You Can’t Count on Me: The Impact of Electricity Unreliability on Productivity

Public interest in food systems has grown dramatically, and agricultural economists have important roles to play in contributing to and leading large-scale interdisciplinary studies of the subject. Key topics include understanding food system participants' behaviors and incentives and determini...

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Published inAgricultural and resource economics review Vol. 46; no. 3; pp. 579 - 602
Main Author Poczter, Sharon
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Durham Cambridge University Press 01.12.2017
Subjects
Agricultural economics
Agricultural practices
Agronomy
Consumption
Developing countries
Development economics
Economic conditions
Economic growth
Economic models
Economic theory
Electricity
Electricity distribution
Energy consumption
Energy economics
Energy industry
Energy policy
Food
Food consumption
Food security
Incentives
Infrastructure
Interdisciplinary studies
LDCs
Manufacturing
Productivity
Public concern
Regional development
Solar energy
Studies
Technology adoption
Southeast Asia
Indonesia
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Summary:Public interest in food systems has grown dramatically, and agricultural economists have important roles to play in contributing to and leading large-scale interdisciplinary studies of the subject. Key topics include understanding food system participants' behaviors and incentives and determining what food systems can and cannot achieve. I review a global food-security project funded by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture that illustrates the interactions between production, distribution, and consumption of food and regional self-reliance, as well as other important areas in which agricultural and regional economists can gainfully apply their tools and methods, including studies of the impacts of local food and network analyses.
ISSN:1068-2805
2372-2614
DOI:10.1017/age.2016.8