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    1. Koen Deconinck‏ @DeconinckKoen Mar 24
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      Would also recommend Oxford's Very Short Introduction to Agriculture (there's also a Food one but can't remember if I liked it), and Robert Paarlberg's Food Politics. Two books I found useless are "Empires of Food" and "A Social History of Agriculture".

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    2. Koen Deconinck‏ @DeconinckKoen Mar 24
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      It depends on what you want to know, but the development of agriculture in the New World is linked with the first wave of globalization etc.; a good book on that is Jeffry Frieden, "Global Capitalism".

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    3. Koen Deconinck‏ @DeconinckKoen Mar 24
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      Agriculture is typically politically very sensitive; poor countries have historically tended to tax farmers while rich countries have tended to support them (mostly through import tariffs etc). See this paper (by my PhD advisor) as a starting point: DOI 10.1093/aepp/ppp012

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    4. Koen Deconinck‏ @DeconinckKoen Mar 24
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      Agricultural R&D has incredibly important benefits to society and it's an area where gov'ts continuously under-invest. If you want to read more on this (history, current context, policy aspects) see "Persistence Pays" by Alston et al, and work by Fuglie & Heisey at USDA

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    5. Koen Deconinck‏ @DeconinckKoen Mar 24
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      On the economic history of agriculture in Europe (in addition to Federico's book 'Feeding the World'), I also enjoyed the essays in Lains & Pinella's "Agriculture and Economic Development in Europe since 1870"

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    6. Koen Deconinck‏ @DeconinckKoen Mar 24
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      Speaking of Federico's book, there's at least two other books with similar titles: Vaclav Smil, "Feeding the World" (good but old - from 2000 I think); and "How to Feed the World" by Eise & Foster (more recent, essays on various topics including e.g. water)

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    7. Koen Deconinck‏ @DeconinckKoen Mar 24
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      If you want to get a sense of magnitudes and mega-trends, a good source is FAO's "Future of Food and Agriculture". 2 volumes. 1st covers various topics/trends/challenges, 2nd contains scenario analysis up to 2050 (and is really interesting).

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    8. Koen Deconinck‏ @DeconinckKoen Mar 24
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      On sustainability issues, see e.g. @WRIFood's fascinating "Creating A Sustainable Food Future" report.

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    9. Koen Deconinck‏ @DeconinckKoen Mar 24
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      More polemical and therefore more fun to read: Michael Pollan's In Defense of Food, and Jayson Lusk's The Food Police (two polar opposites in terms of their view on the modern food system)

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    10. Koen Deconinck‏ @DeconinckKoen Mar 24
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      (Sorry, it now sounds as passive-aggressive criticism of the WRI report, that's not what I meant! I meant they're an easier read than all of the other stuff I've listed, as it's a more conversational tone and less academic)

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      The Roots of Progress‏ @rootsofprogress Mar 24
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      Thanks for all the pointers! Much appreciated

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