1. Introduction -- 2. Economic Development, Sustainable Development and Agriculture -- 3. Sustainability of Agricultural Systems -- 4. Challenges of Sustainable Agriculture in Developing Countries -- 5. Challenges of Sustainable Agricultural Development in High-Income Countries -- 6. Pathways to...

Part I: Concepts and Debates -- Capital Penetration and the Subordination of the Peasantry under Neoliberalism in Africa -- Neoliberalisation and Regulatory Restructuring in South Africa’s Commercial Agriculture -- Part II: Land Reform Struggles in a Neoliberal Era -- Land for Development?...

This open access book discusses the current role of smallholders in connection with food security and poverty reduction in developing countries. It addresses the opportunities they enjoy, and the constraints they face, by analysing the availability, access to and utilization of production...

Introduction -- Framing the Approach -- Economic Dualism as a Structural Constraint of South Eastern Europe Economies and Societies -- The Post-Communist Period (1989-2000). Land Reform Between Property Rights Restoration and the Reorganization of Work and Production Relationships in Agriculture...

With urban industrialization on the scale achieved by East Asian economies looking increasingly less plausible, small economies in Africa need an alternative strategic approach to long-term growth. The purpose of this paper is to identify a growth strategy with the greatest potential for small,...

Developing countries across East Asia have made impressive progress in economic development. Despite the effect of the 1997-1998 financial crisis, poverty rates in the region have been consistently declining. Agriculture played a key role by driving growth in the early stages of...

China's success in addressing food problems after adopting the reforms in 1978 has been nothing less than remarkable. Grain output (rice, wheat and maize) has almost doubled and most hunger has been eliminated. Ever since China embarked on its reform agenda more than 30 years ago, its economic...

1. Introduction -- 2. Crop and Livestock Production Responses to Rainfall and Temperature Variation in West Africa -- 3. Agriculture and Food Security in West Africa: Assessing the Feasibility of Realizing the UN SDG 2 -- 4. Improving Agricultural Production and Farm Management Practices and its...

1. Prolegomenon -- 2. Agricultural Development Mode: Relevant Theoretical Research at Home and Abroad -- 3. The Transformation of China’s Agricultural Development with Multiple Goals under Resource and Environmental Constraints -- 4. The Transformation of the Utilization Mode of Elements and...