The world food problem -- Mexico's way out -- A continent of peasants -- We shall release the waters -- A very big, very poor country -- Parable of seeds -- You can't eat steel -- The meaning of famine -- The conquest of hunger -- Present at the recreation

Food security is of vital importance to all nations, but particularly so in developing countries. Governments worldwide are seeking to liberalize agricultural trade, and to change their role from one of controlling trade and prices. Instead these governments seek new roles in encouraging market...

This volume brings together a set of studies analyzing different aspects of food and agriculture in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This sector is of crucial importance to the MENA economies, especially in terms of employment. Agriculture is particularly important for the poor, both on...

Ackerbaubetriebe auf Grenzstandorten in Nordostdeutschland können mit den 2010 vorherrschenden Produktionssystemen und Betriebsorganisationen bei einem Agrarpreisniveau von 160 €/t Weizen ihre Vollkosten ohne die entkoppelten Direktzahlungen der EU nicht decken. Es ist offen, ob und wie diese...

"This book explores the economic institutions that determine the nature of animal lives as systematically exploited objects traded in a market economy. It examines human roles and choice in the system, including the economic logic of agriculture, experimentation, and animal ownership, and...

Preface -- Acknowledgment -- Trends and transformations in European agricultural economy, rural communities and food sustainability in context of new common agricultural policy / Jean Vasile Andrei, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania, Alexandra Alecu, Petroleum-Gas University of...

Issues surrounding agriculture have always had pride of place among academic research in economic history. Interest in agricultural issues does not seem to come into fashion, and then fade into the background only to return years later. Indeed, agriculture was so vital to the workings of...