Equality for women in all areas of life is not only a fundamental human right, but is also a crucial prerequisite for achieving human development goals. Women constitute half of the world population and about 43 percent of the agricultural labor force, which makes the importance of research into...

We'd rather be hanged than starved! : the politics of provisions -- The genesis of provision politics, 1527-1660 -- The recession of provision politics, 1660-1739 : a political nation of producers -- Bolting mills and marketplaces : The formative generation of the politics of provisions,...

"The book evaluates alternative policy options for the African countries to overcome the food crisis and the changing structure of world trade to sustain their impressive growth of the early 2000s. These policies must go beyond economic reforms and seek a solution to the entrenched political...