Jutta Roosen, Jayson Lusk, Jason F. Shogren

Book Overview

Historically, the challenge for humans has been to secure a sufficient supply of food to stave off hunger and starvation. As a result, much of the research on food and agriculture in the past century has focused on issues related to production efficiency, food supply, and farm profitability. In recent years, however, farmers, agribusiness, policy makers, and academics have increasingly turned their attention away from the farm and toward the food...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199681325
• ISBN13: 9780199681327
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 928 Pages
• Weight: 3.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.8" x 9.6"