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Drivers and Restraints for Economically Efficient Farm Production.
Hansson, Helena - 2009
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012690841
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Transforming Peasants, Property and Power : The Collectivization of Agriculture in Romania, 1949-1962
Iordachi, Constantin - 2008
: Introduction -- Part One. The Collectivization of Agriculture: General Aspects -- Robert Levy: The First Wave of the … Socialist Transformation of Agriculture" from Slogans to Reality (1953-1962) -- Linda Miller: Law and Propaganda: Rural Land …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012684985
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Capital, Interrupted : Agrarian Development and the Politics of Work in India
Gidwani, Vinay - 2008
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012685074
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Crisis and Opportunity : Sustainability in American Agriculture
Ikerd, John E. - 2008
thus ensure sustainable agriculture as the foundation of a sustainable food system and a sustainable society. …Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Crisis and Opportunity in American Agriculture -- Part One: The … Industrialization of American Agriculture -- 2. Why We Should Stop Promoting Industrial Agriculture -- 3. Corporate Agriculture and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012685077
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Agricultural Production : Organic and Conventional Systems
Akinyemi, O.M - 2007
. Introduction to OrganicAgricultural Practices -- 1.1 FACTORS -- 1.2 THE IDEAL OF PHILOSOPHERS IN ORGANIC AGRICULTURE INPUTS -- 1 ….7 MARKETING -- 2. Basic Concepts for Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development -- 2.1 KEY CHALLENGES TO AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012685100
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Knowledge Systems and Natural Resources : Management, Policy, and Institutions in Nepal
Ojha, Hemant R. - 2007
agriculture technology development -- Scientists' perspectives -- Farmers' perspectives -- Emerging issues in agriculture …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012685176
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Irrigation Water Pricing : The Gap Between Theory and Practice
Molle, F - 2007
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012685184
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Impact of Science on African Agriculture and Food Security.
Anandajayasekeram, P - 2007
African Agriculture -- 2 The Role of Impact Assessment in Evaluating Agricultural Investments in Eastern and Southern Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012685185
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Multifunctional Agriculture : A Transition Theory Perspective
Wilson, G - 2007
post-productivist agriculture holds up to scientific scrutiny, and proposes a new transition theory. ….1 A changing agriculture -- 1.2 Agricultural systems in transition: from productivism to post-productivism to … multifunctionality? -- 1.3 Aims of the book: conceptualising multifunctional agriculture -- 1.4 Structure of the book -- Part 1 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012685192
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Every Farm a Factory : The Industrial Ideal in American Agriculture
Fitzgerald, Deborah - 2003
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Industrial Ideal in American Agriculture -- 2 By the … Numbers: Economics and Management in Agriculture -- 3 Agricultural Engineers and Industrialization -- 4 Farms as Factories …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012685487