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June 2004 — Demographic Trends Shape the Asia-Pacific Food System
Feature articles in the June 2004 issue include: Where Will Demographics Take the Asia-Pacific Food System? Emergency Food Providers Help Poor Households Put Food on the Table, Have Conservation Compliance Incentives Reduced Soil Erosion? Rural Hispanics: Employment and Residential Trends. Other articles cover such topics as... Cuba's tropical fruit industry, global trade in fruits and vegetables, Mexico's corn industry, low income households' expenditures on fruits and vegetables, obesity, irrigation in the western U.S., farmland retirement, rural job loss in Virginia, farming-dependent counties, and cropping practices. Also includes selected statistics on agriculture and trade, diet and health, natural resources, and rural America.
Up Front
 Opened ARMS
Feature Articles
Where Will Demographics Take the Asia-Pacific Food System?
Emergency Providers Help Poor Households Put Food on the Table
Has Conservation Compliance Reduced Soil Erosion?
Rural Hispanics: Employment and Residential Trends
Findings
Markets and Trade
Untapped Potential of Cuba’s Citrus and Tropical Fruit Industry
Global Trade in Fruits and Vegetables Brings Variety to the Nation’s Grocery Stores
Mexico’s Corn Industries and U.S.-Mexico Corn Trade
Diet and Health
Low-Income Households Spend Less on Fruits and Vegetables
Technological Changes Contribute to Rise in Obesity
Resources and Environment
How Does Farmland Retirement Affect Rural Counties?
Irrigation, Water Conservation, and Farm Size in the Western United States
Rural America
Responding to Rural Job Loss: The Virginia Example
One in Five Rural Counties Depends on Farming
Gleanings
Current Activities
Measuring Food Insecurity and Hunger
The Role of Homeownership in Wealth Accumulation by Rural Households
How Do Households, Sectors, and Countries Adjust to Policy Change?
Recent Meetings
Assessing the Measurement of Food Consumption
Integration of North American Agriculture
Agricultural Risks in a Water-Short World
Research Presentations on Ag Biotech Topics
Annual Meeting of Geographers
New Releases
China Commodity Markets
How Rural Areas Differ: The New ERS County Typology
Data Feature
Indicators
Meat Price Spreads
Social Security Retirement Payments
Wetland Losses
Profiles
County Typology Team
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