Agricultural and Food Policy provides a comprehensive treatment of domestic and international policy setting, process, options and consequences.

Features:

• Gets readers thinking in broader terms, by considering the many forces: globalization, technology, food safety, and environment
• Includes more economic theory
• Details government involvement and current policy issues
• Explains the future of agricultural and food policy

Contents

1. Forces of Policy Change
2. Rational for Government Involvement in Food and Agriculture
3. U.S. Policy Decision Process
4. Geopolitical Centers of Influence
5. World Trade Organization
6. U.S. Trade and Development Policy
7. U.S. Farm Policies
8. Living with Limited Resources
9. Environmental Policy
10. Food Safety and Security Policy
11. Food Assistance and Nutrition Policy
12. Future Agriculture and Food Policy

Index

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