Volume 3: Handbook of Agricultural Economics, 1st Edition

Readership

Graduate students, researchers and professionals working or interested in the area of agricultural economics

Handbook of Agricultural Economics, 1st Edition

I Introduction

Overview: Robert E. Evenson and Prabhu Pingali

II Human Resources and Technology Mastery

Chapter 1 – Agriculture and Human Capital in Economic Growth: Farmers, Schooling and Nutrition: Wallace Huffman and Peter F. Orazem
Chapter 2 - Extension: Gershon Feder and Jock R. Anderson

III Invention and Innovation

Chapter 3 - The Role of International Agricultural Research in Contributing to Global Food Security and Poverty Alleviation: the case of the CGIAR: Prabhu Pingali and Tim Kelley
Chapter 4 - Contributions of National Agricultural Research Systems to Crop Productivity: Robert E. Evenson & Douglas Gollin
Chapter 5 - Livestock Productivity in Developing Countries: An Assessment: Simeon Ehui, Alejandro Nin-Pratt and Samuel Benin
Chapter 6 - Agricultural Innovations: Investments and Incentives: Brian D. Wright, Philip G. Pardey, Carol Nottenburg and Bonwoo Koo
Chapter 7 - Private Agricultural Research: Carl E. Pray, Keith Fuglie and Daniel K.N. Johnson
Chapter 8 – Plant Biotechnology for Developing Countries: Robert Herdt, Gary Toenniessen and John O’Toole

IV Markets, Institutions and Transaction Costs

Chapter 9 - Efficiency and Equity Effects of Land Markets: Keijiro Otsuka
Chapter 10 - Labor: Decisions, Contracts and Organization: James Roumasset and Sang-Hyop Lee
Chapter 11 – Fertilizer and Other Farm Chemicals: Paul W. Heisey and George W. Norton
Chapter 12 – Agricultural Mechanization: Adoption Patterns and Economic Impact: Prabhu Pingali
Chapter 13 - Transformation: Thomas Reardon and C. Peter Timmer
Chapter 14 - Financial Markets: Christopher R. Udry and Jonathan Conning

V Natural Resources

Chapter 15 - Soil Quality and Agricultural Development: Pierre R. Crosson
Chapter 16 - The Economics of Water, Irrigation and Development: David Zilberman and Karina Schoengold
Chapter 17 - Land Use: Forest, Agriculture and Biodiversity Competition: Roger A. Sedjo and R. David Simpson
Chapter 18 - Past Climate Change Impacts on Agriculture: Robert O. Mendelsohn