Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- List of Contributors -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Introduction. Natural Resources and Underdevelopment in Cameroon: Untangling a Puzzle -- Natural resource endowment as both sides of the same coin -- Sharing from Africa's...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary: The Elusive Promise of Productivity -- 1. Sources of Growth in Agriculture -- Improving Agricultural Productivity: Traversing the Last Mile toward Reducing Extreme Poverty -- Poverty Reduction,...

Agri-input companies have played a significant role in transforming the post-Independence "ship-to-mouth" Indian economy, dependent on food grain imports, into a self-sufficient economy. Though agricultural productivity is declining and environmentalists are questioning the use of agri-inputs,...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- The Development Challenge of Drylands in Sub-Saharan Africa -- The Africa Drylands Study -- Objectives of This Book on Agricultural Water Management --...

Population explosions have always pushed India into many deep-rooted socio-economic bottlenecks. India is home to one third of the globe's poverty-ridden and hunger-prone population, despite the undoubted availability of and access to food grains. This study explores the causes of and solutions...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Glossary of Abbreviations and Acronyms. -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Bangladesh -- 3. Sri Lanka -- 4. Pakistan -- 5. India -- Index -- Box -- Figures -- Tables.

Cover -- Half-title -- Series-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Journals, Newspapers, Translation Services, and Abbreviations -- List of Tables and Figures -- TABLES -- FIGURES -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- LOCATING THE CHINESE STATE -- THE CENTRAL AND LOCAL STATES -- RURAL...

Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Executive Summary -- A Framework to Guide the Public Policy Response Aimed at Maximizing the Efficiency, Equity, and Environmental Sustainability of the Digital Transformation -- Digital Technologies...

Cover -- Guest editorial -- Entrepreneurship and agriculture resources on national productivity in Africa: exploring for complementarities, synergies and thresholds -- The role of entrepreneurship in reducing poverty in agricultural communities -- Towards an agricultural entrepreneurship...