Very recently the Saudis had the good sense to announce they are giving up their attempts to grow wheat altogether.  Here is the back-story.

Another lesson of development economics is just how much a border can matter, both for people and for fruits.

This is a tale of both bubbles and free trade...and of garlic!

A lot of starvation and hunger stems from bad infrastructure, and here is one of the major problems in that area.

When China freed up agriculture in the late 1970s, it was one of the most significant victories for human freedom ever recorded.  Here is the story of the farmers, and then the political leaders, who got the ball rolling.

The economics of sharecropping are a classic problem in analytics, going back to John Stuart Mill and the classical economists.  Take a look at what modern microeconomists have figured out.

Maybe one of the best ways to help poor people?

This heroic story starts with Norman Borlaug, and it spreads to Pakistan and India.  Millions of people end up being fed and science is to be thanked.

Behind every successful industrial revolution lies an agricultural revolution.  Take a look here at why that is the case.