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NO FIXED ADDRESS—PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
Author(s) -
Giles A. K.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.157
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1477-9552
pISSN - 0021-857X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-9552.1987.tb01058.x
Subject(s) - presidential address , excursion , presidential system , agriculture , economics , political science , development economics , history , economic growth , public administration , law , archaeology , politics
After an initial excursion into the role of Presidential Addresses, the author examines the growth and shape of the agricultural economics profession in the UK suggesting that, over nearly one hundred years, there have been four distinct phases — and that we might be on the threshold of a fifth. The one thread that has run through this entire history is farm management and some recent developments in the field — in particular the need for net margins as well as gross margins — are examined. The address closes with some personal reflections on ‘being an agricultural economist’.