Agriculture & related industries books

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An Economic Assessment of Policy Options To Reduce Agricultural Pollutants in the Chesapeake Bay

An Economic Assessment of Policy Options To Reduce Agricultural...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781505433425
Format: Paperback
$52.67

In 2010, a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) was established for the Chesapeake Bay, defining the limits on emissions...  Read More >>

Coping Strategies in Response to Rising Food Prices: Evidence From India

Coping Strategies in Response to Rising Food Prices:...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781505433401
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Food prices across the world rose dramatically between 2006 and 2008. The causes of the price rise were complex,...  Read More >>

Agriculture in the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Agriculture in the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781505433388
Format: Paperback
$44.75

The proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a trade and investment agreement under nego-tiation by 12 countries...  Read More >>

Climate Change, Heat Stress, and U.S. Dairy Production

Climate Change, Heat Stress, and U.S. Dairy Production...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781505433364
Format: Paperback
$44.75

In the United States, climate change is likely to increase average daily temperatures and the frequency of heat...  Read More >>

Consumers' Use of Nutrition Information When Eating Out

Consumers' Use of Nutrition Information When Eating...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781505433371
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Until recently, many restaurants and fast-food places did not offer nutrition information at the point of purchase....  Read More >>

The Effects of Phytosanitary Regulations on U.S. Imports of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

The Effects of Phytosanitary Regulations on U.S. Imports...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781505433357
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Since the late 1980s, multilateral and bilateral trade agreements have reduced tariff rates and worked to restrain...  Read More >>

Japan's Agri-Food Sector and the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Japan's Agri-Food Sector and the Trans-Pacific Partnership...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781505433654
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Japan's agriculture has been inward oriented, protected by trade barriers from foreign competition. Even though...  Read More >>

The Estimated Amount, Value, and Calories of Postharvest Food Losses at the Retail and Consumer Levels in the United States

The Estimated Amount, Value, and Calories of Postharvest...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781505433579
Format: Paperback
$44.75

This report provides the latest estimates by USDA's Economic Research Service (ERS) on the amount and value of food...  Read More >>

Debt Use By U.S Farm Businesses, 1992-2011

Debt Use By U.S Farm Businesses, 1992-2011

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781505433593
Format: Paperback
$44.75

This report is a primer on the use of debt by U.S. farm businesses for policymakers, researchers, and others interested...  Read More >>

The Impacts of Reforms to the Public Distribution System in India's Chhattisgarh on Food Security

The Impacts of Reforms to the Public Distribution System...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781505433586
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Although a rapidly growing developing country, India has a larger food-insecure population than all of Sub-Saharan...  Read More >>

Global Drivers of Agricultural Demand and Supply

Global Drivers of Agricultural Demand and Supply

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781505433630
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Recent volatility in agricultural commodity prices and projections of world population growth raise concerns about...  Read More >>

Livestock Gross Margin-Dairy Insurance: An Assessment of Risk Management and Potential Supply Impacts

Livestock Gross Margin-Dairy Insurance: An Assessment...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781505433661
Format: Paperback
$44.75

"Public risk management policies for dairy producers have the potential to induce expan-sion in milk supplies, which...  Read More >>

Genetically Engineered Crops in the United States

Genetically Engineered Crops in the United States

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781505433623
Format: Paperback
$50.03

More than 15 years after their first successful commercial introduction in the United States, genetically engineered...  Read More >>

Deconstructing Wheat Price Spikes: A Model of Supply and Demand, Financial Speculation, and Commodity Price Comovement

Deconstructing Wheat Price Spikes: A Model of Supply...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781505433609
Format: Paperback
$44.75

In 2008, wheat futures prices spiked and then crashed along with prices for other agri-cultural and nonagricultural...  Read More >>

Methodology for the Quarterly Food-Away-from- Home Prices Data

Methodology for the Quarterly Food-Away-from- Home Prices...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781505433883
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Accurate and detailed prices are a key component to analyze a variety of important questions related to consumer...  Read More >>

Multi-Cropping Practices: Recent Trends in Double Cropping

Multi-Cropping Practices: Recent Trends in Double Cropping...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781505433906
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Over the last decade, growing demand for agricultural commodities-for both food and fuel-has increased the incentives...  Read More >>

Menu Labeling Imparts New Information About the Calorie Content of Restaurant Foods

Menu Labeling Imparts New Information About the Calorie...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781505433876
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Restaurant foods are typically higher in calories than meals consumed at home. Menu labeling regulations by the...  Read More >>

Vietnam's Agri-Food Sector and the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Vietnam's Agri-Food Sector and the Trans-Pacific Partnership...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781505433890
Format: Paperback
$44.75

In 1986, Vietnam embarked on a gradualist approach to market reform and steadily pursued trade agreements under...  Read More >>

New International Evidence on Food Consumption Patterns: A Focus on Cross-Price Effects Based on 2005 International Comparison Program Data

New International Evidence on Food Consumption Patterns:...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781505433913
Format: Paperback
$68.51

"Cross-price elasticities are updated in this report, using the World Bank's 2005 International Comparison Program...  Read More >>

Prevalence of U.S. Food Insecurity Is Related to Changes in Unemployment, Inflation, and the Price of Food

Prevalence of U.S. Food Insecurity Is Related to Changes...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781505433920
Format: Paperback
$50.03

This report examines the extent to which year-to-year changes in the prevalence of U.S. house-hold food insecurity...  Read More >>

Pesticide Use in U.S. Agriculture: 21 Selected Crops

Pesticide Use in U.S. Agriculture: 21 Selected Crops...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781505433937
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Pesticide use has changed considerably over the past five decades. Rapid growth char-acterized the first 20 years,...  Read More >>

Rural Employment Trends in Recession and Recovery

Rural Employment Trends in Recession and Recovery

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781505433944
Format: Paperback
$50.03

This report examines the effects of the recent major recession and gradual recovery on county employment and unemployment...  Read More >>

Working the Land With 10 Acres: Small Acreage Farming in the United States

Working the Land With 10 Acres: Small Acreage Farming...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781505433951
Format: Paperback
$44.75

According to the U.S. Census of Agriculture, 294,000 farms operated on 10 or fewer acres in 2007. While most small...  Read More >>

Technology, Organization, and Financial Performance in U.S. Broiler Production

Technology, Organization, and Financial Performance...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781505433968
Format: Paperback
$44.75

Broilers, young chickens bred for meat, account for nearly all...  Read More >>

Additionality in U.S. Agricultural Conservation and Regulatory Offset Programs

Additionality in U.S. Agricultural Conservation and...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781505433975
Format: Paperback
$65.87

"Conservation payments lead to improvement in environmental quality only if farmers and ranchers who receive them...  Read More >>

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