Emissions of carbon from fossil fuel combustion, along with a change in land use, has led to the depletion of the soil's organic carbon pool. This creates soil quality problems in tropical and subtropical regions as well as in low input subsistence farming areas, the very ones that are projected to yield the most dramatic population increases in the near future. This text addresses these issues and provides possible solutions to the impending agricultural crisis. The author discusses the effects of climate change on soil quality, world food demands and supply during the 21st century, and...
Emissions of carbon from fossil fuel combustion, along with a change in land use, has led to the depletion of the soil's organic carbon pool. This cre...
Ilchman and Uphoff believe that political science has failed in the past to meet its own standards of rigor and cogency and does not meet standards of usefulness and relevance set by others. The Political Economy of Change attempts to remedy these shortcomings by expanding the limits of social science analysis to deal with problems of allocation and productivity in all spheres of public choice, not just the economic sphere.
Ilchman and Uphoff believe that political science has failed in the past to meet its own standards of rigor and cogency and does not meet standard...
