Acknowledgement; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: An Approach to the Determinants of the Agricultural Output Dynamics in the USA; 1 Introduction; 2 Data Description; 3 Results; Conclusions; References; Chapter 3: Cross-section and Spatial Approaches for the Agricultural Contexts in the 27 Countries of the European Union; 1 Introduction; 2 Data Description; 3 Results; Conclusions; References; Chapter 4: The Performance of Manufacturing in the European Union in the Context of Agricultural Economics; 1 Introduction; 2 Literature Review; 3 The Model; 4 The Data; 5 Results

ConclusionsReferences; Chapter 5: The Economic, Social, and Environmental Determinants for the Agricultural Output in Some European Union Countries; 1 Introduction; 2 Background Literature; 3 Data Analysis; 4 Results; Conclusions; References; Chapter 6: The Performance of the Agricultural Economics in BRICS Countries; 1 Introduction; 2 Literature Review; 3 Data Description; 4 Results; Conclusions; References; Chapter 7: Evaluation of Sustainable Economic Growth in Portuguese Agriculture and Other Sectors; 1 Introduction; 2 Literature Background; 3 Model, Data, and Results; Conclusions

3 Decision Making Support Models for Agriculture4 Material and Methods; 4.1 Multi-criteria Model Definition; 5 Results and Discussion; Conclusions; Appendix; References; Chapter 11: Final Conclusions