Volume 1A. Part 1: Agricultural Production. Production and supply (Y. Mundlak). Uncertainty, risk aversion, an d risk management for agricultural producers (G. Moschini, D.A. Hennessy ). Expectations, information and dynamics (M. Nerlove, D.A. Bessler). Th e agricultural innovation process: research and technology adoption in a changing agricultural sector (D. Sunding, D. Zilberman). Structural cha nge in agricultural production: economics, technology and policy (J-P. C havas). Land institutions and land markets (K. Deininger, G. Feder). Hum an capital: education and agriculture (W.E. Huffman). Women’s roles in t he agricultural household: bargaining and human capital investments (T.P . Schultz). Human capital: migration and rural population change (J.E. T aylor, P.L. Martin). Agricultural finance: credit, credit constraints, a nd consequences (P.J. Barry, L.J. Robison). Economic impacts of agricult ural research and extension (R.E. Evenson). The agricultural producer: t heory and statistical measurement synthesis of 1A .