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  • Agricultural Economics and Policy

    by David Zilberman, Ruiqing Miao, Jian Rong ...
    Series Book 26 - World Scientific Lecture Notes in Economics and Policy
    This textbook is about modern agricultural economics and policy aimed at advanced degree students. Based on the lecture notes taught at the University of California, Berkeley, it presents a comprehensive perspective on agricultural policy, its evolution, challenges, and limitations. The first part of the book includes cutting-edge analytical analysis of production, technology, risk, environmental, ... Read more

    $41.99 USD

  • Megatrends in Food and Agriculture

    Technology, Water Use and Nutrition

    by David Zilberman, Helmut Traitler, Vincent Petiard, Keith Heikes, Michel J. F. Dubois ...
    Highlights and examines the growing convergence between the food and agricultural industries—the technological, environmental, and consumer-related drivers of this change, and the potential outcomesThis is the first book of its kind to connect food and the food industry with agriculture, water resources, and water management in a detailed and thorough way. It brings together a small community of ... Read more

    $114.00 USD

  • David B. Zilberman: Selected Essays

    by David B. Zilberman ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book is a selection of articles by David Zilberman, a prolific author, whose tragic untimely death did not allow to finish many of his undertakings. Zilberman’s work represents a fresh word in the way of philosophizing or philosophy-building and the technique of modal methodology. This book comprises of thirteen independent articles that are not related by content. The point of thematic ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • The Birth of Meaning in Hindu Thought

    by David B. Zilberman ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    In his letter to B. K. Matilal, dated February 20, 1977, the author of this book wrote about his work on Advaita-Vedanta: " ... It was not to present Advaita in the light of current problems of the logic of scientific discovery and modern philosophy of language ... but just the contrary. I do not believe that any 'logic without metaphysics' or 'philosophy of language without thinking' is possible. ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Risks in Agricultural Supply Chains

    Edited by Pol Antràs, David Zilberman ...
    Series series National Bureau of Economic Research Conference Report
    An essential guide to the role of microeconomic incentives, macro policies, and technological change in enhancing agriculture resilience.Climate change and the recent COVID-19 pandemic have exposed the vulnerability of global agricultural supply and value chains. There is a growing awareness of the importance of interactions within and between these supply chains for understanding the performance ... Read more

    $97.99 USD

  • Modern Agricultural and Resource Economics and Policy

    Essays in Honor of Gordon Rausser

    Edited by Harry de Gorter, Jill McCluskey, Johan Swinnen, David Zilberman ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This volume celebrates the life and career of Gordon Rausser, pioneer and leader in natural resource economics, while critically overviewing the emerging literature in the field. As the chair of the Agriculture and Resource Economics department at UC Berkeley, Rausser led the transformation of the department from a traditional agricultural economics department to a diverse resource economics ... Read more

    $170.99 USD

  • Handbook of Circular Bioeconomy

    Edited by David Zilberman, Jie Zhuang, Justus Wesseler, Madhu Khanna ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    The book aims to facilitate the development of circular bioeconomy education, research, policy, and engineering practices in global communities to benefit undergraduate and graduate students and professionals. The book is expected to guide future farming activities, reshape urban-rural relationships, promote economic regeneration, and improve science-based regulations and policies to ensure socio ... Read more

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  • Knowledge Generation and Technical Change

    Institutional Innovation in Agriculture

    Edited by Steven Wolf, David Zilberman ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Knowledge generation and transfer mechanisms are being transformed in important and controversial ways. Investment in research and development has increased in response to recognition that scientific productivity is tightly connected to economic dynamism. Patent protection has been expanded in order to stimulate higher levels of private investment. Intellectual property rights held by public ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • The Impacts of Biofuels on the Economy, Environment, and Poverty

    A Global Perspective

    Edited by Govinda R. Timilsina, David Zilberman ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Interest in biofuels began with oil shocks in the 1970’s, but the more rapid development and consumption of biofuel industry in recent years has been primarily driven by mandates, subsidies, climate change concerns, emissions targets and energy security. From 2004 to 2006, fuel ethanol grew by 26% and biodiesel grew by 172%. As biofuel production continues to expand, investments in capacity ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Climate Smart Agriculture

    Building Resilience to Climate Change

    Edited by Leslie Lipper, Nancy McCarthy, David Zilberman, Solomon Asfaw, Giacomo Branca ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book is open access under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO license.The book uses an economic lens to identify the main features of climate-smart agriculture (CSA), its likely impact, and the challenges associated with its implementation. Drawing upon theory and concepts from agricultural development, institutional, and resource economics, this book expands and formalizes the conceptual foundations of ... Read more

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  • Handbook of Bioenergy Economics and Policy

    Edited by Madhu Khanna, Jürgen Scheffran, David Zilberman ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    Concerns about energy security, uncertainty about oil prices, declining oil reserves, and global climate change are fueling a shift towards bioenergy as a renewable alternative to fossil fuels. Public policies and private investments around the globe are aiming to increase local capacity to produce biofuels. A key constraint to the expansion of biofuel production is the limited amount of land ... Read more

    $242.99 USD

  • Health and Animal Agriculture in Developing Countries

    Edited by David Zilberman, Joachim Otte, David Roland-Holst, Dirk Pfeiffer ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book provides an overview of the state of animal agriculture and present methodologies and proposals to develop policies that result in sustainable and profitable animal production that will protect human and environmental health, enhance livelihood of smallholders and meet consumer needs. The book combines lessons of the past, factual foundation to understand the present, analytical tools to ... Read more

    $89.99 USD