We consider a world in which the mode of food production, foraging or agriculture, is endogenous, and in which … communities (bands) of foragers or farmers. At the lowest levels of technology, equilibrium entails the grand coalition of … to a one-way transition from foraging to agriculture …

the multiple output FA cost function model. Time series and panel (state level) data from U.S. agriculture are used to …

builds on a non-parametric representation of the underlying technology. An application to U.S. agriculture is presented. By …

Small farmers in many tropical developing countries practice swidden agriculture. A key aspect of swidden agriculture … fallow period and to determine the optimal length of this period in swidden agriculture. The authors first construct a … theoretical model of a parcel of forest land that has been cleared for swidden agriculture. It is then shown how the dynamic and …

growth consequences for agriculture in Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. Despite geographical proximity, similar …

. This paper outlines a research program comparing the economic organization of agriculture in the U.S. and European Union (E … areas, so European agriculture is more closely tied with local economic, demographic, and cultural issues …

economics applied to food, agribusiness, and agriculture …

food crop and for swidden agriculture …