Tomorrow's agriculture : incentives, institutions, infrastructure and innovations : proceedings of the twenty-fourth International Conference of Agricultural Economists, held at Berlin, Germany, 13-18 August 2000

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Tomorrow's agriculture : incentives, institutions, infrastructure and innovations : proceedings of the twenty-fourth International Conference of Agricultural Economists, held at Berlin, Germany, 13-18 August 2000

edited by G.H. Peters and Prabhu Pingali

Ashgate, 2001

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Proceedings of the International Conference of Agricultural Economists : twenty-fourth conference, 2000

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"International Association of Agricultural Economists, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford."

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

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This volume represents some of the proceedings of the 24th conference of the International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE) held in Berlin, Germany, in August 2000. The papers in this volume include the president's address, the Elmhirst Lecture and a selection of 20 contributed papers. It also includes panel discussion reports, reports on the discussion groups and mini-symposia, poster paper abstracts, and the synoptic view presented at the close of the conference by the new president of the IAAE, Joachin von Braun. The theme of the 24th conference was "Tomorrow's Agriculture: Incentives, Institutions, Infrastructure and Innovations", reflecting the rapid advances being made in the application of biotechnology in both the developed and developing worlds.

Table of Contents

  • Opening session
  • globalization of the food and agricultural economy
  • improved market incentives in transition economies
  • agricultural research, technology development and institutions
  • making agriculture environmentally safe
  • development and research
  • trade, European Union and methodology
  • panel discussion reports
  • discussion group and mini-symposium reports
  • poster paper abstracts
  • closing session.

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