The World Food Economy
这是一本本科教材，介绍世界粮食经济的基本问题，分析全球粮食供需的决定因素及价格变化，并探讨环境、全球化、经济发展和粮食安全等关键议题。
This is a textbook for an undergraduate course on the world food economy. A few years ago, I had to take over a course on the global agricultural economy at fairly short notice. I struggled quite a bit until I had the reading assignments compiled and was ready to teach the course the way I intended to. My job would have been a lot easier had the book by Southgate et al. already been published. In fact, I think this is an excellent undergraduate textbook on the global food economy. It is largely self-contained. Therefore, it is also suitable for students from programmes outside agricultural faculties. After an introduction to the issues related to the world food economy the authors analyse the determinants of the global demand for and supply of food. This information is then used to explain the changes in the price of agricultural goods over time. A second part of the book deals with key issues of the global food economy such as the environment, globalisation, economic development or food security. Some of the issues discussed in much detail in this part of the book are the determinants of the global supply of and demand for food and how both interact in markets and determine the price of food. In particular, the authors analyse the global Agricultural Treadmill which has characterised world agriculture in the 20th century.