Includes bibliographical references (p. [378]-389) and index.

The demand side: how population growth and higher incomes affect food consumption -- The supply side: agricultural production and its determinants -- Aligning the consumption and production of food over time -- Agriculture and the environment -- Globalization and agriculture -- Agriculture and economic development -- Striving for food security -- A synopsis of regional trends in the global food economy -- Affluent nations -- Asia -- Latin America and the Caribbean -- The Middle East and North Africa -- Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- The global food economy in the twenty-first century.