Agricultural and rural economics

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.

Modern tools, such as GIS and remote sensing, are increasingly used in the monitoring of agricultural resources.

World population is set to increase by a third in the next 25 years, with no corresponding increase in global rainfall.

Many facets of disasters generate interest among scholars and practitioners.

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.

Biofuels and food are dependent on the same resources for production: land, water, and energy.

Better Manage Soil C for Improved Soil Quality In the United States, soil has fueled the availability of abundant, safe food, thus underpinning economic growth and development.

Written by experts from across the globe, Herbicide Resistance and World Grains evaluates the weed and herbicide management systems in major world grain crops such as soybean, maize, rice, and canola.

This book identifies the main challenges Chinese agriculture is confronting and considers how these challenges might be met.

This book identifies the main challenges Chinese agriculture is confronting and considers how these challenges might be met.

This book interrogates the inevitability and practicability of full-scale, land-intensive capitalist agriculture in China, whilst analyzing the labor-intensive industrious revolution as an alternative rural development path.

This book interrogates the inevitability and practicability of full-scale, land-intensive capitalist agriculture in China, whilst analyzing the labor-intensive industrious revolution as an alternative rural development path.

The countryside has often been marginalised in discussions of economic and societal development, in favour of the urban.

The countryside has often been marginalised in discussions of economic and societal development, in favour of the urban.

The central problem to which this book, first published in 1984, is addressed is the transformation of agrarian structure as it historically evolved in India.

This title was first published in 2000: The central aim of the Common Agricultural Policy is to support the incomes of farmers, yet reliable information on the overall incomes of farmers and their households is scarce.

This title was first published in 2000: The central aim of the Common Agricultural Policy is to support the incomes of farmers, yet reliable information on the overall incomes of farmers and their households is scarce.

This title was first published in 2001.

This title was first published in 2001.

This title was first published in 2000: Using micro-level data, this text shows that rural Russian households have made significant adaptations to an emerging market economy in just a few years.

This title was first published in 2000: Using micro-level data, this text shows that rural Russian households have made significant adaptations to an emerging market economy in just a few years.

This title was first published in 2003.

This title was first published in 2003.

This title was first published in 1975: The question of development finance in underdeveloped countries is ultimately one of the use of the surplus: how can a significant part of that share of national income above a nation's culturally determined subsistence requirem ents be channeled into investment ?

This title was first published in 1975: The question of development finance in underdeveloped countries is ultimately one of the use of the surplus: how can a significant part of that share of national income above a nation's culturally determined subsistence requirem ents be channeled into investment ?

This study, originally published in 1990, seeks to address several important policy questions associated with the ongoing depletion of forested wetlands.

This study, originally published in 1990, seeks to address several important policy questions associated with the ongoing depletion of forested wetlands.

Originally published in 1978.

Originally published in 1978.

Export embargoes are imposed in the belief that enough economic damage will be inflicted on the target country to make it change course on some key political point.

Export embargoes are imposed in the belief that enough economic damage will be inflicted on the target country to make it change course on some key political point.

Growers, packers, processors, and distributors of apples who wish to survive into the twenty-first century need to understand that they are now operating in an interconnected world market.

Growers, packers, processors, and distributors of apples who wish to survive into the twenty-first century need to understand that they are now operating in an interconnected world market.

China's Rural Economy after WTO discusses and analyses China's rural sector problems in detail, including the areas of poverty, income inequality, the gender gap, barriers of rural-urban migration, discrimination against rural workers, poor rural governance and the impact of WTO membership.

China's Rural Economy after WTO discusses and analyses China's rural sector problems in detail, including the areas of poverty, income inequality, the gender gap, barriers of rural-urban migration, discrimination against rural workers, poor rural governance and the impact of WTO membership.

This book addresses the dynamics of China's grain production, consumption and trade with a particular emphasis on China's demand for feedgrain vis-a-vis its demand for foodgrain and the likely implications of this on the international grain trade given that China is now a member of the WTO.

This book addresses the dynamics of China's grain production, consumption and trade with a particular emphasis on China's demand for feedgrain vis-a-vis its demand for foodgrain and the likely implications of this on the international grain trade given that China is now a member of the WTO.

This book offers an essential, comprehensive, yet accessible reference of contemporary food security discourse and guides readers through the steps required for food security analysis.

This book offers an essential, comprehensive, yet accessible reference of contemporary food security discourse and guides readers through the steps required for food security analysis.

Agriculture is at the centre of the economies of many developing countries, and its stagnation and poor performance across large parts of Africa is a major cause for concern.

Agriculture is at the centre of the economies of many developing countries, and its stagnation and poor performance across large parts of Africa is a major cause for concern.

Comparative Economic Systems is published in three editions, one for each major part.