Agricultural policy reform has become a very hot topic. Over the next couple of years we will see the funding for these programs being hotly debated. The thesis of this book is that a better-informed public is essential to bring rationality to farm policy. This book provides telling evidence...

The central Gujarat region of western India is home to the entrepreneurial landowning Patel caste who have leveraged their rural dominance to become a powerful global diaspora of merchants, industrialists, and professionals. Investigating the Patels intriguing ascent, Vinay Gidwani analyzes its...

Despite the vast number of books and reports on tropical deforestation, there's confusion about the causes of forest loss and forest poverty, and the effectiveness of policy responses. At Loggerheads seeks to describe ways to reconciles pressures for agricultural expansion in the tropics with...

Examines what is going on in the organic sector, socially and politically. Debunking a number of apparently common-sense beliefs related to the organic industry, this book attempts to contribute to the development of more sustainable food systems by articulating what it takes to get people...

Sure to be controversial and spur debate, this book presents a powerful analysis of rural change to marketization and globalization. Using Russia as a case study, it examines the how the rural population responded to reform policies during the transition away from communism. Wegren draws upon...

Intro -- An Opportunity Lost -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 THE SEARCH BEGINS -- 3 THE EIGHTIETH CONGRESS TRIES TO "FIX THE ROOF" -- 4 FARM POLICY AND THE ELECTION OF 1948 -- 5 THE BRANNAN FARM PLAN Agricultural Panacea or Political Football? -- 6 REACTION TO...