In recent years, Alternative Food Networks (AFNs) have been a key issue both in the scientific community and in public debates. This is due to their profound implications for rural development, local sustainability, and bio-economics. This edited collection discusses what the main determinants...

Ernährung wird heute vor allem unter ernährungstechnischen, medizinisch-gesundheitlichen oder weltanschaulichen Aspekten (z.B. Vegetarianismus, Veganismus usw.) diskutiert. Obwohl die Nahrungsmittelindustrie einen der wichtigsten Märkte darstellt, werden Fragen der Nahrungsmittelproduktion,...

Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Theory and Methods -- Part II: Fields of Analysis: Clean Personal Road Transportation and Energy- Efficient Housing -- Part III: Research and Policy Implications: Mastering the Challenges of Socio-Technical Transitions in Theory and Practice

1 Introduction: Why an African Green Revolution is Needed and Why It Must Include Small Farms (Larson and Otsuka) -- 2 On the Determinants of Low Productivity of Rice Farming in Mozambique: Pathways to Intensification (Kajisa) -- 3 On the Possibility of Rice Green Revolution in Irrigated and...

Biokraftstoffe als Teil der Klimastrategien bis 2050 -- Biokraftstoffe aktuell: Produktion, Handel und Nachhaltigkeitsindikatoren -- Die Nachhaltigkeitsregeln für Biokraftstoffe in der EU -- Brasilien – ein Land auf Expansionskurs -- Schlüsselakteure der brasilianischen Landkonkurrenz --...

The aim of this book is to present contributions in theory, policy and practice to the science and policy of sustainable intensification by means of technological and institutional innovations in agriculture. The research insights re from Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The purpose of this...

This book uses primary evidence to assess the value of agro-input and service delivery business models in terms of their inclusiveness, effectiveness and impact from a small farmer perspective, in the form of case studies in three Indian states: Punjab, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. The services...

This book investigates if and how agricultural market structures and farm constraints affect the development of dynamic food and cash crop sectors and whether these sectors can contribute to economic transformation and poverty reduction in Africa. The authors map the current cash and food crops...

This book examines the role of agriculture in the economic transformation of developing low- and middle-income countries and explores means for accelerating agricultural growth and poverty reduction. In this volume, Mellor measures by household class the employment impact of alternative...

The aim of this book is to investigate the discursive power of two original, theoretical lenses when applied to real outsourcing arrangements and phenomena. The Transaction Cost Economics (TCE) and Foucauldian perspectives are brought to bear on five outsourcing relationships in order to test...