Principles of Agricultural Economics

Principles of Agricultural Economics

Author: Andrew Barkley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-03-05

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1136779000

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This book showcases the power of economic principles to explain and predict issues and current events in the food, agricultural, agribusiness, international trade, natural resources and other sectors. The result is an agricultural economics textbook that provides students and instructors with a clear, up-to-date, and straightforward approach to learning how a market-based economy functions, and how to use simple economic principles for improved decision making. While the primary focus of the book is on microeconomic aspects, agricultural economics has expanded over recent decades to include issues of macroeconomics, international trade, agribusiness, environmental economics, natural resources, and international development. Hence, these topics are also provided with significant coverage.


Economics for Farm Management Extension

Economics for Farm Management Extension

Author: David Kahan

Publisher: Farm Management Extension Guid

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9789251075418

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Whether you are working for government, an NGO or the private sector, if you are an agricultural extension worker who is trying to assist farmers in increasing the profitability of their farms, the material in this booklet should be of help to you.


Rural Wealth and Welfare: Economic Principles Illustrated and Applied in Farm Life

Rural Wealth and Welfare: Economic Principles Illustrated and Applied in Farm Life

Author: Geo. T. Fairchild

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2020-03-16

Total Pages: 315

ISBN-13:

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"Rural Wealth and Welfare: Economic Principles Illustrated and Applied in Farm Life" by Geo. T. Fairchild is a comprehensive and insightful exploration of economic principles in the context of rural farming communities. Drawing from his expertise in agricultural economics, Fairchild delves into the intricacies of rural economies and the factors that contribute to their prosperity and well-being. Through real-life examples and case studies, he illustrates how economic principles can be practically applied to enhance the welfare of farmers and rural communities. Fairchild's work sheds light on the critical role of agriculture in society and the potential for economic growth and sustainability in rural areas. "Rural Wealth and Welfare" is an invaluable resource for economists, policymakers, and anyone interested in understanding the dynamics of rural economies.


Principles of Rural Economics

Principles of Rural Economics

Author: Thomas Nixon Carver

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9781230207278

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 edition. Excerpt: ... The DEGREESnigration of the wheat belt. A similar movement is showing itself with respect to wheat. Wheat, like beef, has been, in a sense, a frontier crop. This is for no other reason than that it is a suitable crop to grow at long distances from market where land is abundant. That is to say, wheat, like beef, stands transportation well, and, more important still, it is most economically produced where there is abundance of cheap land in proportion to the supply of labor. When labor has become relatively more abundant and land relatively more scarce, there has been a tendency throughout our history for wheat and beef growing to give way to other products requiring less land and more labor for their economical production. For this reason wheat, like beef, has followed our frontier, and we need not be surprised or alarmed when the center of wheat production passes to the new frontiers beyond our national boundaries. This will not be a decline in agriculture but an advance. However, it is not likely that the total amount of either wheat or beef will actually or seriously decline in this country, though it is unlikely that it will keep pace with our growth of population. Wheat will be found to fit into systems of crop rotation with other heavier-yielding crops. In parts of England, for example, the author has been told by farmers that they could not afford to grow wheat except for the above reason, and for the further reason that they needed straw as bedding for their cattle. If this satisfactorily explains why wheat continued to be grown in an old and densely populated country like England, we may safely predict that it will continue to be grown, to a certain extent, for a great many years in this country. Similarly, beef will continue to


Rural Wealth and Welfare Economic Principles

Rural Wealth and Welfare Economic Principles

Author: George Thompson Fairchild

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2015-06-16

Total Pages: 410

ISBN-13: 9781330123447

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Excerpt from Rural Wealth and Welfare Economic Principles: Illustrated and Applied in Farm Life In giving these pages to the public I offer no apology for a restatement of fundamental principles always requiring adjustment to new life and circumstances; but economic literature has usually dealt too exclusively with the phenomena of manufactures and commerce to gain the sympathy of rural people. An experience of more than thirty years in handling such subjects at the Michigan and Kansas Agricultural Colleges, together with the expressed confidence of former pupils whose judgment I trust, has led me into the effort to bring the subject home to farmers and farmers' families in this elementary way. I have carefully refrained from quotations, or even references to works consulted, for the obvious reason that such formalities would distract the attention of most readers from the direct, common-sense thinking desired, and render the style of the book more complex. I hereby acknowledge my debt to the leading writers of past and present upon most of the topics treated, not excluding any school or party. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.


Principles of Agricultural Economics

Principles of Agricultural Economics

Author: David Colman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1989-02-09

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 9780521336642

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This textbook addresses the main economic principles required by agricultural economists involved in rural development. The principles of 'micro-economics' or 'price-theory' are of relevance to economists everywhere, but this book reinforces the message of their relevance for rural development by explaining the theory in the specific context of the agricultural and food sectors of developing countries. Hypothetical and actual empirical illustrations drawn almost exclusively from such countries distinguish this book from other economic principles texts that draw their examples almost invariably from industrialised countries, and also from books more oriented to the issue of rural development. The first half of the book deals with the underlying principles of production, supply and demand. These are essential tools for the study and management of the agricultural sector and food markets. In the second half, supply and demand are bought together into a chapter of equilibrium and exchange. This is followed by chapters on trade and the theory of economic welfare. In the final chapter it is shown that much of the material in the earlier chapters can be combined by agricultural economists into a system for analysing and comparing the effects of alternative agricultural policies. The ability of agricultural economics to provide a consistent framework for the analysis of policy problems thus enables it to make a key contribution to rural development.


Principles of Rural Economics (Classic Reprint)

Principles of Rural Economics (Classic Reprint)

Author: Thomas Nixon Carver

Publisher:

Published: 2016-06-13

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 9781332598120

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Excerpt from Principles of Rural Economics The author desires to express his thanks to many of his for mer students for their helpful suggestions; to a brilliant group of young instructors in agricultural economics in several of our leading universities, particularly Professors H. C. Taylor of the University of Wisconsin, J. L. Coulter of the University of Minnesota, and George F. Warren of Cornell University; to Dr. L. G. Powers of the Bureau of the Census; to Sir Horace Plunkett, the leader in the economic regeneration of Ireland; to Dr. Howard L. Gray of Harvard University for valuable criticisms; to Miss A. E. Gardner of Cambridge, Massachu setts, for help in preparing manuscript; and, most of all, to his wife for her merciful but unerring criticism. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.