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  • Development for Sustainable Agriculture

    The Brazilian Cerrado

    Edited by Akio Hosono, Carlos Magno Campos da Rocha, Yutaka Hongo ...
    Since the mid-1970s, the tropical savanna, known as Cerrado, has been transformed into one of the world's largest grain-growing regions. This book explores how and by what Brazil achieved inclusive and sustainable growth in the Cerrado. ... Read more

    $154.99 CAD

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  • The Global Land Grab

    Beyond the Hype

    by Annelies Zoomers, Mayke Kaag ...
    The last two years have seen a huge amount of academic, policy-making and media interest in the increasingly contentious issue of land grabbing - the large-scale acquisition of land in the global South. It is a phenomenon against which locals seem defenceless, and one about which multilateral organizations, such as the World Bank, as well as civil-society organizations and action NGOs have become ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

  • Understanding Food Insecurity

    Key Features, Indicators, and Response Design

    by Maria Sassi ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book provides a comprehensive overview of key aspects of food insecurity, including definitional and conceptual issues, information systems and data sources, indicators, and policies. The aim is to equip readers with a sound understanding of the subject that will assist in the recognition of food insecurity and the design of suitable responses. The early chapters discuss the evolution and ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Land Use Competition

    Ecological, Economic and Social Perspectives

    Edited by Jörg Niewöhner, Antje Bruns, Patrick Hostert, Jonas Ø. Nielsen, Helmut Haberl, Christian Lauk, Juliana Lutz, Daniel Müller, Tobias Krueger ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book contributes to broadening the interdisciplinary knowledge basis for the description, analysis and assessment of land use practices. It presents conceptual advances grounded in empirical case studies on four main themes: distal drivers, competing demands on different scales, changing food regimes and land-water competition.Competition over land ownership and use is one of the key contexts ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • The Eurasian Wheat Belt and Food Security

    Global and Regional Aspects

    Edited by Sergio Gomez y Paloma, Sébastien Mary, Stephen Langrell, Pavel Ciaian ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book provides an in-depth analysis of the wheat production developments in the Eurasian region and assesses the potential contribution of the region to domestic and international food security. In particular, the book covers policy and institutional developments of the agricultural sector in Eurasia with a special focus on the horizontal issues relevant to the current and future potential ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • The Water Crisis in Yemen

    Managing Extreme Water Scarcity in the Middle East

    by Christopher Ward ...
    Christopher Ward provides a complete analysis of the water crisis in Yemen, including the institutional, environmental, technical and political economy components. He assesses the social and economic impacts of the crisis and provides in-depth case studies in the key management areas. The final part of the book offers an assessment of current strategy and looks at future ways in which the people ... Read more

    $199.99 CAD

  • Private Politics and Peasant Mobilization

    Mining in Peru

    by Maria-Therese Gustafsson ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    This book explores how different corporate governance strategies affect community mobilization and the scope for influence when an area’s population is faced with the arrival of the extraction industry. Drawing on ethnographic research into Peruvian mining localities, the author analyses a series of relationships which are characterized by confrontations, clientelism, demobilization and strategic ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • The WTO and Food Security

    Implications for Developing Countries

    by Sachin Kumar Sharma ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book examines the public stockholding policies of selected developing countries from the perspective of WTO rules and assesses whether the provisions of the Agreement on Agriculture (AoA) could hamper these countries’ efforts to address the challenges of food security. Further, it highlights the need to amend the provisions of the AoA to make WTO rules just and fair for the millions of people ... Read more

    $141.99 CAD

  • Regional Integration and Policy Challenges in Africa

    Edited by A. Elhiraika, A. Mukungu, W. Nyoike ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    The role of integration as a catalyst for economic growth, development and insulation from global shocks has made the concept of regional integration even more attractive to states. This books contains compelling arguments and empirical observations that detail some of the key opportunities governments in Africa are pursuing. ... Read more

    $115.99 CAD

  • Family Farming and the Worlds to Come

    Edited by Jean-Michel Sourisseau ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    What is family farming? How can it help meet the challenges confronting the world? How can it contribute to a sustainable and more equitable development? Not only is family farming the predominant form of agriculture around the world, especially so in developing countries, it is also the agriculture of the future. By declaring 2014 the “International Year of Family Farming,” the United Nations has ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD

  • Inequality, Poverty and Development in India

    Focus on the North Eastern Region

    Edited by Utpal Kumar De, Manoranjan Pal, Premananda Bharati ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book reviews the fulfillment of two Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), namely poverty and inequality, in the Indian subcontinent. It examines the complex interplay among development, inequality and poverty in relation to corruption, environmental resource management, agricultural adjustment to climate change and institutional arrangements, with a special focus on the Northeastern region of ... Read more

    $167.99 CAD

  • Gender in Agriculture

    Closing the Knowledge Gap

    Edited by Agnes R. Quisumbing, Ruth Meinzen-Dick, Terri L. Raney, André Croppenstedt, Julia A. Behrman, Amber Peterman ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) produced a 2011 report on women in agriculture with a clear and urgent message: agriculture underperforms because half of all farmers—women—lack equal access to the resources and opportunities they need to be more productive. This book builds on the report’s conclusions by providing, for a non-specialist audience, a compendium of ... Read more

    $128.99 CAD