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Economics of Biofuel Policies
Impacts on Price Volatility in Grain and Oilseed Markets
Av Harry de Gorter, D. Drabik m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
1352 kr
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The global food crises of 2008 and 2010 and the increased price volatility revolve around biofuels policies and their interaction with each other, farm policies and between countries. While a certain degree of research has been conducted on biofuel efficacy and logistics, there is currently no book …
Agricultural Trade, Policy Reforms, and Global Food Security
Av Kym Anderson
Inbunden, 2016
1352 kr
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This book explores the potential for policy reform as a short-term, low-cost way to sustainably enhance global food security. It argues that reforming policies that distort food prices and trade will promote the openness needed to maximize global food availability and reduce fluctuations in …
Effects of Farm and Food Policy on Obesity in the United States
Av Julian M. Alston, Abigail M. Okrent
Inbunden, 2017
1530 kr
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This book uses an economic framework to examine the consequences of U.S. farm and food policies for obesity, its social costs, and the implications for government policy. Drawing on evidence from economics, public health, nutrition, and medicine, the authors evaluate past and potential future roles …
Political Economy of Agricultural and Food Policies
Inbunden, 2018
1422 kr
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Winner of the European Association of Agricultural Economists Book AwardFood and agriculture have been subject to heavy-handed government interventions throughout much of history and across the globe, both in developing and in developed countries. Today, more than half a trillion US dollars are …
Economics of Biofuel Policies
Impacts on Price Volatility in Grain and Oilseed Markets
Av Harry de Gorter, D. Drabik m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
420 kr
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The global food crises of 2008 and 2010 and the increased price volatility revolve around biofuels policies and their interaction with each other, farm policies and between countries. While a certain degree of research has been conducted on biofuel efficacy and logistics, there is currently no book …
Agricultural Trade, Policy Reforms, and Global Food Security
Av Kym Anderson
Häftad, 2018
932 kr
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This book explores the potential for policy reform as a short-term, low-cost way to sustainably enhance global food security. It argues that reforming policies that distort food prices and trade will promote the openness needed to maximize global food availability and reduce fluctuations in …
Political Economy of Agricultural and Food Policies
Häftad, 2019
1422 kr
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Winner of the European Association of Agricultural Economists Book AwardFood and agriculture have been subject to heavy-handed government interventions throughout much of history and across the globe, both in developing and in developed countries. Today, more than half a trillion US dollars are …
Institutions and Agrarian Development
A New Approach to West Africa
Av Erwin Bulte, Paul Richards m. fl.
Häftad, 2019
714 kr
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This book argues that development strategies have thus far failed in Western Africa because the many challenges afflicting the area have yet to be explored and understood from the perspective of institutional resources. With a particular focus on three countries on the bend of the Upper West …
Transforming Food Systems for a Rising India
Av Prabhu Pingali, Anaka Aiyar m. fl.
Inbunden, 2019
321 kr
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This open access book examines the interactions between India’s economic development, agricultural production, and nutrition through the lens of a “Food Systems Approach (FSA).” The Indian growth story is a paradoxical one. Despite economic progress over the past two decades, regional inequality, …
Transforming Food Systems for a Rising India
Av Prabhu Pingali, Anaka Aiyar m. fl.
Häftad, 2020
321 kr
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This open access book examines the interactions between India’s economic development, agricultural production, and nutrition through the lens of a “Food Systems Approach (FSA).” The Indian growth story is a paradoxical one. Despite economic progress over the past two decades, regional inequality, …
Sustainable Agricultural Development
An Economic Perspective
Av John M. Antle, Srabashi Ray
Inbunden, 2020
406 kr
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This book provides a non-technical, accessible primer on sustainable agricultural development and its relationship to sustainable development based on three analytical pillars. The first is to understand agriculture as complex physical-biological-human systems. Second is the economic perspective of …
Sustainable Agricultural Development
An Economic Perspective
Av John M. Antle, Srabashi Ray
Häftad, 2021
406 kr
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This book provides a non-technical, accessible primer on sustainable agricultural development and its relationship to sustainable development based on three analytical pillars. The first is to understand agriculture as complex physical-biological-human systems. Second is the economic perspective of …
Agricultural Policy of the United States
Historic Foundations and 21st Century Issues
Av Stephanie A. Mercier, Steve A. Halbrook
Inbunden, 2020
1313 kr
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This book serves as a foundational reference of U.S. land settlement and early agricultural policy, a comprehensive journey through the evolution of 20th century agricultural policy, and a detailed guide to the key agricultural policy issues of the early 21st century. This book integrates the …
Agricultural Policy of the United States
Historic Foundations and 21st Century Issues
Av Stephanie A. Mercier, Steve A. Halbrook
Häftad, 2021
1313 kr
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This book serves as a foundational reference of U.S. land settlement and early agricultural policy, a comprehensive journey through the evolution of 20th century agricultural policy, and a detailed guide to the key agricultural policy issues of the early 21st century. This book integrates the …
Water Quality and Agriculture
Economics and Policy for Nonpoint Source Water Pollution
Av James Shortle, Markku Ollikainen m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
1530 kr
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Water pollution control has been a top environmental policy priority of the world’s most developed countries for decades, and the focus of significant regulation and public and private spending. Yet, significant water quality problems remain, and trends for some pollutants are in the wrong …
Water Quality and Agriculture
Economics and Policy for Nonpoint Source Water Pollution
Av James Shortle, Markku Ollikainen m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
1530 kr
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Water pollution control has been a top environmental policy priority of the world’s most developed countries for decades, and the focus of significant regulation and public and private spending. Yet, significant water quality problems remain, and trends for some pollutants are in the wrong …
Global Food Systems, Diets, and Nutrition
Linking Science, Economics, and Policy
Av Jessica Fanzo, Claire Davis
Häftad, 2021
660 kr
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Ensuring optimal diets and nutrition for the global population is a grand challenge fraught with many contentious issues. To achieve food security for all and protect health, we need functional, equitable, and sustainable food systems. Food systems are highly complex networks of individuals and …
Market Interrelationships and Applied Demand Analysis
Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Empirics in Commodities Markets
Häftad, 2021
714 kr
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This textbook addresses the core issues facing economists concerning price determination in commodity markets, especially food and agricultural commodities. This book hones in on the conceptual basis of the various relationships, with special emphasis on market interrelationships, both horizontally …
Agricultural Economics and Food Policy in New Zealand
An Uneasy but Successful Collaboration Between Government and Farmers
Av David Hall
Inbunden, 2021
1639 kr
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The book analyses agricultural economics and food policy in New Zealand, where farming produce has been by far the main export commodity. Farming exports’ importance, together with the need to diversify exports away from a former colonial relationship with the UK, makes liberalising agricultural …
Agricultural Economics and Food Policy in New Zealand
An Uneasy but Successful Collaboration Between Government and Farmers
Av David Hall
Häftad, 2022
1639 kr
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The book analyses agricultural economics and food policy in New Zealand, where farming produce has been by far the main export commodity. Farming exports’ importance, together with the need to diversify exports away from a former colonial relationship with the UK, makes liberalising agricultural …
African Farmers, Value Chains and Agricultural Development
An Economic and Institutional Perspective
Inbunden, 2021
1422 kr
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This book provides a thorough introduction to and examination of agricultural value chains in Sub-Saharan Africa. First, the authors introduce the economic theory of agri-food value chains and value chain governance, focusing on domestic and regional trade in (and consumption of) food crops in a …
African Farmers, Value Chains and Agricultural Development
An Economic and Institutional Perspective
Häftad, 2022
1422 kr
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This book provides a thorough introduction to and examination of agricultural value chains in Sub-Saharan Africa. First, the authors introduce the economic theory of agri-food value chains and value chain governance, focusing on domestic and regional trade in (and consumption of) food crops in a …
Resilience and Food Security in a Food Systems Context
Av Christophe Béné, Stephen Devereux
Inbunden, 2023
551 kr
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This open access book compiles a series of chapters written by internationally recognized experts known for their in-depth but critical views on questions of resilience and food security. The book assesses rigorously and critically the contribution of the concept of resilience in advancing our …
Resilience and Food Security in a Food Systems Context
Av Christophe Béné, Stephen Devereux
Häftad, 2023
442 kr
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This open access book compiles a series of chapters written by internationally recognized experts known for their in-depth but critical views on questions of resilience and food security. The book assesses rigorously and critically the contribution of the concept of resilience in advancing our …
Mobile Phones and Development in Africa
Does the Evidence Meet the Hype?
Av Jenny C. Aker, Joël Cariolle
Inbunden, 2023
1422 kr
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This book focuses on the impact of information technology on the lives and livelihoods of rural households in sub-Saharan Africa, where simple mobile phones have leapfrogged traditional communication and financial technologies, and thus, arguably, offer some of the greatest potential for …
Mobile Phones and Development in Africa
Does the Evidence Meet the Hype?
Av Jenny C. Aker, Joël Cariolle
Häftad, 2024
1422 kr
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This book focuses on the impact of information technology on the lives and livelihoods of rural households in sub-Saharan Africa, where simple mobile phones have leapfrogged traditional communication and financial technologies, and thus, arguably, offer some of the greatest potential for …
Future of India's Social Safety Nets
Focus, Form, and Scope
Av Andaleeb Rahman, Prabhu Pingali
Inbunden, 2024
551 kr
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India has learned what to do and what not to do when it comes to implementing policy to address human suffering. The COVID-19 pandemic unified the international response in similar ways, and the world has a lot to learn about key initiatives in India that have been implemented since India's …
Future of India's Social Safety Nets
Focus, Form, and Scope
Av Andaleeb Rahman, Prabhu Pingali
Häftad, 2024
442 kr
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India has learned what to do and what not to do when it comes to implementing policy to address human suffering. The COVID-19 pandemic unified the international response in similar ways, and the world has a lot to learn about key initiatives in India that have been implemented since India's …
Food Economics
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health
Av William A. Masters, Amelia B. Finaret
Häftad, 2024
442 kr
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Food Economics provides a unified introduction to the economics of agricultural production, business decisions, consumer behavior, and the government policies that shape our food system.This open access textbook begins with economic principles derived using graphical techniques to explain and …
Food Security in the Caribbean
Historical Perspectives, Current Challenges, and Sustainable Solutions
Av Donovan Stanberry, Lystra Fletcher-Paul
Inbunden, 2024
1422 kr
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Food security is a pressing concern in the Caribbean. Caribbean countries produce and export crops including sugar, bananas, and coffee, but this archipelago of states relies heavily on imported food when it comes to nourishing the Caribbean population. As much as 80% of the food consumed is …
