Overview
- Comprises empirical studies on the economics of agriculture and natural resources in Iran
- Analyses the challenges faced by the agriculture field in the Central Asia and MENA region and potential solutions
- Addresses the agricultural sector's growth, which is essential for the alleviation of poverty and improvement of food security
Part of the book series: Perspectives on Development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region (PDMENA)
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Agricultural Resilience and Sustainability
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Agricultural Producers and Consumers
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Back Matter
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About this book
This volume is a collection of twelve selected empirical studies on the economics of agriculture and natural resources. Twenty-two authors have contributed their research to this volume. Papers of this volume are grouped into three main domains covering: Agricultural Resilience and Sustainability; Agricultural Producers and Consumers; and Energy Use in Agriculture. Organized in an analytical framework and offering comprehensive empirical data, this book focuses on agricultural sustainability and resilience, environmental efficiency, agricultural extension, foreign trade, energy use, and agricultural growth aspects of the Iranian agriculture sector. They demonstrate technical and methodological tools used for the analysis and explain their application in the agricultural sector of Iran. This book will be a valuable read for those managing agricultural enterprises, policy makers, and researchers of agricultural producers and consumers.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Masoomeh Rashidghalam is a researcher at Centre for Entrepreneurship and Spatial Economics (CEnSE), Jönköping International Business School (JIBS), Jönköping, Sweden. She did her BSc and PhD in Department of Agricultural Economics at University of Tabriz and holds a MSc from Tarbiat Modares University. Dr. Rashidghalam’s areas of expertise are: Agricultural Production Economics, Productivity and efficiency, Well-Being, and Urbanization. She has a wide range of teaching experience in Econometrics, Agricultural Production Economics and Microeconomics. She has written two books: Measurement and Analysis of Performance of Industrial Crop Production: The Case of Iran’s Cotton and Sugar Beet Production, 2018, published by Springer. Sustainable Agriculture and Agribusiness in Iran, 2019, published by Springer. She has publications in Journal of Productivity Analysis.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Economics of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Book Subtitle: The Case of Iran
Editors: Masoomeh Rashidghalam
Series Title: Perspectives on Development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-5250-2
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-5249-6Published: 30 June 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-5252-6Published: 30 June 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-5250-2Published: 29 June 2020
Series ISSN: 2520-1239
Series E-ISSN: 2520-1247
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 206
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 23 illustrations in colour
Topics: Agricultural Economics, Middle Eastern and North African Economics, Sustainable Development