Part 1. Gordon Rausser: Scholar, Leader and Entrepreneur -- Chapter 1. On the Essence of Leadership: Lessons from Gordon Rausser -- Chapter 2. Scholar, Entrepreneur and Editorial Innovator -- Chapter 3. Gordon Rausser: Impacts on the World Food System -- Chapter 4. Gordon Rausser and the...

The Rio Grande has headwaters in Colorado, flows through New Mexico, and serves as the United States.–Mexico border in Texas, emptying into the Gulf of Mexico. Snow melt in Colorado and northern New Mexico constitutes the water river supply for New Mexico and the El Paso region, whereas...

The average real salary of agricultural economists has risen approximately 20 percent over the last two decades. Currently agricultural economists' salaries are approximately 6 percent above the average college of agricultural salary and 1 percent above the average of all university faculty....

This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. This text offers a comprehensive and nuanced view of the economic development of Spain since 1850. It provides a new set of historical GDP estimates for Spain from the demand and supply sides, and presents a reconstruction of production and...

This book uses simple economic theories to explain how China's agricultural economic phenomena exists in reality. It also helps the reader to get a clear understanding of economic phenomena, insight into the "hog cycle" and "food safety," as well as other economic and social phenomena. The...

1. Indian Food Systems towards 2050: Challenges and Opportunities -- 2. Economic Growth, Agriculture and Food Systems: Explaining Regional Diversity -- 3. Rural Livelihood Challenges: Moving out of Agriculture -- 4.Diet Diversity and the Declining Importance of Staple Grains -- 5.The Nutrition...

1. Introduction -- 2. Economic Development, Sustainable Development and Agriculture -- 3. Sustainability of Agricultural Systems -- 4. Challenges of Sustainable Agriculture in Developing Countries -- 5. Challenges of Sustainable Agricultural Development in High-Income Countries -- 6. Pathways to...

1. Introduction to The Economics of Agriculture and Natural Resources -- 2. Quantitative Sustainability Assessment Applied to Dairy Farms -- 3. A Framework for Economic Resilience Assessment of Agricultural Production Systems -- 4. Empirical Evaluation of Agricultural Sustainability Using...

1. Prolegomenon -- 2. Agricultural Development Mode: Relevant Theoretical Research at Home and Abroad -- 3. The Transformation of China’s Agricultural Development with Multiple Goals under Resource and Environmental Constraints -- 4. The Transformation of the Utilization Mode of Elements and...

Part 1: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence and Heuristics -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Heuristics -- 3. Data Engineering Techniques for Machine Learning and Heuristics -- Part 2: Food Security Machine Learning and Heuristics Models -- 4. Food Security -- 5. Food Security – Quality and Safety...