TEXTBOOK OF AGRICULTURE
CONTENTS WHAT IS THE LINK BETWEEN FOOD AND FINANCE? WHAT IS FINANCIALIZATION? FINANCIALIZATION AND THE FOOD SYSTEM BROADER IMPLICATIONS OF A FINANCIALIZED FOOD SYSTEM OUTLINE OF THE BOOK SPECULATING ON COMMODITIES EARLY AGRICULTURAL DERIVATIVES TRADING UNWINDING AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY DERIVATIVES REGULATION INVESTOR MOTIVATIONS THE 2007–08 FOOD PRICE CRISIS CONCLUSION THE FINANCIALIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL RISK MANAGEMENT APPROACHES TO RISK MANAGEMENT PRICE RISK MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL RISK MANAGEMENT FARMLAND AS A NEW ASSET CLASS ACTORS AND MOTIVATIONS ASSEMBLING FARMLAND AS AN ASSET CLASS INNOVATING LIQUIDITY “A LITTLE BIT OF PAIN IN FARM COUNTRY MAKES OUR JOB EASIER” THE FUTURE OF FINANCIALIZED FARMLAND OWNERSHIP FEEDING FINANCE FROM FARM TO PLATE FINANCIAL INVESTMENT THROUGHOUT THE AGRIFOOD SECTOR AGRICULTURAL INPUT SECTOR COMMODITY TRADERS FOOD PROCESSING COMPANIES FOOD RETAIL AND FAST FOOD PROSPECTS FOR GOVERNANCE AND RE-REGULATION COMMODITY DERIVATIVES REGULATION AND INDUSTRY PUSHBACK IN THE U S AND E U VOLUNTARY RESPONSIBLE AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT? COMPLEXITY AND GOVERNANCE CHALLENGES THE PROSPECTS FOR CHANGE THE FINANCIALIZATION OF FOOD AND AGRICULTURE IN 3D PROSPECTS FOR CHANGE