Description
Free trade promotes economic growth through international competition and the efficient allocation of resources while also helping to stabilize food supplies between countries that have an overabundance of product and countries that have a shortage. However, sudden price surges can threaten the social cohesion of developing countries and may lead to malnutrition and stunted growth. Balancing trade liberalization and protectionism is imperative for the provision of food security for all.
The Handbook of Research on Globalized Agricultural Trade and New Challenges for Food Security is an essential publication that seeks to improve food security, food independence, and food sovereignty in the conditions of globalized agricultural trade and addresses the contemporary issues of agricultural trade including major commodities and food products traded between major countries, directions of trade, and trends. The book also examines the effects of tariff escalations, administrative restrictions, other forms of trade protectionism on food security, and the emerging trade tensions between major actors such as the US, China, the EU, and Russia. Featuring research on topics including plant fertility, dietary diversity, and protectionism, this book is ideally designed for government officials, policymakers, agribusiness managers, stakeholders, international tradesmen, researchers, industry professionals, academicians, and students.
Reviews and Testimonials
The book is very well structured, very well documented and addresses very interesting topics, ...present[ing] concrete situations for certain regions or countries. For these reasons, I am sure that [Handbook of Research on Globalized Agricultural Trade and New Challenges for Food Security] will be appreciated by researchers in various fields such as economics, agriculture, food security etc. from different regions of the world.
– Prof. Mirela Panait, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania
Author's/Editor's Biography
Vasilii Erokhin (Ed.)
Vasilii Erokhin
, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor at Moscow University of Finance and Law MFUA. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Economic and Management (2006). He holds a Specialist degree in International Economics (2003) from Stavropol State Agrarian University, Russia. His spheres of research interests: international trade in agricultural commodities, international trade and economic integration, sustainable development of trade, agricultural production and rural territories in the conditions of growing globalization, food and economic security, activities of the World Trade Organization, and regional development. Vasilii Erokhin is an author of over 140 scientific works in international economics, international trade, sustainable rural development and regionalization. He is a holder of the honorary awards from the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation (2010), Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (2012).
Tianming Gao (Ed.)
Gao Tianming is an Associate Professor, School of Economics and Management, Harbin Engineering University, China. He obtained his Bachelor degree in Industrial External Trade from Harbin Engineering University, Master degree in Management from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration under the President of the Russian Federation, and Ph.D. degree in International Economics from Moscow State Institute of International Relations under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. He has over 15 years of professional experience as a general representative of Chinese transnational corporation in Russia and the CIS. He is a Director and Chief Expert of the Center for Russian and Ukrainian Studies (CRUS) and Arctic Blue Economy Research Center (ABERC) at Harbin Engineering University, Deputy Head of the Heilongjiang International Economic and Trade Association, leading consultant of governmental bodies and commercial organizations in the sphere of economic collaboration between China, Russia, and the Republic of Korea. Dr. Gao is an author of many publications related to China’s Arctic policy and developments, China-Russia and China-Nordic collaboration in the spheres of economic development, industrial policy, and investment. He is a member of the Scientific Board of the Research Network on Resources Economics and Bioeconomy (RebResNet) and a regular member of the editorial boards in Marketing and Logistics journal, Public Administration Aspects journal, Grani almanac, and Agricultural Bulletin of Stavropol Region.