Agricultural Economics

Regulating Health Foods

Jill E. Hobbs, Stavroula Malla, Eric K. Sogah, May T. Yeung

With ageing populations, rising incomes and a growing recognition of the link between diet and health, consumers are interested in new food products, supplements and ingredients with purported health benefits. The food industry has respo...

Hardback (2014)

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Handbook of Rural Development

Edited by Gary Paul Green

Although most countries in the world are rapidly urbanizing, the majority of the global population – particularly the poor – continue to live in rural areas. This Handbook rejects the popular notion that urbanization should be universall...

Hardback (2013)

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Handbook on Climate Change and Agriculture

Edited by Ariel Dinar, Robert Mendelsohn

This book explores the interaction between climate change and the agriculture sector. Agriculture is essential to the livelihood of people and nations, especially in the developing world; therefore, any impact on it will have significant...

Paperback (June 2013)

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Managing Food Safety and Hygiene

Bridget M. Hutter

Food safety and hygiene is of critical importance to us all, yet, as periodic food crises in various countries each year show we are all dependent on others in business and public regulation to ensure that the food we consume in the reta...

Paperback (2013)

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Improving Irrigation in Asia

Elinor Ostrom, Wai Fung Lam, Prachanda Pradhan, Ganesh P. Shivakoti

Improving Irrigation in Asia is based on a longitudinal study over two decades on innovative intervention for sustained performance of irrigation systems. The work identifies key factors that can help explain the performance of intervent...

Paperback (2013)

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Land Use Policies for Sustainable Development

Edited by Desmond McNeill, Ingrid Nesheim, Floor Brouwer

The urgent need to enhance sustainable development in developing countries has never been greater: poverty levels are growing, land conversions are uncontrolled, and there is rapid loss of biodiversity through land use change. This timel...

Hardback (2012)

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Globalisation, Agriculture and Development

Edited by Matthew Tonts, M. A.B. Siddique

This book explores the links between globalization, agriculture and development in a number of contemporary Asia-Pacific nations. It highlights the complex and diversified nature of agricultural change in these contexts, and the ways in ...

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The Handbook of Research on Entrepreneurship in Agriculture and Rural Development

Edited by Gry Agnete Alsos, Sara Carter, Elisabet Ljunggren, Friederike Welter

The agriculture sector around the world has experienced profound changes in recent years. This unique and path-breaking Handbook draws together the best current research in the area of entrepreneurship in agriculture, food production and...

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Rural Transformations and Development – China in Context

Edited by Norman Long, Jingzhong Ye, Yihuan Wang

This unique book explores the varied perspectives on contemporary processes of rural transformation and policy intervention in China. The expert contributors combine a critical review of current theoretical viewpoints and global debate...

Hardback (2010)

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Food Security in Africa

Edited by Alexander Sarris, Jamie Morrison

Drawing on insights from theoretical applications, empirically based approaches and case study experience, this book contributes to the improved design and use of trade and related policy interventions in staple food markets.

Hardback (2010)

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Climate Change and Agriculture

Robert Mendelsohn, Ariel Dinar

Despite its great importance, there are surprisingly few economic studies of the impact of climate on agriculture and how agriculture can adapt under a variety of conditions. This book examines 22 countries across four continents, includ...

Hardback (August 2009)

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