Prologue Introduction Economics as the core discipline of Farm Management Modelling farm systems for decision making Risk and Farm Management decision Real case studies Environmental concerns Farm Management education

Wendong Zhang and Mike E. Duffy 2 1: Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Iowa State University 3 478C Heady Hall, 518 Farm House Lane, Ames, Iowa, 50011 4 515-294-2536, 5 [email protected] 6 2: Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics, Iowa State University 7 475 Heady Hall, 518 Farm House Lane, Ames, Iowa, 50011 8 [email protected] 9 10 forthcoming at Journal of American Societ...

The expanding demand for livestock products in developing countries is expected to drive changes in livestock farming systems, such as intensification and technological development. However, while large commercial farms can take advantage of these new opportunities, semi-subsistence agriculture will be the main option for many poor livestock keepers. Development pathways may depend on local and...

Farm restructuring during transition is often defined as a combination of the change of the internal organization of a farm and the change in farm size, following the liberalization of the economy and the privatization of property rights. Following this definition, farm restructuring involves downsizing farm units and reorganizing management-ownership-workforce relationships. This paper tries t...