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World agriculture in disarray / D. Gale Johnson.

By: Johnson, D. Gale (David Gale), 1916-2003.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Fontana world economic issues series.Publisher: London : Fontana/Collins ; Trade Policy Research Centre, 1973Description: 304 p. ; 20 cm. + pbk.Subject(s): Agriculture -- Economic aspects | Agriculture and stateDDC classification: 338.18
Contents:
Politics and economics and farmers -- Farm and trade policies of the industrial countries -- The present state of disarray -- Agricultural change -- Agriculture must change -- Agriculture prices and the use of resources -- World prices for agricultural products: real or fictitious? -- Food surpluses of industrial countries and food needs of developing regions -- Who gains from agricultural policy in the industrial countries -- What difference does trade make? -- Negotiations for freer trade in agricultural products.

Bibliography: (pages 291-296) and index.

Politics and economics and farmers -- Farm and trade policies of the industrial countries -- The present state of disarray -- Agricultural change -- Agriculture must change -- Agriculture prices and the use of resources -- World prices for agricultural products: real or fictitious? -- Food surpluses of industrial countries and food needs of developing regions -- Who gains from agricultural policy in the industrial countries -- What difference does trade make? -- Negotiations for freer trade in agricultural products.