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Contents: Introduction -- The Relevance of trade and macroeconomic policies for agriculture -- Country studies -- Trade policies, relative prices, real incomes, and food consumption in Peru, 1964-1982 -- Effects of the coffee boom and government expenditures on agricultural prices in columbia -- The Oil boom, macroeconomic policies, and Nigerian agriculture: analysis of a ''Dutch disease'' phenomenon -- Agricultural pricing and the exchange rate in Zaire -- Industrial protection, foreign borrowing, and agricultural incentives in the Philippines -- Effects of exchange rate and trade policies on agricultural prices in Pakistan -- Agriculture and growth: the experience of Argentina, 1913-1984 -- Chilean agriculture in a changing economic environment -- Regional surveys -- Development strategies, industrial policies, and agricultural incentives in Asia -- The Effects of trade and macroeconomic policies on agricultural incentives in latin America -- Effects of trade and macroeconomic policies on African agriculture -- Policy issues -- Agricultural price stabilization and risk reduction in developing countries -- Some policy perspectives -- Conclusion -- Toward more rational trade and macroeconomic.