Introduction / Seleshi B. Awulachew, Vladimir Smakhtin, David Molden and Don Peden -- Nile water and agriculture: past, present and future / Karen Conniff, David Molden, Don Peden and Seleshi B. Awulachew -- The Nile basin, people, poverty and vulnerability / James Kinyangi, Don Peden, Mario...

"This book looks at agricultural systems and rural economies in Asia through the prism of alternative innovation systems, alternative public policy and institutional changes. The massive shifts within the agricultural economy in Asia, geared towards increasing production, has had a direct effect...