{"product_id":"reshaping-agricultures-contributions-to-society-isbn-9781405133289","title":"Reshaping Agriculture's Contributions to Society","description":"Membership of the IAAE is individual rather than organizational, and is motivated by a genuine wish to learn and achieve sustainable development through agricultural and rural progress in all regions. The theme of the 25th conference, \u003ci\u003eReshaping Agriculture's Contribution to Society \u003c\/i\u003ewas chosen to embrace the broadest possible set of contemporary issues covering these concerns, with four specific sub themes (1) strategies for reducing poverty, (2) efficiency in food and farming systems, (3) food safety and security, and (4) environmental management.  Preface (Joachim von Braun). \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The 25th conference and the association (David R. Colman and Nick Vink).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgricultural economics and distributional effects (Joachim von Braun).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCauses of rural economic development (Bruce L. Gardner)\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlenary 1\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRural poverty dynamics: development policy implications (Christopher B. Barrett).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSix characters (and a few more) in search of an author: how to rescue rural development before it’s too late (Simon Maxwell).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAchieving success in rural development: toward implementation of an integral approach (Alain de Janvry and Elisabeth Sadoulet)\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlenary 2\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs there a future for small farms? (Peter B. R. Hazell).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA revival of large farms in Eastern Europe – how important are institutions? (Ulrich Koester).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTotal factor productivity growth in agriculture: a Malmquist index analysis of 93 countries, 1980-2000 (Tim J. Coelli and D. S. Prasada Rao).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs small beautiful? Farm size, productivity, and poverty in Asian agriculture (Shenggen Fan and Connie Chan-Kang)\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlenary 3\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWill food safety jeopardize food security? (Jean Kinsey).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoverty amidst plenty: food insecurity in the United States (Michael LeBlanc, Betsey Kuhn, and James Blaylock).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFood safety, the media, and the information market (Johan F. M. Swinnen, Jill McCluskey, and Nathalie Francken).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgricultural biotechnology: implications for food security (Vittorio Santeniello)\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlenary 4\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe poverty of sustainability: rescuing economics from platitudes (Daniel W. Bromley).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnder-investing in public goods: evidence, causes, and consequences for agricultural development, equity, and the environment (Ramon Lopez).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResource degradation, low agricultural productivity, and poverty in sub-Saharan Africa: pathways out of the spiral (Simeon Ehui and John Pender).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomic development and environmental management in the uplands of Southeast Asia: challenges for policy and institutional development (Agnes C. Rola and Ian Coxhead)\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIAAE Synopsis: Reshaping Agriculture’s contribution to society\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrabhu Pingali.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMichael Petit.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlberto Valdes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohann Kirsten\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConference Program.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eName Index.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubject Index\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eDavid Colman\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Agricultural Economics at the University of Manchester. He is President-Elect of the International Association of Agricultural Economists and a past President of the Agricultural Economics Society in the UK. He has acted as expert advisor to the House of Commons Agriculture Committee on two occasions in relation to the dairy sector policy, and has been an expert witness and advisor in a number of court cases relating to the milk industry. David Colman has undertaken research projects and consulting contracts for various international bodies, including OECD, FAO, WHO, the World Bank, ODA, and the Canadian, Malawian, and Saudi Arabian Governments. He is co-author of textbooks on the Principles of Agricultural Economics, and Economics of Change in Less-Developed Countries. His main areas of research are agricultural supply response, dairy sector policy, price formation, and commodity modelling. Colman, was the Vice-President of IAAE in charge of the programme for the 25th IAAE Conference in Durban.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNick Vink\u003c\/b\u003e has been Chair of the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa since 1996. He spent 11 years at the Development Bank of Southern Africa as a senior policy analyst for rural and agricultural development issues during South Africa’s transition to democracy. His interests include land reform, agricultural policy, structural reform, and small farmer development.\u003c\/p\u003e Membership of the IAAE is individual rather than organizational, and is motivated by a genuine wish to learn and achieve sustainable development through agricultural and rural progress in all regions. 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