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This important book challenges conventional development theory by addressing not only technological but also socio-economic factors influencing low agricultural productivity in the developing world. Agricultural productivity has long been regarded as a fundamental factor in influencing economic...
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The importance of agricultural growth to poverty reduction is well known, but the specific channels through which the poor can take advantage of growth require further research. Beyond Food Production takes on this challenge, investigating four important channels: rural labor markets, farm...
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This book comprehensively examines the performance of Bangladeshi agriculture in light of the most recent thinking on …. Environment and Agriculture in a Developing Economy will therefore be of particular interest to developmental and environmental …
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Global Environmental Change and Agriculture offers a comprehensive perspective on the causes, consequences and possible … global climate change on agriculture and the need to sustain agricultural growth for economic development. The book begins by … within the developing world, where agriculture remains a major economic activity. Authors take on an economy-wide perspective …
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1. Agriculture and the environment / Jeff Bennett -- 2. Land-use management in China / Xuehong Wang, Hongyun Han and …
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Nature and agriculture both shape the European countryside and one of the main challenges for the years to come will be … book identifies the dilemmas facing European agriculture and explores their economic and ecological consequences. The … role of agriculture and nature policy and will guide the identification of suitable policy instruments …
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agriculture. Agriculture, Trade and the Environment discusses quantitative methods for the assessment of agriculture …
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Although the history of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is dominated by a process of centralisation, growing pressures to integrate agri-environmental problems into the CAP have revealed the need to embrace decentralised approaches in an efficient federal structure. Indeed, in recent years...
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, using examples from the most complex sector for both candidate countries and the EU itself - agriculture. The authors … provide a complete set of market configurations with which to analyse harmonisation with the Common Agriculture Policy in both … consultancy firms trading in the EU. Scholars and researchers of European studies, international trade and agriculture will also …
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Recent acceleration of the Indian economic growth rate from 6 to 8 per cent has sparked worldwide speculation that India is about to catch up with China and become another Asian miracle economy. Economic Reform in China and India examines this prospect, reviewing the development strategies...
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