The Global Bio-economy: Proceedings Of The Twenty-eighth Conference Of The International Association Of Agricultural Economists, Held At Foz Do Iguaçu, Brazil, 18-24 August 2012

Synopsis

The Global Bio-economy / Johan Swinnen, Olivia Riera -- Food Insecurity, Income Inequality, And The Changing Comparative Advantage In World Agriculture / Keijiro Otsuka -- Options For African Agriculture In An Era Of High Food And Energy Prices / Peter B.r. Hazell -- Commodity Index Investment And Food Prices: Does The Masters Hypothesis Explain Recent Price Spikes? / Scott H. Irwin -- Stocks-to-use Ratios And Prices As Indicators Of Vulnerability To Spikes In Global Cereal Markets / Eugenio Bobenrieth, Brian Wright, And Di Zeng -- Time-series Econometric Analyses Of Biofuel-related Price Volatility / Teresa Serra -- Climate Change, Weather Shocks, And Violent Conflict: A Critical Look At The Evidence / Jeroen Klomp, Erwin Bulte -- Volatility, Agricultural Risk, And Household Poverty: Micro-evidence From Randomized Control Trials / Karen Macours -- Food Security, The Labor Market, And Poverty In The Brazilian Bio-economy / Joaquim Bento De Souza Ferreira Filho --^ Technology And The Future Bioeconomy / David Zilberman, Eunice Kim, Sam Kirschner, Scott Kaplan, And Jeanne Reeves -- Public Agricultural R&d Over The Past Half Century: An Emerging New World Order / Philip G. Pardey, Julian M. Alston, Connie Chan-kang -- Global Land Investments In The Bio-economy: Evidence And Policy Implications / Klaus Deininger -- Competition For Land In The Global Bioeconomy / Thomas Hertel, Jevgenijs Steinbuks, Uris Baldos -- Water And Food In The Bioeconomy: Challenges And Opportunities For Development / Mark W. Rosegrant, Claudia Ringler, Tingju Zhu, Simla Tokgoz, Prapti Bhandary -- The Human Capital Roots Of The Middle Income Trap: The Case Of China / Linxiu Zhang, Hongmei Yi, Renfu Luo, Changfang Liu, Scott Rozelle -- Agricultural Price Distortions: Trends And Volatility, Past, And Prospective / Kym Anderson -- Trade Liberalization In The Bio-economy: Coping With A New Landscape / Jean-christophe Bureau, Sebastien Jean --^ Agriculture And Development: Revisiting The Policy Narratives / Stefan Dercon. Edited By Johan Swinnen And Olivia Riera, Licos Center For Institutions And Economic Performance And Department Of Economics University Of Leuven, Belgium. Includes Bibliographical References.