This book provides a roadmap for achieving sustainable agricultural advance and food security in an era of climate change and global economic melt-down. The contents include a description of the paradigm shift under the leadership of the author, from a green to an ever-green revolution necessary...

Intro -- DRIVERS AND RESTRAINTS FORECONOMICALLY EFFICIENTFARM PRODUCTION -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- REFERENCES -- PART 1: AN INTRODUCTION TOEFFICIENCY STUDIES -- WHAT IS EFFICIENCY? -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- EFFICIENCY AS A WAY OF ANALYZINGFARM PERFORMANCE -- A NOTE ON THE...

Intro -- Table of Contents -- Gail Kligman and Katherine Verdery: Foreword -- Constantin Iordachi and Dorin Dobrincu: Introduction -- Part One. The Collectivization of Agriculture: General Aspects -- Robert Levy: The First Wave of the Collectivization Campaign: Central Policies and Their...

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...

In Crisis and Opportunity, John E. Ikerd outlines the consequences of agricultural industrialization, then details the methods that can restore economic viability, ecological soundness, and social responsibility to our agricultural system and thus ensure sustainable agriculture as the foundation...

Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgement -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- List of Graphs -- 1. Introduction to OrganicAgricultural Practices -- 1.1 FACTORS -- 1.2 THE IDEAL OF PHILOSOPHERS IN ORGANIC AGRICULTURE INPUTS -- 1.3 ORGANIC MOTIVATION -- 1.4 NECESSITY IN...

KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Management, Policy, and Institutions in Nepal. Book(s) 7 of 211. KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS AND NATURAL RESOURCES. Management, Policy, and Institutions in Nepal. Edited by Hemant R. Ojha, Netra P. Timsina, Ram B. Chhetri, and Krishna P. Paudel. Foundation...

The pricing of water has often been applied universally, using general and ideological policies, and not considering regional environmental and economic differences. This book features case-studies that assess various policies by evaluating their objectives and constraints and demonstrating...

The need for agricultural research resources in the developing world cannot be underestimated, but the availability of such resources is often poor. This book explores the importance of impact assessment studies in Africa, and assembles evidence to pave the way for investment in agricultural...

In a time of great agricultural and rural change, the notion of 'multifunctionality' has remained under-theorized and poorly linked to the debates in the social sciences. This book analyses the extent to which the proposed transition towards post-productivist agriculture holds up to scientific...