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Summary:

"The Handbook of Global Agricultural Markets is a one-stop reference for practitioners and academics in finance, business, and economics, providing a holistic reference to the international agriculture business. The book takes a multidisciplinary approach to the topic, looking at the issues, opportunities, and investible themes in the global agricultural space, combining both research and practical tools for analyzing topics and assessing risks. A central theme of the book is the role of the agriculture industry as an emerging market, how the industry has developed and grown to date, and prospects for the future. Readers will gain an understanding of the industry from the perspectives of producers, consumers, and catalysts. The book provides coverage of the following key commodity industries: wheat, soybean, corn, coffee, cotton, rice, ethanol, oats, lumber, cacao, orange juice, soy oil, live cattle, live hogs and feed cattle, water. This book will appeal to a range of readers, from the institutional investor who wants to invest in commodities; businesses, angels, and private equity houses who want to invest in agriculture projects; businesses looking for market entry; and academics who are researching the global agriculture industry. "-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
• 2. Investible Agricultural Space
• 3. Climate Change and Agriculture
• 4. Agricultural Risk Management and (Crop) Insurance
• 5. Biofuels and Agriculture
• 6. Biofuels and the Sustainability Conundrum
• 7. Financing the Agricultural Firm
• 8. Farmland I: An Investible Asset Class?
• 9. Farmland II: Capita Selecta
• 10. Farmland III: Land-Expectation Value and Timberland Valuation
• 11. Advanced Technologies and Agriculture: Genomics, Nanotechnology, and Beyond
• 12. Challenges in Agricultural Production and Natural-Resources Management
• 13. Sustainability of Agricultural Productivity Growth
• 14. Commodities I: Derivative Markets
• 15. Commodities II: Trading Agricultural Commodities
• 16. Commodities III: Speculation on (Agricultural) Commodity Derivatives and Financialization of Commodity-Price Formation
• 17. Global Water Challenge
• 18. Future Agricultural Dynamics.

Author/Creator:

Nijs, Luc , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

The handbook of global agricultural markets: the business and finance of land, water, and soft commodities [by Nijs, L.]

Subjects:

Commodity exchanges

Agricultural industries

Produce trade

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Call Numbers:

HG6046 .N55 2014eb

ISBNs:

9781137302342 (electronic bk.)
1137302348 (electronic bk.)
9781137302335 (hardback) [Invalid]
113730233X (hardback) [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

881518320

Other Control Numbers:

EBC1725811 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp11699396