The basic objective of this study was to investigate and explore the relationship between major food crops of China and their relationship with agricultural gross domestic product (GDP) using an econometric analysis. Agriculture is considered an important sector of the Chinese economy as it...

Like all facets of daily life, the food that Russian farms produced and citizens ate – or, in some years, didn’t eat – underwent radical shifts in the century between the Bolshevik Revolution and Vladimir Putin’s presidency. The modernization of agriculture during this time is usually...

Front Cover -- Advances in Food Security and Sustainability -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Chapter One: A Food Systems Perspective on Food and Nutrition Security in Australia, Indonesia, and Vanuatu -- 1. Introduction -- 2. A Brief Introduction to Food and Agriculture in...

Modern crop production is based on only a few plant species. Particularly in marginal environments of developing agricultural economies, many less well-known agricultural or non-timber forest species, continue to be grown, managed or collected, thus contributing to the livelihood of the poor and...

This paper presents information not previously published about cereal self-sufficiency and marketable surplus among Afghan farmers, based on extensive survey work carried out in 2003 across the whole country. Year after year, even in a very good agricultural year, like 2003, most Afghan farmers...

Topics covered include the economic modelling of agrobiodiversity, policy and governance solutions for the conservation of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes, contracts, markets and valuation. The authors include well-known and respected academics and researchers who have a real policy...

Adoption rates of improved or modern varieties (MV) of sorghum in eastern Ethiopia are generally low. Although these MV may represent an effective means of coping with droughts, given their early maturing traits, landraces could prove to be more drought‐tolerant and better adapted to marginal...

This study aims to present a comprehensive review of the status of biofuels developments around the world and the policy regimes and support measures driving this evolution. It assesses the agro-ecological potential of all major biofuels crops, both first and second generation. It evaluates the...