An Illustrated Guide to Research Findings from USDA's Economic Research Service
Website AdministratorEconomic Information Bulletin No. (EIB-48) 25 pp, April 2009
This book contains a sampling of recent ERS research illustrating the breadth of the Agency's research on current policy issues: from biofuels to food consumption to land conservation to patterns of trade for agricultural products.
Keywords: 2008 Farm Act, nutrition assistance programs, U.S. food security, agricultural productivity, land conservation, farm households, rural population, natural amenities, invasive species, biofuels, agricultural trade, organic agriculture, global food security
In this publication...
- USDA's Farm Act Funds,
851 kb - About 1 in 5 Americans Participates in at Least One of USDA's Nutrition Assistance Programs During The Year, 32 kb
- Who Has Trouble Putting Food on the Table?, 92 kb
- Higher Productivity Drives Growth in U.S. Agriculture, 964 kb
- Transforming "Working Lands" Conservation Budgets Into Environmental Gains, 431 kb
- U.S. Farms—Large and Small, 354 kb
- Racial and Ethnic Diversity is Increasing in Rural America, 4,608 kb
- Forestland a Big Draw for Rural Living, 1,271 kb
- Land Retirement, 305 kb
- Economics of Invasive Species in Agriculture, 451 kb
- Biofuels and Agriculture, 239 kb
- Anatomy of a Global Food Price Spike, 310 kb
- Developing Countries Emerge as Biggest Destination for U.S. Food Exports, 1,685 kb
- NAFTA Clears the Way for Agricultural Trade with Canada and Mexico, 203 kb
- U.S. Demand for Organic Products Goes Global, 1,061 kb
- Global Food Security: A Goal, A Challenge, 585 kb
- Where Does Your Food Dollar Go?, 448 kb
- The Amount Spent on Food Rises with Income...While The Proportion Falls...And Diet Composition Shifts, Particularly in Other Countries, 86 kb
- Regional Variation Nearly Double Inflation Rate for Food Prices, 1,683 kb
- Can Low-Income Americans Afford a Healthy Diet?, 29 kb
- Why Do So Few Americans Choose a Healthy Diet?, 177 kb
- America Eats More of Everything…And Too Much of Some Things, 225 kb
- Food Safety From Farm to Fork, 1,820 kb
- Download entire report, 14,691 kb
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