THE ECONOMICS OF FOOD: HOW FEEDING AND FUELING THE PLANET AFFECTS FOOD PRICES

Book ID/图书代码： 10590009B34059

English Summary/英文概要： Over the past two years, food prices have soared -- and plummeted. As crops are increasingly shifted to biofuel production, will food prices soar again? Will people starve as a result? What are the hidden relationships between the food on your plate and the gas in your car? Will economic recovery lead directly to massive price inflation in both food and energy? In this book, one of the world’s leading experts untangles the complex global relationships between food, energy, and economics and helps readers come to their own conclusions about the future of food. Pat Westhoff reveals what really causes large swings in food prices and what is likely to cause them to rise and fall in the future. Westhoff discusses all the factors that drive changes in the cost of food: not just biofuel production, but also weather, income growth, exchange rates, energy prices, government policies, market speculation, and more. Next, he walks through several of the most likely scenarios for the future, offering insights that will be indispensable to consumers, commodity speculators, and policymakers alike.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 未來汽車是否將與人爭奪糧食？！

過去兩年內食物價格像坐雲霄飛車般上下起伏，加上近年來石油價格高漲許多農作物已轉為生產生質能源用（又名：生物燃料biofuel ），食物的價格是否又將開始上揚呢？人類最後是否會為了爭奪糧食而開戰呢？甚至未來汽車是否將與人爭奪糧食？能源供給、經濟復甦及食物的價格三者之前究竟有什麼複雜的關係？世界糧食經濟權威Patrick Westhoff將在本書中為我們揭露目前全球所面臨糧食上困境及未來的因應趨勢走向。(VL)

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About the Author/作者介绍： Patrick Westhoff出生於美國愛荷華州的農業小鎮。曾在瓜地馬拉Guatemala的「和平隊」Peace Corps 服務過兩年的時間，之後返回美國並取得愛荷華州立大學農業經濟的博士學位。曾為美國參議院的農業委員會、WTO提供其專業的諮詢。目前擔任美國密蘇里大學「糧食及農業政策研究所」Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI)的所長之一。

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