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Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy

By: Adrian Kay

Price: $273.60

Publisher: CABI: 1998

Seller ID: CABI-9780851992983

ISBN: 0851992986

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

This book discussed the reform of the common agricultural policy.
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Modeling Physiology of Crop Development, Growth and Yield

By: Afshin Soltani,Thomas R Sinclair

Price: $358.40

Publisher: CABI: 2012

Seller ID: CABI-9781845939700

ISBN: 1845939700

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

Model studies focus experimental investigations to improve our understanding and performance of systems. Concentrating on crop modeling, this book provides an introduction to the concepts of crop development, growth, and yield, with step-by-step outlines to each topic, suggested exercises and simple equations. A valuable text for students and researchers of crop development alike, this book is written in five parts that allow the reader to develop a solid foundation and coverage of production models including water- and nitrogen-limited systems.
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Bond Scheme for Common Agricultural Policy Reform

By: Alan Swinbank,Richard Tranter

Price: $240.00

Publisher: CABI: 2004

Seller ID: CABI-9780851997445

ISBN: 0851997449

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is at an impasse. While it is said that existing policies are not tenable, all recent reform plans have been condemned as unacceptable. However, a "bond scheme", as part of reform that pays more attention to society's aspirations for the environment and rural development, offers a way forward. This book demystifies the bond scheme proposal and explores concerns expressed by farmers and policy makers. Written by economists, a political scientist and a practising politician, it offers rare insights into EU farm policy.
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Persistence and Change in Rural Communities

By: Albert E Luloff,Richard S Krannich

Price: $273.60

Publisher: CABI: 2002

Seller ID: CABI-9780851995212

ISBN: 0851995217

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

In the 1930s and 1940s the US Department of Agriculture undertook detailed studies of six US rural communities representing various patterns of social and economic change that were affecting rural America. These studies became classics in the literature on rural communities, and for the past half-century have helped to develop major theoretical perspectives in community sociology. Fifty years later the same study areas were revisited by a team of rural sociologists, with the goal of assessing what changes have occurred and what community characteristics have persisted. This book assesses th...
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Turkey in the European Union

By: Alison Burrell,Arie Oskam

Price: $342.37

Publisher: CABI: 2005

Seller ID: CABI-9780851990941

ISBN: 0851990940

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

The European Union will begin accession negotiations with Turkey in October 2005. Agriculture, foodand rural issues will play a major role in the negotiations, raising questions about the consequences ofEU membership for Turkey's agricultural sector and rural population. This book presents acomprehensive description of Turkey's agricultural, food and rural sectors. Focusing on institutionalarrangements, performance and economic prospects. Topics dealt with include agricultural production,prices and policies, agricultural trade, environmental issues, animal and plant health, and conditions inru...
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Agricultural Management Economics

By: Allan N Rae

Price: $137.60

Publisher: CABI: 1994

Seller ID: CABI-9780851987682

ISBN: 0851987680

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

This book on agricultural management and decision making differs from other texts which tend to describe production economics followed by the presentation of analytical approaches. Instead, the processes of agricultural production and their management are couched in terms of activity analysis, since this permits greater integration of theory with practical evaluations. Analytical tools developed in the book involve the construction of spreadsheet models, and readers are able to construct their own PC spreadsheets from the book's examples and case studies. Economic principles are presented that...
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Smallholder Cash Crop Production Under Market Liberation

By: Andrew Dorward,Jonathan Kydd,Colin Poulton

Price: $273.60

Publisher: CABI: 1998

Seller ID: CABI-9780851992778

ISBN: 0851992773

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

'Pro poor' economic growth is widely recognised as an important means for reducing poverty in developing countries. With the majority of the world's poor living in rural areas, agricultural intensification, with higher land and labour productivity from increased integration in input and output markets, is one way to expand income and livelihood opportunities for rural people. This book uses a new institutional economics perspective to review the effects of market liberalisation on service provision to smallholder farmers. In many parts of the world, particularly in Sub-saharan Africa, the priv...
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Sugar and Related Sweetener Markets

By: Andrew Schmitz,Thomas H Spreen,William A Messina,Charles B Moss

Price: $376.00

Publisher: CABI: 2002

Seller ID: CABI-9780851996448

ISBN: 0851996442

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

This book addresses the issue of barriers to the international sugar trade and controversies surrounding the international sweetener markets. It devotes particular chapters to key players such as the USA, the EU, Australia, Brazil, Cuba Eastern Europe and India, and covers topics such as trade liberalization, policy reform and market integration.
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Farm Incomes, Wealth and Agricultural Policy

By: Berkeley Hill

Price: $342.37

Publisher: CABI: 2012

Seller ID: CABI-9781845938475

ISBN: 184593847X

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been supporting the incomes of the European Union's agricultural community for half a century. Despite this, there is still no official system in place to track the economic wellbeing of farmers and their families. This book examines the evidence on the overall wealth of farming households, and concludes that in nearly all member states, they are not generally a poor sector of society, with disposable incomes that are similar to, or exceed, the national average. In this updated edition, the author discusses the latest evidence, makes recommendations for...
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Gender and Rural Globalization

By: Bettina Bock,Sally Shortall

Price: $313.57

Publisher: CABI: 2017

Seller ID: CABI-9781780646251

ISBN: 1780646259

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

This book explores how rural gender relations are changing in a globalized world. It analyses their development in specific places and the effects of the increasing connectedness and mobility of people. It integrates global experiences by discussing mobility, agriculture, gender identities and international development. Each theme is introduced with an overview of the state of the art in that specific area and integrates the case studies that follow. The contributors present empirical work from the global north and south and, more particularly, Sweden, Norway, Northern Ireland, Republic of I...
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Rural Gender Relations

By: Bettina Bock,Sally Shortall

Price: $273.60

Publisher: CABI: 2006

Seller ID: CABI-9780851990309

ISBN: 0851990304

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

This book explores the gender effects of the current transformation of agriculture and rural life. Five themes are addressed: developments in rural gender theory and research methodology; changes in farm households; migration patterns of men and women in rural areas; the impact of national and international policies; and the construction of identities and definitions of femininity and masculinity as a result of rural change. Contributors include scholars from Europe, North America, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand.
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Agricultural Restructuring and Sustainability

By: Brian Ilbery,Quentin Chiotti,T Rickard

Price: $376.00

Publisher: CABI: 1997

Seller ID: CABI-9780851991658

ISBN: 0851991653

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

This book consists of selected and revised papers from a conference held in North Carolina that brought together rural geographers from Canada, UK and USA, plus one representative from New Zealand. The papers included in the book are those that focus on agricultural restructuring and sustainability. This subject is of considerable current interest at a time when rural areas in developed market economies are undergoing considerable change. The chapters in the book examine, at various spatial scales, the broad processes and structural changes that are common to all rural systems in developed cou...
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National Farm Survey 1941-43

By: Brian Short,William Foot,Phil Kinsman

Price: $273.60

Publisher: CABI: 1999

Seller ID: CABI-9780851993898

ISBN: 0851993893

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

During the Second World War, there was concern as to whether Britain, unable to import food from abroad, would be able to feed the population. Therefore, the National Farm Survey was conducted during 1941-43, and described every farm in England and Wales in great detail. Because of its sensitivity, this material only became publicly available in 1992 after a fifty-year closure period. Information on farming types, cropping and stocking, machinery, employment, farm size and structure, land ownership and farm buildings was provided for all farms which were larger than 5 acres at that time.This b...
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Enabling Agri-entrepreneurship and Innovation

By: Catherine Chan,Brent S Sipes,Tina Lee

Price: $313.57

Publisher: CABI: 2017

Seller ID: CABI-9781780647753

ISBN: 1780647751

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

Agricultural entrepreneurs in conflict and post-conflict regions face special challenges; not just everyday personal risks, but also the difficulties of building small businesses when real or threatened violence can disrupt business growth cycles and economic security. Alongside establishing secure institutions, building a secure economy is rightly seen as the best way for conflict-torn regions to establish a peaceful future. But current agricultural entrepreneurship training and development starts from an assumption of peace, meaning that it is not always fit for purpose. The result ...
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Agri-food Chain Relationships

By: Christian Fischer,Monika Hartmann

Price: $326.37

Publisher: CABI: 2010

Seller ID: CABI-9781845936426

ISBN: 1845936426

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

Against the background of global market liberalization, increasing consumer awareness and concerns and the spreading of complex technology, new ways to produce, distribute and consume food are evolving. The organization of agricultural production and distribution systems need to adapt, including the development and maintenance of sustainable business relationships between farmers, food processors and grocery retailers. While agricultural value chains have been promoted for decades, more attention is needed on how to enable economic agents to develop lasting relationships and trust within value...
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Decentralization and the Social Economics of Development

By: Christopher B Barrett,Andrew G Mude,John M Omiti

Price: $326.37

Publisher: CABI: 2007

Seller ID: CABI-9781845932695

ISBN: 1845932692

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

There has been broad agreement in recent years that decentralization is key in achieving democracy at local level. Examining the successes, failures, possibilities and limitations of efforts across rural Kenya, this book analyses the socioeconomic and institutional prerequisites for successful decentralization, and the role of community groups and producer organizations in reducing poverty and promoting empowerment. Original empirical studies explore the fundamental elements of coherent, inclusive and ultimately effective decentralization, and how these can be applied to efforts across the A...
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Common Agricultural Policy

By: Christopher Ritson,David R Harvey

Price: $137.60

Publisher: CABI: 1997

Seller ID: CABI-9780851989884

ISBN: 0851989888

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

The first edition of this book, published in 1991 with the title The Common Agricultural Policy and the World Economy, was well received as a timely analysis of this fast-moving but important subject. However, several major developments, such as general CAP reform, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), expansion of the European Union, and relationships with eastern Europe, have justified the need for a new edition. As a result, the book has been thoroughly updated, with some completely new chapters added and others replaced. It has also be rewritten with a greater emphasis on the ...
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Against the Grain

By: Clive Potter

Price: $287.97

Publisher: CABI: 1998

Seller ID: CABI-9780851992280

ISBN: 0851992285

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

Agricultural policy has long been regarded as a driving force for rural environmental change in industrial countries. While the causes of recent habitat loss, landscape degradation, soil erosion and water pollution in the EU and US are undoubtedly complex, the most convincing explanations are still ones that are strongly policy driven. By the mid-1980s, environmentalists had come to the conclusion that a major change to farm support in favour of the environment was required if the environmental problems of modern agriculture were to be tackled at source. Against the Grain tells the stor...
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Agro-food Marketing

By: Daniel I Padberg,Christopher Ritson,Luis Miguel Albisu

Price: $171.20

Publisher: CABI: 1997

Seller ID: CABI-9780851991443

ISBN: 0851991440

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

The purpose of this book is to integrate aspects of food product marketing with traditional agricultural marketing. This novel approach fills a gap in the current literature and reflects a growing trend to teach these subjects in an integrated way. The authors are leading authorities from the USA and Europe and the book has been developed from a very successful series of courses run for several years by the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM) in Zaragoza, Spain. These courses have been attended by postgraduates from a wide range of countries, so the book ...
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Globalization and the Least Developed Countries

By: David Bigman

Price: $326.37

Publisher: CABI: 2007

Seller ID: CABI-9781845933081

ISBN: 1845933087

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

One of the most notable changes in the world economy during the past three decades has been the diverging trends in the growth of the developing countries. Compared to East Asian countries that have integrated well into the global economy, those of Sub-Saharan Africa have remained stagnant and have become the world's least developed area. The policies and programmes of international organizations have failed to improve the situation while the global economy becomes dominated by trans-national corporations. A review of the suitability of globalization as an economic strategy for these under-dev...
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Globalization and the Developing Countries

By: David Bigman

Price: $155.20

Publisher: CABI: 2002

Seller ID: CABI-9780851995755

ISBN: 0851995756

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

The globalization process and the internal policy reforms that the developing countries have implemented during the past decade have changed the relative prices of practically all their inputs and outputs. Agricultural producers have therefore been forced to change the structure and methods of their production.This book reviews the impact of globalization on the economics of developing countries in general and their agricultural and rural sectors in particular.
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Policy Reform and Adjustment in the Agricultural Sectors of Developed Countries

By: David Blandford,Berkeley Hill

Price: $240.00

Publisher: CABI: 2006

Seller ID: CABI-9781845930332

ISBN: 1845930339

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

This book explores the policy implications of growing pressures for economic adjustment in the agricultural sectors of developed countries. The primary focus is on Europe and North America, but adjustment policies in other developed countries are discussed. Some chapters are based on an international workshop at Imperial College, London in October 2003 and an international symposium in Philadelphia in the spring of 2004.
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Tradeoffs or Synergies?

By: David R Lee,Christopher B Barrett

Price: $376.00

Publisher: CABI: 2000

Seller ID: CABI-9780851994352

ISBN: 0851994350

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

The need to increase food production, enhance economic growth and reduce poverty in an environmentally sustainable context is an issue of growing importance. This book addresses the linkages and tradeoffs involved in solving such key challenges.
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Food and Financial Crises in Sub-Saharan Africa

By: David R Lee,Muna B Ndulo

Price: $310.37

Publisher: CABI: 2011

Seller ID: CABI-9781845938284

ISBN: 1845938283

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

Dramatic increases in food prices, as witnessed on a global scale in recent years, threaten the food security of hundreds of millions of the rural poor in Sub-Saharan Africa alone. This book focuses on recent food and financial crises as they have affected Africa, illustrating the problems using country case studies, that cover their origins, effects on agriculture and rural poverty, their underlying factors and making recommendations as to how such crises could best be addressed in the future.
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Agricultural Research Policy in an Era of Privatization

By: Derek Byerlee,Ruben G Echeverria

Price: $326.37

Publisher: CABI: 2002

Seller ID: CABI-9780851996004

ISBN: 0851996000

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

Recent decades have witnessed a dramatic shift from public to private sector agricultural research in many developed countries. Developments in plant breeding and biotechnology, for example, have created profitable opportunities for private investment. However, new issues, such as intellectual property rights, have arisen as a consequence. This book discusses these and related issues.
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Feeding and Greening the World

By: Derek E Tribe

Price: $155.20

Publisher: CABI: 1994

Seller ID: CABI-9780851989204

ISBN: 0851989209

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

Will over-population, global poverty, widespread hunger and environmental degradation lead to the collapse of human civilization? This book provides a dispassionate analysis of the state of these problems in the world. Avoiding hyperbole and without minimising the dangers, it explains why the future should be faced with confidence. Progress in managing the world's natural resources in ways that are sustainable - environmentally, economically, socially and nutritionally - is too slow because knowledge is too limited. The increased knowledge that is urgently needed can only come from the global ...
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Public, the Media and Agricultural Biotechnology

By: Dominique Brossard,Thomas C Nesbitt,James Shanahan

Price: $342.37

Publisher: CABI: 2007

Seller ID: CABI-9781845932046

ISBN: 1845932048

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

This book reviews the literature on communication about biotechnology. Other books deal with this topic, however this book with the use of case studies, looks at public opinion data, communication theory, and international examples; to provide a complementary overview of how the public sees this controversial topic.
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Labels of Origin for Food

By: Elizabeth Barham,Bertil Sylvander

Price: $273.60

Publisher: CABI: 2011

Seller ID: CABI-9781845933524

ISBN: 1845933524

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

Agri-food traditional, regional and typical products are an important resource for agricultural and rural development in many areas of the European Union. These Origin Labelled Products (OLPs) activate a complex system of relationships involving the local production and marketing and distribution systems, rural development dynamics and the consumer. Based on research conducted in European countries, this book provides an account of the current state of OLPs, enabling a better understanding of their characteristics and evolution in the agri-food system. It also assesses public policies at vari...
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WTO Negotiations and Agricultural Trade Liberalization

By: Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla,Soren E Frandsen,Sherman Robinson

Price: $310.37

Publisher: CABI: 2006

Seller ID: CABI-9781845930509

ISBN: 1845930509

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

The purpose of this book is to analyze the effects of developed countries' agricultural policies on developing countries. The main focus is on food security, poverty and other topics such as multifunctionality, biotechnology and regional agreements, as an input to policy reform within the World Trade Organization (WTO) trade negotiations. The book arises from a joint project between the Food and Resource Economics Institute in Denmark and the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington.
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Public Concerns, Environmental Standards and Agricultural Trade

By: Floor Brouwer,David E Ervin

Price: $326.37

Publisher: CABI: 2002

Seller ID: CABI-9780851995861

ISBN: 0851995861

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

There is currently great concern among the public in general, and consumers in particular, about the quality of the environment in relation to agriculture. Such concerns focus on issues such as pollution from agriculture, the quality of landscapes, animal welfare and food safety. As a result, many countries have developed a range of standards, codes of good practice and other policy measures.This book reviews these issues and relates them to agricultural trade and competition. Features include chapters on world trade and trade liberalisation as well as individual chapters on the situation in t...
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Economics of Regulation in Agriculture

By: Floor Brouwer,Glenn Fox,Roel Jongeneel

Price: $310.37

Publisher: CABI: 2012

Seller ID: CABI-9781845935573

ISBN: 1845935578

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

This work debates and investigates the cross-compliance system - whereby farmers comply with certain standards relating to the environment, food safety and animal and plant health. It discusses cross-compliance in the context of existing standards, on-farm costs and the competitiveness of farm businesses. Analysing the economics of regulation both within the internal market of the EU and the broader world market by examining a broad range of agricultural products. This resource will be of value to agriculture and resource economists, policy makers, researchers and students in environmental and...
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International Trade and Food Security

By: Floor Brouwer,P K Joshi

Price: $246.40

Publisher: CABI: 2016

Seller ID: CABI-9781780642826

ISBN: 1780642822

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

This book explores structural changes in India's agrifood systems during the next ten to twenty years. The dynamics in the agrifood sector is explored in the context of the overall economy, taking into account agricultural and trade policies and their impacts on national and global markets. The contributors draw on qualitative and quantitative approaches, using both a national model - to focus on urban-rural relations and income distribution - and an international model to focus on patterns of economic growth and international trade.
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CAP Regimes and the European Countryside

By: Floor Brouwer,Philip Lowe

Price: $326.37

Publisher: CABI: 2000

Seller ID: CABI-9780851993546

ISBN: 0851993540

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

This book reviews assessments on the environmental effects of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and assesses the contribution of agricultural policy to environmental quality in the EU. It focuses on the role of agricultural policy in reducing harmful effects and/or creating benefits to the physical environment, landscape and nature. Emphasis is given to comparative studies, rather than any limited to one country. The commodity regimes of the CAP - e.g. the beef, wine and olive oil regimes - are considered in detail.
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Multifunctional Agriculture

By: Geoff Wilson

Price: $326.37

Publisher: CABI: 2007

Seller ID: CABI-9781845932565

ISBN: 1845932560

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

In a time of great agricultural and rural change, the notion of 'multifunctionality' has remained under-theorized and poorly linked to wider debates in the social sciences. This book analyses the extent to which the proposed transition towards post-productivist agriculture holds up to scientific scrutiny, and proposes a modified productivist/non-productivist model that better encapsulates the complexity of agricultural and rural change. By combining existing notions and concepts, this book (re)conceptualizes agricultural change, creating a new transition theory, and a new way of looking at the...
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Sociological Perspectives of Organic Agriculture

By: Georgina Holt,Matthew Reed

Price: $273.60

Publisher: CABI: 2006

Seller ID: CABI-9781845930387

ISBN: 184593038X

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

This book takes a fresh look at understanding the dynamics of the organic agricultural sector in Europe, Australia, South America and the US. Many of the authors explore the use of combined methodology, drawing on theory from a range of social sciences to demonstrate that the complexity of organic agriculture lies in the close connection between nature, society and the economy. Likewise, whilst the book depicts organic agriculture as an engine of growth for the organic sector, it reflects also the important role played by, not only producers but also, other actors in the supply chain, such as ...
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Planning Agricultural Research: A Sourcebook

By: Govert Gijsbers,Willem Janssen,Helen Hambly Odame,Gerdien Meijerink

Price: $155.20

Publisher: CABI: 2000

Seller ID: CABI-9780851994017

ISBN: 0851994016

Binding: Paperback

Condition: New

Effective planning of programs and resources has become an even more important issue as funding for agricultural research becomes more scarce. In recent years progress has been made in understanding the institutional processes involved in planning as well as sharpening the planning tools developed to improve such processes.This unique book summarizes the main approaches and experiences in agricultural research planning, focussing on recent developments in the planning field, the new issues and concerns in agricultural development and research and future challenges. In addition it helps clari...
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African Smallholders

By: Gran Djurfeldt,Ernest Aryeetey,Aida Isinika

Price: $326.37

Publisher: CABI: 2010

Seller ID: CABI-9781845937164

ISBN: 1845937163

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

Poverty in sub-Saharan Africa is predominantly a rural and agricultural phenomenon. The large majority of all poor are farmers and herders, therefore as long as the poor remain smallholders, alleviation of poverty remains an agricultural task. African Smallholders documents the farm-level effects of agricultural policies, focusing on a variety of themes including micro-credit, infrastructure, cash crop production and food security. To deepen our understanding of agricultural development it discusses staple food production in sub-Saharan Africa and its response to changing geo-political, macro-...
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Agricultural Biotechnology and Transatlantic Trade

By: Grant E Isaac

Price: $326.37

Publisher: CABI: 2002

Seller ID: CABI-9780851995809

ISBN: 0851995802

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

Genetically modified (GM) agricultural crops which are approved as safe in North America (Canada and the United States) are facing significant regulatory hurdles in gaining access to the European Union. The development and commercialization of GM crops illustrate a complex challenge facing trade diplomacy - the challenge of regulatory regionalism created by social regulatory barriers.
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Next Rural Economies

By: Greg R Halseth,Sean Markey,David Bruce

Price: $310.37

Publisher: CABI: 2009

Seller ID: CABI-9781845935818

ISBN: 1845935810

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

Rural policy in industrialized countries is currently undergoing significant change. 'Place-based economies', where the unique attributes and assets of individual places determine their attractiveness for particular types of activities and investments, are increasingly important for rural development. The Next Rural Economies debates the future of rural development and highlights successes and failures to inform research, policy and community action. Case studies present discussions of the current state of rural community and economic restructuring and provide research and policy directions ...
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Emerging Trends in Agri-Nanotechnology

By: Harikesh Bahadur Singh,Sandhya Mishra,Leonardo Fernandes Fraceto,Renata de Lima

Price: $400.00

Publisher: CABI: 2018

Seller ID: CABI-9781786391445

ISBN: 1786391449

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

The science of nanotechnology, the manipulation, design and engineering of devices at the atomic and molecular scale, is starting to be applied to many disciplines including aspects of agriculture and crop science. This book opens with a brief history of nanotechnology in agriculture. Applications are then examined in detail, including nanopesticides, nanosensors, nanofertilizers, and nanoherbicides. Topics covered include; the biosynthesis of nanoparticles (through microbes, plants and other biotic agents); the ecological consequences of their delivery into the environment (examining effects...
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Food Security in Africa and Asia

By: Henk Bakker

Price: $273.60

Publisher: CABI: 2011

Seller ID: CABI-9781845938413

ISBN: 1845938410

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

Authored by an experienced agriculturalist with substantial field experience in developing countries, this book adds to the literature on food security by proposing practical measures for improving plant-based food security in Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa. Covering issues affecting food security, the book discusses ways of measuring farmers' resources, strategies for action, and an analysis of the challenges and problems faced, concluding with a discussion of ways in which stakeholders could work better together.
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International Research on Natural Resource Management

By: Hermann Waibel,David Zilberman

Price: $326.37

Publisher: CABI: 2007

Seller ID: CABI-9781845932831

ISBN: 1845932838

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

Over the past two decades, significant investment has been made into agriculture-related natural resource management research in developing countries. With investors beginning to request the impact of their investments in this research, a review was needed on the economic, social and environmental effects of these projects. Stemming from an effort to address these concerns, this collection of case studies establishes a methodological foundation for impact assessments of NRMR through a discussion of research conducted by the CGIAR around the world. Both micro and macro projects are examined to ...
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Land Use Changes in Tropical Watersheds

By: Ian Coxhead,Gerald E Shively

Price: $273.60

Publisher: CABI: 2005

Seller ID: CABI-9780851999128

ISBN: 0851999123

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

This book studies land use change in tropical landscapes, with particular emphasis on the economic processes that influence rates of land degradation and forest clearing. Multidisciplinary contributions draw lessons from a rich, decade-long collection of economic, social and environmental data on the Manupali upland watershed in the southern Philippines. Through this detailed case study the book documents forces leading to land use changes, in particular the potential impacts of institutional evolution and policy reforms, and highlights interrelationships between biological, economic, and soci...
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Contemporary Rural Systems in Transition Volume 2

By: Ian R Bowler,Christopher Bryant,Duane Nellis

Price: $287.97

Publisher: CABI: 1992

Seller ID: CABI-9780851988122

ISBN: 0851988121

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

This is volume two of this series on contemporary rural systems in transition
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Employment Dynamics in Rural Europe

By: Ida J Terluin,Jaap H Post

Price: $273.60

Publisher: CABI: 2000

Seller ID: CABI-9780851994994

ISBN: 0851994997

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

In many European countries, there has been a decline in the agricultural labour force, providing a major challenge for the rural economy and society. This book provides an analysis of rural employment dynamics in European Union (EU) member states.
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Agricultural Biotechnology and Intellectual Property

By: Jay Kesan

Price: $342.37

Publisher: CABI: 2007

Seller ID: CABI-9781845932015

ISBN: 1845932013

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

Scientists are becoming progressively more involved in developing methods for increasing agricultural productivity and designing plants with certain qualities. As such, genetic engineering has given plant breeders a means to exercise property rights over different varieties of plants. This has created many implications and given way to much controversy, with most objections being raised against the idea of owning life. With the use of comparative studies, this book discusses the legal, agribusiness and public policy issues that connect intellectual property protection with advancements in agri...
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Transformation of the Agri-food System in Central and Eastern Europe and the New Independent States

By: Jill E Hobbs,William A Kerr,James D Gaisford

Price: $376.00

Publisher: CABI: 1997

Seller ID: CABI-9780851991764

ISBN: 0851991769

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

This book offers a coherent perspective on the transition to a market-based agri-food system in the Central and Eastern European Countries and the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union. It provides a formal analysis of the entire food chain from farm inputs to final consumers including imports and exports. Major components of the agribusiness sector (inputs, farm-level marketing, processing, distribution and retailing) are all dealt with in separate chapters. In addition there is coverage of food security, multinationals, commercial law, finance and building market institutions. Th...
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Dynamics of Hired Farm Labour

By: Jill L Findeis,Ann Vandeman,Janelle Larson,Jack Runyan

Price: $326.37

Publisher: CABI: 2002

Seller ID: CABI-9780851996035

ISBN: 0851996035

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

Hired seasonal labour forms a significant part of the agricultural workforce in many countries. Key topics covered in this book include: changes in the hired farm workforce; area studies, and community impacts and responses; and the need for community services.
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Global Supply Chains, Standards and the Poor

By: Johan F M Swinnen,

Price: $310.37

Publisher: CABI: 2007

Seller ID: CABI-9781845931858

ISBN: 1845931858

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

Using original research from Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America this book reviews the recent restructuring of the global agri-food industry and the dramatic rise of global retail chains in developing and transition countries. It focuses on the private standards and requirements imposed by multinational companies investing in these countries and the resulting changes to existing supply chains. It also examines the impact of these changes on local producers, particularly poor farmers, and considers the long-term policy implications in terms of growth and poverty.
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Food Safety and International Competitiveness

By: John Spriggs,Grant E Isaac

Price: $273.60

Publisher: CABI: 2001

Seller ID: CABI-9780851995182

ISBN: 0851995187

Binding: Hardback

Condition: New

Food safety is currently one of the most important issues confronting consumers, producers and distributors. It cannot be dealt with as just a physical problem but must be considered as a multi-dimensional one, affected by politics, economics and social influences. This book focuses on the specific example of food safety in the beef industry in the USA, Canada, the UK and Australia. It outlines the experience of a number of countries with food safety problems (such as BSE) and examines:drivers for change and institutional arrangements within the four countrieswhether there is a socially optima...
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Category: Agricultural Economics & Rural