An introduction to economics for students of agriculture /

The Introduction to Economics for Students of Agriculture describes the universal economic principles, illustrated primarily by examples drawn from farming and the food industry. This book is composed of nine chapters, and begins with what an overview of the concepts of economics, its objective, wit...

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Main Author: Hill, Berkeley
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Pergamon Press, 1980.
Edition:1st ed.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The Introduction to Economics for Students of Agriculture describes the universal economic principles, illustrated primarily by examples drawn from farming and the food industry. This book is composed of nine chapters, and begins with what an overview of the concepts of economics, its objective, with a particular emphasis on the mechanism of allocating scarce resources. The succeeding chapters deal with the behavior of individual through the theory of consumer choice, the concept of demand and supply, market competitions, and production economics. These topics are followed by discussions on t.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 346 pages) : illustrations
Format:Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-301) and index.
ISBN:9781483279732
1483279731