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Aimed mostly at students of economics and related social sciences, it explains how food markets function and what social and cultural factors influence the processes of food production and consumption.

This textbook provides an introduction to the socioeconomics of food. Aimed mostly at students of economics and related social sciences, it explains how food markets function and what social and cultural factors influence the processes of food production and consumption. It also discusses the role of food producers, intermediaries, and consumers and examines the dynamics of prices, trade, and externalities.The book also highlights cultural and demographic processes and moral behaviors that shape production and consumption practices. Furthermore, it discusses issues of food quality, ethics, and politics. Readers are also introduced to food databases and methods of data processing.

Dieses Lehrbuch bietet eine Einführung in die Sozioökonomie der Ernährung. Hauptsächlich an Studierende von Wirtschaftsstudiengängen und verwandte Sozialwissenschaften gerichtet, erklärt es wie Lebensmittelmärkte funktionieren und welche sozialen und kulturellen Faktoren die Prozesse der Lebensmittelproduktion und -konsum beeinflussen. Es diskutiert auch die Rolle von Lebensmittelproduzenten, Zwischenhändlern und Verbrauchern und untersucht die Dynamik von Preisen, Handel und Externalitäten.Das Buch betont auch kulturelle und demografische Prozesse und moralische Verhaltensweisen, die Produktions- und Konsumpraktiken prägen. Darüber hinaus diskutiert es Fragen der Lebensmittelqualität, Ethik und Politik. Den Leserinnen und Lesern werden auch Lebensmitteldatenbanken und Methoden der Datenverarbeitung vorgestellt.

This open access book applies for the first time emerging concepts of socioeconomics to analyse an economic sector, namely agriculture.

Although all economic activities take place in sectors, economists often devote little attention to differences between and characteristics of sectors. This book tries to show that mesoeconomics, the economic exploration of sectors and groups, is a useful instrument of analysis between microeconomics (the analysis of markets) and macroeconomics (the analysis of economies). In order to do so, economists and social scientists from related disciplines and coming from Europe, Australia and Asia, demonstrate that sectors matter for economic development and the formation of societies. The book includes chapters with rigorous economic analysis, outlooks on economic history, and case studies in order to show the relevance of sectoral issues, this broad range of content making it likely the most comprehensive book on mesoeconomics to date.

Mountain agriculture is a socially and culturally unique system, but also a regionally important economic sector. In a globalising world, it is clear that fertile areas on all continents will always be used to produce large quantities of agricultural products in order to feed the world and, increasingly, provide biomass as a source of energy. It is far less clear, however, how land use in steep and more peripheral regions will evolve. By definition, farmland in mountain areas is more difficult to work because of steep slopes and missing accessibility. Climate conditions and poor soil quality often add to these adverse conditions. Through overcoming limited views from one region only or from one discipline, this book intends to draw a first truly international perspective on the issue of mountain farming.

Mountain agriculture is a socially and culturally unique system, but also a regionally important economic sector. In a globalising world, it is clear that fertile areas on all continents will always be used to produce large quantities of agricultural products in order to feed the world and, increasingly, provide biomass as a source of energy. It is far less clear, however, how land use in steep and more peripheral regions will evolve. By definition, farmland in mountain areas is more difficult to work because of steep slopes and missing accessibility. Climate conditions and poor soil quality often add to these adverse conditions. Through overcoming limited views from one region only or from one discipline, this book intends to draw a first truly international perspective on the issue of mountain farming.

Although all economic activities take place in sectors, economists often devote little attention to differences between and characteristics of sectors. This book tries to show that mesoeconomics, the economic exploration of sectors and groups, is a useful instrument of analysis between microeconomics (the analysis of markets) and macroeconomics (the analysis of economies). In order to do so, economists and social scientists from related disciplines and coming from Europe, Australia and Asia, demonstrate that sectors matter for economic development and the formation of societies. The book includes chapters with rigorous economic analysis, outlooks on economic history, and case studies in order to show the relevance of sectoral issues, this broad range of content making it likely the most comprehensive book on mesoeconomics to date.

Und warum derzeit die Voraussetzungen dafür geschaffen werden, damit sich dies ändert.So füllt «Postletale Landwirtschaft» die Lücke zwischen tierethischen Abhandlungen und der Fülle «wertfreier» agrar- und umweltwissenschaftlicher Literatur zur Dynamik und den Auswirkungen des Fleischkonsums.