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Agricultural economics has, until the 1990s, enjoyeda reputation for relevance and usefulness to theagri-food industry and policy-makers. Thatreputation has been jeopardized by a growinginfatuation with models and quantification, and aconcomitant underemphasis placed on many complexproblems and issues of society. An illustrativeexample is explored, using agriculturalactivity-related damage to the natural resourcebase, environment and ecology. Agriculturaleconomists are urged to respond by broadening theirterms of reference and joining forces with otherdisciplines.
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Stonehouse, D.P. A New Modus Operandi for the Agricultural Economics Profession. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics 10, 55–67 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1007719117580
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