Agriculture & related industries books

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Grassland to Cropland Conversion in the Northern Plains: The Role of Crop Insurance, Commodity, and Disaster Programs: Economic Research Report Number 120

Grassland to Cropland Conversion in the Northern Plains:...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781515145615
Format: Paperback
$34.19

Native grasslands in the U.S. Northern Plains, particularly those located in the Prairie Pothole Region, are excellent...  Read More >>

Food, Development, and Politics in the Middle East

Food, Development, and Politics in the Middle East

Author: Marvin G. Weinbaum
ISBN: 9781138923133
Format: Hardback
$189.00

As the reality of a food deficit emerged in the Middle East, rural society and the agricultural sector – once viewed...  Read More >>

Conditions of Agricultural Growth

Conditions of Agricultural Growth

Author: Ester Boserup
ISBN: 9781138878600
Format: Paperback
$92.99

Investigating the process of agrarian change, this book analyzes costs and productivity under the main system of...  Read More >>

Flourishing Within Limits to Growth: Following nature's way

Flourishing Within Limits to Growth: Following nature's...

Author: Sven Erik Jørgensen ,  Brian D. Fath
ISBN: 9781138842533
Format: Paperback
$114.00

This volume demonstrates how we might modify and revise the economic system using nature as a model.  Read More >>

Africa's Land Rush: Rural Livelihoods and Agrarian Change

Africa's Land Rush: Rural Livelihoods and Agrarian Change...

Author: Ruth Hall ,  Ian Scoones
ISBN: 9781847011305
Format: Paperback
$51.72

Interrogates the narratives of ""land grabbing"" and ""agricultural investment"" through detailed local studies...  Read More >>

Peasants in Power: The Political Economy of Development and Genocide in Rwanda

Peasants in Power: The Political Economy of Development...

Author: Philip Verwimp
ISBN: 9789401781640
Format: Paperback
$306.62

This book blends economics, politics and agrarian studies to provide a new way of understanding the nexus between...  Read More >>

The Sustainable Provision of Environmental Services: From Regulation to Innovation

The Sustainable Provision of Environmental Services:...

Author: Philipp Aerni
ISBN: 9783319193441
Format: Hardback
$181.10

In particular, the author challenges the theory behind Payments for Environmental Services (PES), a concept derived...  Read More >>

The Impacts of Reforms to the Public Distribution System in India's Chhattisgarh on Food Security: Economic Research Report Number 164

The Impacts of Reforms to the Public Distribution System...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781515046028
Format: Paperback
$34.19

Although a rapidly growing developing country, India has a larger food-insecure population than all of Sub-Saharan...  Read More >>

U.S. Hog Production from 1992 to 2009: Technology, Restructuring, and Productivity Growth: Economic Research Report Number 158

U.S. Hog Production from 1992 to 2009: Technology, Restructuring,...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781515047193
Format: Paperback
$34.19

U.S. hog farms declined in number by more than 70 percent over the past two decades while hog inventories remained...  Read More >>

Livestock Gross Margin-Dairy Insurance: An Assessment of Risk Management and Potential Supply Impacts: Economic Research Report Number 163

Livestock Gross Margin-Dairy Insurance: An Assessment...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781515046516
Format: Paperback
$34.19

Public risk management policies for dairy producers have the potential to induce expansion in milk supplies, which...  Read More >>

An Economic Assessment of Policy Options to Reduce Agricultural Pollutants in the Chesapeake Bay: Economic Research Report Number 166

An Economic Assessment of Policy Options to Reduce Agricultural...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781515045809
Format: Paperback
$34.19

In 2010, a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) was established for the Chesapeake Bay, defining the limits on emissions...  Read More >>

Deconstructing Wheat Price Spikes: A Model of Supply and Demand, Financial Speculation, and Commodity Price Comovement: Economic Research Report Number 165

Deconstructing Wheat Price Spikes: A Model of Supply...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781515045892
Format: Paperback
$34.19

In 2008, wheat futures prices spiked and then crashed along with prices for other agricultural and nonagricultural...  Read More >>

Genetically Engineered Crops in the United States: Economic Research Report Number 162

Genetically Engineered Crops in the United States: Economic...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781515046622
Format: Paperback
$34.19

More than 15 years after their first successful commercial introduction in the United States, genetically engineered...  Read More >>

Changes in Eating Patterns and Diet Quality Among Working-Age Adults, 2005-2010: Economic Research Report Number 161

Changes in Eating Patterns and Diet Quality Among Working-Age...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781515046837
Format: Paperback
$34.19

The recession of 2007-09, the deepest of the postwar period, has had large and long-lasting effects. Using data...  Read More >>

The Rise and Fall of Countryside Management: A Historical Account

The Rise and Fall of Countryside Management: A Historical...

Author: Ian D. Rotherham (Sheffield Hallam University, UK)
ISBN: 9780415844253
Format: Hardback
$252.00

This volume rigorously examines the issues surrounding countryside management in Britain, providing a critical overview...  Read More >>

The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia: Palm Oil and Patronage

The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia: Palm Oil and Patronage...

Author: Helena Varkkey (University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur)
ISBN: 9781138858640
Format: Hardback
$305.00

Despite the efforts of Southeast Asian governments and of ASEAN, transboundary haze continues to be a major environmental...  Read More >>

The Effects of Phytosanitary Regulations on U.S. Imports of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables: Economic Research Report Number 168

The Effects of Phytosanitary Regulations on U.S. Imports...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781515033097
Format: Paperback
$34.19

Since the late 1980s, multilateral and bilateral trade agreements have reduced tariff rates and worked to restrain...  Read More >>

Prevalence of U.S. Food Insecurity Is Related to Changes in Unemployment, Inflation, and the Price of Food: Economic Research Report Number 167

Prevalence of U.S. Food Insecurity Is Related to Changes...

Author: United States Department of Agriculture
ISBN: 9781515033424
Format: Paperback
$34.19

This report examines the extent to which year-to-year changes in the prevalence of U.S. household food insecurity...  Read More >>

The Oyster War: The True Story of a Small Farm, Big Politics, and the Future of Wilderness in America

The Oyster War: The True Story of a Small Farm, Big...

Author: Summer Brennan
ISBN: 9781619025271
Format: Paperback
$50.03

It all began simply enough. In 1976 the Point Reyes Wilderness Act granted the highest protection in America to...  Read More >>

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