Agricultural and rural economics

Current Issues in Global Agricultural and Trade Policy presents an authoritative perspective on matters that will contribute to the future shape of global markets for agricultural products.

Despite the pervasiveness of barter across societies, this mode of transaction has largely escaped the anthropologist s gaze.

It is believed that the major countries of the former Soviet Union-specifically Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine (KRU region)-are the part of the world with the most potential to increase food supplies and strengthen world food security.

This book demonstrates a successful and sustainable model for value addition to millets from production to consumption.

This book demonstrates a successful and sustainable model for value addition to millets from production to consumption.

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.

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.

Since its inception in 1938, the program has evolved from an ancillary program with low participation to a central pillar of federal support for agriculture.

The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies appropriations bill provides funding for a wide array of Federal programs, mostly in the U.

A case study of the introduction of mass production of machinery into the grain and cattle economy of Argentina.

Sao Paulo, by far the most populated state in Brazil, has an economy to rival that of Colombia or Venezuela.

This volume contains a comprehensive guide to farm management, with a particular focus on the financial side of running a farm and including information on borrowing, hire purchase, and returns.

Nearly every day brings news of another merger or acquisition involving the companies that control our food supply.

Cumbria is a very varied county with coastal plains, river valleys, the Pennine edge and the Lakeland fells.

The annual harvesting of cereal crops was one of the most important economic tasks in the Roman Empire.

For courses in Introduction to Agricultural or Applied Economics Introduction to Agricultural Economics provides students with a systematic introduction to the basic economic concepts and issues impacting the U.

Dates are an important fruit, especially in many African, Middle-Eastern and Asian countries.

Dates are an important fruit, especially in many African, Middle-Eastern and Asian countries.

Feeding the World documents the emergence of Brazil as an agricultural powerhouse during the second half of the twentieth century.

Feeding the World documents the emergence of Brazil as an agricultural powerhouse during the second half of the twentieth century.

Explores the sustainable farming movement through reference to three detailed case studies of organisations operating in rural India.

Ulbe Bosma details how the British and Dutch introduced the sugar plantation model in Asia and refashioned it over time.

Ulbe Bosma details how the British and Dutch introduced the sugar plantation model in Asia and refashioned it over time.

Buying into the Regime is a transnational history of how Chilean grapes created new forms of consumption and labor politics in both the United States and Chile.

In addition to being one of the United States' largest pork producers, North Carolina is home to a developing niche market of pasture-raised pork.

The perception of Ethiopia projected in the media is often one of chronic poverty and hunger, but this bleak assessment does not accurately reflect most of the country today.

This book applies a gendered lens to evaluate the dynamic linkages between climate change and livelihoods in developing countries.

This book applies a gendered lens to evaluate the dynamic linkages between climate change and livelihoods in developing countries.

The price of food commodities - such as wheat, corn and rice - is unstable.

The price of food commodities - such as wheat, corn and rice - is unstable.

A rich account of the impact of the Second World War on the lives of people living in the farms and villages of Britain.

In this practical guide TV farmer Jimmy Doherty imparts his experience and ideas to show you how to achieve the self-sufficient lifestyle and add to your life whether growing for your own pleasure - or profit!

An elegant demolition of the supermarket miracle, this book charts the impact that supermarkets have had on every aspect of our lives and culture.

A provocative reassessment of the relationship between states and environmental politics in Africa From climate-related risks such as crop failure and famine to longer-term concerns about sustainable urbanization, environmental justice, and biodiversity conservation, African states face a range of environmental issues.

An exploration of the lived experience of small-scale organic farmers in New England that unpacks how they balance their ideals with economic realities In recent years, the popularity of organically grown produce has exploded.

An exploration of the rise of the crop strain that came to dominate the American tobacco industry and its toll on the Southern landscape that produced it Drew A.

Government management of fisheries has been little short of disastrous.

Government management of fisheries has been little short of disastrous.

When it comes to the climate, we don't need more marketing or anxiety.

How does Britain get its food?

The world is more interested in issues surrounding agricultural and food issues than ever before.

The world is more interested in issues surrounding agricultural and food issues than ever before.

Why do farm workers become more vulnerable as countries get richer?

Why do farm workers become more vulnerable as countries get richer?

How can we track change in poor rural areas where data are scarce?

How can we track change in poor rural areas where data are scarce?

How do people survive and thrive in the uncertain and risk-prone Sahel?

How do people survive and thrive in the uncertain and risk-prone Sahel?