Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to quantify the benefits of contract farming (CF) on farmers’ income and adoption of food safety measures (FSMs) at the farm level. The paper also investigates the determinants of participation in CF. Design/methodology/approach: The study is based on a...

Purpose: New varieties of paddy are constantly being developed in India in order to sustain yield gains in the face of biotic and abiotic stresses. In this study, the authors attempt to identify the drivers for adoption of new varieties of paddy in India; the authors also estimate the impact on...

Argues that the slaves transported in interregional trade were not selected on the basis of their physical stature.

Examines the height of Georgian convicts and concludes that their height declined beginning with the birth cohorts of 1835. The economic transition brought about a decline in their nutritional status.

Examines the height of German youth in the late eighteenth century, and documents the very large differences in height between the lower and upper classes. Shows that the height of the upper class did not decline at the end of the 18th century as did that of the common men.

Argues that the biological standard of living did not improve in the Soviet Union as much as it did in other European countries.

Introduces the reader to the importance of studying of the history of human physical stature, and the main findings of the recent decades.

Argues that the Industrial Revolution occurred at a time when the demographic system ceased to be Malthusian.

Develops a one-equation model to reproduce the salient features of population growth in Europe from the Middle Ages to the Industrial Revolution.

Corrects some of the statistical mistakes of previous studies of the trend in the height of British soldiers in the 18th and 19th centuries. Finds that heights decreased substantially in the late-18th century in keeping with many other findings. The inference is that an incipient Malthusian...