Book Review: Agricultural Economics and Policy

“This textbook is about modern agricultural economics and policy aimed at advanced degree students.Based on the lecture notes taught at the University of California, Berkeley, it presents a comprehensiveperspective on agricultural policy, its evolution, challenges, and limitations. The first part of the bookincludes cutting-edge analytical analysis of production, technology, risk, environmental, and policyissues in agriculture. The second part of the book applies the analysis in areas of agricultural supplychain, food security, land conservation, pesticide use, and climate change. The book provides amultidisciplinary approach to analyse natural resources and environmental issues in agriculture, andintroduces readers to the concepts of sustainability, biodiversity, bioeconomy, supply chain, and therole of agriculture and natural resources in addressing climate change. The book includes numerousapplications as well as six problem sets with selected solutions.” —World Scientific, book description