Examines issues related to global agriculture. Topics covered include: the world food system, the nexus of poverty and hunger, the rurality of poverty, the uniqueness of agriculture relative to other economic sectors, agriculture’s role in economic development, resource constraints on future food production, climate change and agriculture, energy and agriculture, technological change in agriculture, public vs. private roles in agricultural and rural development, public policy distortions in global agriculture, globalization and agriculture, and the volatility and trend in agricultural commodity prices.