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Agribusiness In A Global Economy: Challenges For An Evolving Profession

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2016

Michael L. Cook
Michael L. Cook*
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Social Sciences Unit of the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources, University of Missouri-Columbia
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In a revised definition of the Davis-Goldberg concept of agribusiness, Sonka and Hudson suggest that the food and agribusiness sector might be thought of as a sequence of interrelated subsectors made up of: (1) genetics and seedstock firms, (2) input suppliers, (3) agricultural producers, (4) merchandisers or first handlers, (5) processors, (6) retailers, and (7) consumers. In applying this ubiquitous definition to global data, Goldberg (1991a) estimates that the food and agribusiness system is the largest economic sector in the world economy representing 50 percent of the global labor force, 50 percent of global assets, and 50 percent of global consumer expenditures.

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Invited Papers and Discussions
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 24 , Issue 1 , July 1992 , pp. 11 - 16
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1992

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