Question

Agriculture transformation was not simply an economic issue, but a political,  social and economic transformation of the rural sector’ – whose view is this

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Answer 1

Agricultural and food policy lies at the heart of many pressing societal issues

today and economic analysis occupies a privileged place in contemporary policy

debates. The global food price crises of 2008 and 2010 underscored the mount-

ing challenge of meeting rapidly increasing food demand in the face of increas-

ingly scarce land and water resources. The twin scourges of poverty and hunger

quickly resurfaced as high-level policy concerns, partly because of food price riots

and mounting insurgencies fomented by contestation over rural resources.

Meanwhile, agriculture’s heavy footprint on natural resources motivates heated

environmental debates about climate change, water and land use, biodiversity

conservation and chemical pollution. Agricultural technological change, espe-

cially associated with the introduction of genetically modified organisms, also

introduces unprecedented questions surrounding intellectual property rights and

consumer preferences regarding credence (i.e., unobservable by consumers)

characteristics. Similar new agricultural commodity consumer behavior issues

have emerged around issues such as local foods, organic agriculture and fair

trade, even motivating broader social movements. Public health issues related to

obesity, food safety, and zoonotic diseases such as avian or swine flu also have

roots deep in agricultural and food policy. And agriculture has become inextri-

cably linked to energy policy through biofuels production. Meanwhile, the

agricultural and food economy is changing rapidly throughout the world,

marked by continued consolidation at both farm production and retail distribu-

tion levels, elongating value chains, expanding international trade, and growing

reliance on immigrant labor and information and communications technologies.

In summary, a vast range of topics of widespread popular and scholarly interest

revolve around agricultural and food policy and economics. The extensive list of

prospective authors, titles and topics offers a partial, illustrative listing. Thus a

series of topical volumes, featuring cutting-edge economic analysis by leading

scholars has considerable prospect for both attracting attention and garnering

sales. This series will feature leading global experts writing accessible summaries

of the best current economics and related research on topics of widespread

interest to both scholarly and lay audiences.

More information about this series at

http://www.springer.com/series/14651

Answer 2

It is the rear view of panderlal shetty. Who was sitting in the backseat of his bullock cart, drinking and passing gas