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OverviewLand quality and land degradation affect agricultural productivity and food security, but quantifying these relationships has been difficult. Data is extremly limited and outcomes are sensitive to the choices that farmers make. The contributors to this book - including soil scientists, geographers and economists - analyse data on soils, climate land cover, agricultural inputs and outputs and a variety of socio-economic factors to provide new insights into three key issues: the extent to which differences in agricultural productivity across countries; how farmers' responses to differences or changes in land quality are influenced by economic, environmental and institutional factors and whether land degradation over time threatens productivity growth and food security at local, regional and global levels. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Keith WiebePublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Imprint: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.826kg ISBN: 9781840647525ISBN 10: 1840647523 Pages: 480 Publication Date: 29 October 2003 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsContents: Preface Part I: Overview and Data Part II: Land Quality and Differences in Agricultural Productivity Between Countries Part III: Land Degradation and Changes in Agricultural Productivity Over Time Part IV: Implications for Food Security Part V: Implications for Research and Policy IndexReviews'Action is needed to fight poverty by sustaining the environment and the use of natural resources. Land Quality, Agricultural Productivity, and Food Security explores a range of factors driving food security. The book offers an assessment to link quality of the available land resources with productivity of land and the ability to ensure food security. It offers a mixture of broad-scale assessments across the globe, with detailed case studies, deepening our understanding of economics and decision-making mechanisms. It is recommended to researchers, as well as actors in the private and public domain, who are keen to improve their understanding of the appropriate actions that ensure food security in the decade to come.' -- Floor Brouwer, Agricultural Economics Research Institute (LEI), The Hague, The Netherlands Author InformationEdited by Keith Wiebe, Senior Research Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC, US Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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