Sustainability in Agricultural and Rural Development

ISBN-13: 9781138346116 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 245 str.

Gerard E. D'Souza; Tesfa G. Gebremedhin

Opis

First published in 1998, this book provides a broad but in-depth description of the issues, concepts, methods of analysis, and empirical results related to the sustainable development of agriculture and rural communities and is ideal for a seminar course.

Spis treści

1. Sustainability and Agricultural Industrialization: Issues and Implications. Tesfa G. Gebremedhin and Ralph D. Christy. 2. Sustainability and Size: Are Small Farms More Sustainable? Gerard E. D’Souza, John Ikerd and Lynndee Kemmet. 3. Sustainability: the Role of Markets versus the Government. Luther Tweeten and William Amponsah. 4. Sustainability and Production Technology: Measuring Sustainability for Agricultural Production Systems. Susan M. Capalbo and John M. Antle. 5. Family, Community and Sustainability in Agriculture. Sonya Salamon, Richard L. Farnsworth and Donald G. Bullock. 6. Gender and Sustainable Development. Cornelia Butler Flora and Margaret Kroma. 7. Population and Sustainability: Understanding Population, Environment and Development Linkages. Daniel C. Clay and Thomas Reardon. 8. Sustainability and Economics. Erik Lichtenberg. 9. Sustainability and Public Policy. Neill Schaller. 10. Sustainability and Land Use. Winfried E.H. Blum. 11. Sustainability and Information. David Zilberman and Leslie Lipper. 12. Sustainability: Challenges of Cross-Disciplinary Research. Mary C. Ahearn and Gerald W. Whittaker.

O autorze

Gerard E. D’Souza, Tesfa G. Gebremedhin