@article{Gali:123650,
      recid = {123650},
      author = {Gali, Jyothi and Tate, Carole and O’Sullivan, Mark},
      title = {STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF AGRICULTURE: A METHODOLOGICAL  PERSPECTIVE},
      address = {2000},
      number = {411-2016-25726},
      pages = {21},
      year = {2000},
      abstract = {The structure of agriculture and of its food and fibre  systems have changed considerably over the past
century,  reflecting internal and external factors such as  institutional, societal (demographic and
consumer),  technological, economic, human capital, and financial  causes. Within a static setting, the
analysis of the  structure of agriculture can be undertaken with the  traditional structure-conductperformance
(S-C-P) model of  industrial organisation economics which stems from  neoclassical
economic theory. However, in a period of  relatively rapid change in information and  communication
technologies, in business and consumer  expectations and in institutional factors, alternative  tools and
approaches are required.
Changes that are  expected to occur cannot be predicted within the boundaries  of the neo-classical
approach and historical data reported  by traditional sources. For long term planning and policy,  it is
necessary to develop an understanding of expected  changes and develop scenarios for the likely
structure of  agriculture and of its food and fibre system. The purpose  focused “cause approach”
suggested in this paper may be  more appropriate for planning and policy analysis. In this  paper, the
economics and business strategy literature are  brought together to understand and predict better  the
likely structures of agriculture.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/123650},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.123650},
}