Abstract -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- References -- Part I: The Welfare Impact of Agricultural Supply Chains, Market Structure and Farm Constraints -- Chapter 2: A Model of Agricultural Supply Chains, Market Structure and Farm Constraints -- 2.1 Cash Crop Exports...

Book Abstracts -- Contents -- 1: The Long Stagnation -- Western Australian Economic Growth and the Role of Co-operation -- The Imperial Inheritance and Pragmatic Co-operation -- The Organisation of This Book -- Bibliography -- Theses -- Secondary Sources -- 2: Visions of English Co-operation in...

Agri-food traditional, regional and typical products are an important resource for agricultural and rural development in many areas of the European Union. These Origin Labelled Products (OLPs) activate a complex system of relationships involving the local production and marketing and...

In food and agriculture, the creation of value is paramount to any company's survival, and even more so at a time where dramatic changes in business and industrial marketing's context are leading to fundamental changes in what companies should be analysing, creating, and delivering.Although...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Technology -- 3. Farms -- 4. Farm Communities -- 5. Markets -- 6. Government I: Public Investment and Regulation -- 7. Government II: Commodity and Trade Policy -- 8. Explanations -- 9. Regions and States -- 10. Counties -- 11. Findings and...

Cover -- Understanding the Indian Economy from the Post-Reforms of 1991, Volume III -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1: Agriculture and Its Importance in the Indian Economy -- CHAPTER 2: Climate and Pattern of Land Utilization in India -- CHAPTER 3: Cropping Pattern and...

Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Derivatives and Development: Contemporary Applications -- 3 Coffee, Derivatives, and Income Security: Theory and Practice -- 4 Coffee, Derivatives, and Poverty: A Global Commodity Chain Approach -- 5...

This book turns attention towards the role of environmental services in agricultural landscapes as they provide a living for many poor in developing countries. It is one of the first books to focus on the effects of payment for PES programs on the rural poor.

Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- I. GENERAL INTRODUCTION -- 1. Alternative Approaches to the Theory of Institutions in Economic Development -- 2. Rational Peasants, Efficient Institutions, and a Theory of Rural Organization: Methodological Remarks for Development Economics -- II. LAND AND...

The integration into global and local agri-food value chains requires farmers, food processors and grocery retailers to develop and maintain close and sustainable business relationships with buyers and suppliers. This title provides an overview of the relationship economics and management.