Agriculture & related industries books

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Agriculture and Economic Growth: Theory and Measurement

Agriculture and Economic Growth: Theory and Measurement...

Author: Yair Mundlak
ISBN: 9780674002289
Format: Hardback
$174.95

The noted economist Yair Mundlak presents a theory of the growth of the agricultural sector in America within the...  Read More >>

Money is the True Friend: Economic Practice, Morality and Trust Among the Iganga Maize Traders in Uganda

Money is the True Friend: Economic Practice, Morality...

Author: Pernille Sorensen
ISBN: 9783825843939
Format: Paperback
$65.87

The Ugandan economy was once solidly based on the export of cash crops such as coffee and cotton. The economic crisis...  Read More >>

National Research Initiative: A Vital Competitive Grants Program in Food, Fiber, and Natural-Resources Research

National Research Initiative: A Vital Competitive Grants...

Author: Committee on an Evaluation of the US Department of Agriculture National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program ,  Board on Agriculture and Natural Resources
ISBN: 9780309070836
Format: Paperback
$93.15

Our nation faces daunting challenges to its food and fiber system and to the condition of our natural resources...  Read More >>

Packinghouse Daughter: A Memoir

Packinghouse Daughter: A Memoir

Author: Cheri Register
ISBN: 9780873513913
Format: Hardback
$65.87

The daughter of a packinghouse worker, the author recalls the 1959 meatpackers' strike that devastated and divided...  Read More >>

Agricultural Support Policies in Transition Economies

Agricultural Support Policies in Transition Economies...

Author: Alberto Valdes ,  World Bank
ISBN: 9780821347713
Format: Paperback
$49.03

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The Second Great Emancipation: The Mechanical Cotton Picker, Black Migration and How They Shaped the Modern South

The Second Great Emancipation: The Mechanical Cotton...

Author: Donald Holley
ISBN: 9781557286062
Format: Hardback
$105.47

In The Second Great Emancipation, Donald Holley uses statistical and narrative analysis to demonstrate that farm...  Read More >>

Competition in Agriculture: The United States in the World Market

Competition in Agriculture: The United States in the...

Author: Curtis M Jolly ,  Andrew D O'Rourke
ISBN: 9781560228936
Format: Paperback
$137.15

Meet the challenges facing the U.S. agricultural market within the global arena! Economists, agricultural scientists,...  Read More >>

Chemical Pesticide Markets, Health Risks and Residues

Chemical Pesticide Markets, Health Risks and Residues...

Author: Jeremy Harris (Biopesticides Programme, CABI Bioscience, Ascot, UK)
ISBN: 9780851994765
Format: Paperback
$90.56

Biopesticides Series, No. 1During recent decades there has been a steady increase in the use of chemical pesticides...  Read More >>

Growth in a Traditional Society: The French Countryside, 1450-1815

Growth in a Traditional Society: The French Countryside,...

Author: Philip T. Hoffman
ISBN: 9780691070087
Format: Paperback
$105.00

Shatters the myth that traditional agricultural societies in early modern Europe were socially and economically...  Read More >>

Bananas: An American History

Bananas: An American History

Author: Virginia Scott Jenkins (Virginia Scott Jenkins)
ISBN: 9781560989660
Format: Paperback
$44.75

In this wide-ranging history of the most popular and least expensive fruit in the United States, the author shows...  Read More >>

Frontiers of Forest Biology: Proceedings of the 1998 Joint Meeting of the North American Forest Biology Workshop and the Western

Frontiers of Forest Biology: Proceedings of the 1998...

Author: A K Mitchell ,  Pasi Puttonen
ISBN: 9781560220701
Format: Hardback
$184.00

This book offers significant new insights on current initiatives in forest biology as the emphasis in forest research...  Read More >>

King Cotton and His Retainers: Financing and Marketing the Cotton Crop of the South, 1800-1925

King Cotton and His Retainers: Financing and Marketing...

Author: Harold D. Woodman
ISBN: 9781893122512
Format: Paperback
$92.27

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Municipalities and Community Participation: A Sourcebook for Capacity Building

Municipalities and Community Participation: A Sourcebook...

Author: Janelle Plummer
ISBN: 9781853837449
Format: Paperback
$96.00

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Agricultural Expansion and Tropical Deforestation: International Trade, Poverty and Land Use

Agricultural Expansion and Tropical Deforestation: International...

Author: Solon L. Barraclough ,  Krishna B. Ghimire
ISBN: 9781853836657
Format: Paperback
$59.95

A study of the relationship between international trade, agricultural expansion and tropical deforestation. It presents...  Read More >>

The North Mexican Cattle Industry, 1910-1975: Ideology, Conflict, and Change

The North Mexican Cattle Industry, 1910-1975: Ideology,...

Author: Manuel A. Machado
ISBN: 9781585440375
Format: Paperback
$42.11

By the end of the nineteenth century the cattle industry in northern Mexico was thriving. Large haciendas, based...  Read More >>

Soil Quality, Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Security in Central and Eastern Europe

Soil Quality, Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental...

Author: M.J. Wilson ,  B. Maliszewska-Kordybach
ISBN: 9780792363781
Format: Paperback
$287.76

Agriculture is a crucial component of the economies of many of the countries in transition from a centrally-planned...  Read More >>

Agricultural Expansion and Tropical Deforestation: International Trade, Poverty and Land Use

Agricultural Expansion and Tropical Deforestation: International...

Author: Solon L. Barraclough ,  Krishna B. Ghimire
ISBN: 9781853836664
Format: Hardback
$204.00

A study of the relationship between international trade, agricultural expansion and tropical deforestation. It presents...  Read More >>

Soil Quality, Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental Security in Central and Eastern Europe

Soil Quality, Sustainable Agriculture and Environmental...

Author: M.J. Wilson ,  B. Maliszewska-Kordybach
ISBN: 9780792363774
Format: Hardback
$578.16

Agriculture is a crucial component of the economies of many of the countries in transition from a centrally-planned...  Read More >>

Mission Possible: The Latin American Agribusiness Development Corporation

Mission Possible: The Latin American Agribusiness Development...

Author: Robert Ross
ISBN: 9780765800350
Format: Hardback
$349.31

The Latin American Agribusiness Development Corporation (LAAD) was one of many initiatives taken at the height of...  Read More >>

Russia’s Agro-Food Sector: Towards Truly Functioning Markets

Russia’s Agro-Food Sector: Towards Truly Functioning...

Author: Peter Wehrheim ,  Klaus Frohberg
ISBN: 9780792378419
Format: Hardback
$731.28

This book analyzes the transition of Russia's agro-food sector from a centrally planned system to a market-oriented...  Read More >>

Insect Transgenesis: Methods and Applications

Insect Transgenesis: Methods and Applications

Author: Alfred M. Handler ,  Anthony A. James
ISBN: 9780849320286
Format: Hardback
$190.00

Presents an overview of the history and methodology of insect gene transfer. This book examines gene targeting by...  Read More >>

Madder Red: A History of Luxury and Trade

Madder Red: A History of Luxury and Trade

Author: Robert Chenciner
ISBN: 9780700712595
Format: Hardback
$266.00

Madder red is an ancient dyestuff, extracted from the root of the madder plant, growing in many countries around...  Read More >>

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