
An Introduction to Economics
Concepts for Students of Agriculture and the Rural Sector
Berkeley Hill(Author)
CABI Publishing
5th Edition
Published on 12. July 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
264 pages
978-1-80062-006-3 (ISBN)
Description
Updated and revised, this fifth edition incorporates recent developments in the environment in which agriculture operates. Issues that have gained prominence since the previous edition (2014) include climate change and agriculture's mitigating role, concern with animal welfare, the social contributions that agriculture makes, risks associated with globalization, and rising concern over sustainability. Important for UK and EU readers are the adjustments needed now that the UK is no longer a member of the European Union and the nature of the national policies developed to replace the EU's Common Agricultural Policy. Containing all the major economic principles with agriculture-specific examples, An Introduction to Economics, 5th Edition provides a rounded and up-to-date introduction to the subject. The inclusion of updated chapter-focused exercises, essay questions and suggestions for further reading make this textbook an invaluable learning tool. This book: Is updated to include new developments, such as Brexit, importance of climate change and animal welfare. Includes exercises and essay questions. Suggests further reading to supplement the text. This book is recommended for students of agriculture, economics and related sectors.
More details
Edition
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Wallingford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 188 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
590 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-80062-006-3 (9781800620063)
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Person
Successively from 1970 to 2005 Berkeley Hill held the posts of lecturer, senior lecturer, reader in Agricultural Economics and, from 1999, professor at Wye College (University of London) and, following its merger in 2000, Imperial College London. This involved teaching economics and policy and researching at the interface between statistics and policy. On early retirement in 2005 he was made Emeritus Professor of Policy Analysis by Imperial College London (currently being listed within its Environmental Policy group). In 2008/9 Berkeley Hill was elected President of the Agricultural Economics Society. Since 2005 he has worked as a consultant for the World Bank, FAO, OECD, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, and the UNECE. He has also worked as part of the AgraCEAS Consulting team (a business part-owned by Imperial College) evaluating aspects of rural development policy in England, Wales and Scotland and in assessing the impact on agriculture of Brexit.
Content
1 : What is Economics? 2 : Explaining the Behaviour of Individuals: Theory of Consumer Choice 3 : Demand and Supply: the Price Mechanism in a Market Economy 4 : Markets and Competition 5 : Production Economics: Theory of the Firm 6 : Factors of Production and their Rewards: Theory of Distribution 7 : Market Failure: Some Problems of Using the Market to Allocate Resources 8 : Macroeconomics: the Workings of the Whole Economy 9 : International Trade 10: Government Policy for Agriculture and Rural Areas