Agricultural Policy Analysis: Concepts and Tools for Emerging Economies

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to policy analysis in agriculture, covering key concepts, tools, and case studies. It is designed for public officials, teachers, researchers, agro-economists, capacity builders, and policymakers, and serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students in agriculture, development studies, and environmental sciences.

Format: Hardback
Length: 478 pages
Publication date: 10 April 2022
Publisher: Springer Verlag, Singapore

This comprehensive book delves into a multitude of interconnected themes essential for policy analysis in agriculture. It presents key concepts and tools that are fundamental for understanding and evaluating agricultural policies and programs. The book explores the role of the state in a market economy, with examples drawn from developing economies such as Sri Lanka. It also examines the international trade environment, including trade policies and agreements. Conceptual frameworks are provided to analyze important domestic and international trade policies.

The book highlights the interconnections between agriculture, development, policy, and demonstrates how the agricultural sector contributes to achieving economic growth, equity, and equality objectives, as well as environmental goals. It provides a detailed examination of agricultural markets in developing countries, with a special focus on Sri Lanka. Various indices and methods are used to measure competitiveness at different market levels.

The book offers a range of tools and models for policy analysis, including the GTAP model, gravity models, extended benefit-cost analysis, and linear programming. These tools are applied to analyze trade policies and agreements, marketing policies, environmental services, extension programs, land tenure reforms, and climate change adaptations. Case studies related to the agri-food policy and strategy response to the COVID-19 pandemic are also included.

This book appeals to a wide audience, including public officials involved in agricultural planning and policy, teachers, researchers, agro-economists, capacity builders, and policymakers. It serves as an invaluable resource for undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture, providing them with a comprehensive understanding of the field.

Weight: 928g
Dimension: 235 x 155 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789811632839
Edition number: 1st ed. 2022