Lesson One 1
Text:Food,Agriculture and Nutrition 1
E.R.*:（Ⅰ）Food And Population 11
（Ⅱ）Agriculture 15
Lesson Two 19
Text:The Changes in Beef Production in U.S 19
E.R.:（Ⅰ）The Change in Cattle Raising 29
（Ⅱ）Coarse Grains and Livestock 30
Lesson three 34
Text:Net Investment and Economic Growth 34
E.R.:（Ⅰ）John Maynard Keyness 42
（Ⅱ）Gross National Product 44
Lesson Four 47
Text:Accounting 47
E.R.:（Ⅰ）Accounting 56
（Ⅱ）Farm Planning 57
Lesson Five 61
Text:Production Units as Input-Output-Systems 61
E.R.:（Ⅰ）Fixed and Variable Costs 68
（Ⅱ）Blackbox 70
Lesson Six 72
Text:How is Economics Applied to Agriculture? 72
E.R.:Nature of Agricultural Economics 82
Lesson Seven 86
Text:The Basic Concepts of Linear Programming 86
E.R.:（Ⅰ）Uses of Linear Programming 94
（Ⅱ）Applying Linear Programming 96
Lesson Eight 98
Text:The Language of the Computer 98
E.R.:（Ⅰ）Fifth-Generation Computer 109
（Ⅱ）The Attributes of Computer 112
Lesson Nine 116
Text:Economics of Agricultural Production 116
E.R.:（Ⅰ）A Farm Size and Cost Economies 128
（Ⅱ）Returns to Scale versus Economies of Size 130
esson Ten 134
Text:The Role of Sampling Theory 134
E.R.:Advantages of the Sampling Method 141
Lesson Eleven 145
Text:Decision-Making 145
E.R.:The Decision-Making Process（1） 156
Lesson Twelve 162
Text:Efficiency and Productivity Analysis Factors 162
E.R.:（Ⅰ）The Decision-Making Process（2） 172
（Ⅱ）Analysis Factors for Livestock Farms 174
Lesson Thirteen 176
Text:The Economic Policies of Low-Income Countries 176
E.R.:Economic Development and Changes in Agriculture 189
Lesson Fourteen 193
Text:Diagnosing a Farm Profitability Problem 193
E.R.:Measures Which Attempt to Reduce Farm Costs 201
Lesson Fifteen 207
Text:Inflation 207
E.R.:（Ⅰ）Inflation 215
（Ⅱ）The Argument about Inflation 218
Lesson Sixteen 222
Text:Rural Life 222
E.R.:（Ⅰ）The Development of Rural Towns 237
（Ⅱ）The Business Structure of Farms 239
Lesson Seventeen 244
Text:Agricultural Productivity and Resource Mobility 244
E.R.:（Ⅰ）The Change in Inputs to Agriculture 254
（Ⅱ）Markets and the Market Economy 255
Lesson Eighteen 260
Text:Analysis of Food and Agricultural Policies for the Eighties 260
E.R.:（Ⅰ）The Impacts of Agricultural Policies 272
（Ⅱ）Farmer Cooperatives 274
Lesson Nineteen 277
Text:The Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933 277
E.R.:（Ⅰ）The Parity Price 286
（Ⅱ）Sources of Farm Credit 287
Lesson Twenty 294
Text:Assumptions in the Theory of Comparative Advantage 294
E.R.:（Ⅰ）Absolute Advantage vs.Comparative Advantage 304
（Ⅱ）Tariffs and Quotas 307
Lesson Twenty-One 311
Text:Twenty-five Years of Common Agricultural Policy:Balance Sheet and Prospects 311
E.R.:（Ⅰ）The New Farmer 322
（Ⅱ）Agricultural Structure Policy 324
Lesson Twenty-Two 328
Text:Monetary Policy Targets 328
E.R.:Money as a Store of Value 337
Chinese Translations 341
Vocabulary 443