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The Overproduction Trap in U.S. Agriculture: A Study of Resource Allocation from World War I to the Late 1960's
ISBN: 9781617260148 / Angielski / Twarda / 237 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume is part of the collection which brings back landmark books published by Resources for the Future throughout its nearly 60-year history as the pre-eminent research institution devoted exclusively to environmental issues.
This volume is part of the collection which brings back landmark books published by Resources for the Future throughout its nearly 60-year history as ...
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538,76 |
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Food Product Development: Maximising Success
ISBN: 9781845697228 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Product development is the lifeblood of the food industry, from refining an established product range to developing completely new products. It is, however, a process fraught with risk that often ends in failure. So what then are the keys to making the process a success? Drawing on a wealth of experience gathered over 40 years, Food product development provides the answers. The first half of the book examines the four core elements of product development: -
the business strategy directing product development; the various steps in the product development process; the knowledge required... Product development is the lifeblood of the food industry, from refining an established product range to developing completely new products. It is, ho...
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Innovation in agri-food Systems
ISBN: 9789076998657 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is a fully rewritten and extended version of the successful first edition of a textbook which focuses on consumer-driven food product innovation using a systems-oriented approach. It integrates marketing and consumer sciences with technological aspects such as processing, logistics and information technology, and presents an integrated view of how new food product development is to be situated in a chain-oriented approach. Attention is also paid to the impact of changes in the environment of the agri-food system on food innovation, such as the changing consumer, the growing concern about...
This is a fully rewritten and extended version of the successful first edition of a textbook which focuses on consumer-driven food product innovation ...
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344,20 |
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Crisis and Neoliberal Reforms in Africa. Civil Society and Agro-Industry in Anglophone Cameroon's Plantation Economy
ISBN: 9789956578030 / Angielski / Miękka / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book discusses the social and political consequences of the economic and financial crisis that befell African economies since the 1980s, using as case study the plantation economy of the Anglophone region of Cameroon. The focus is thus on recent efforts to liberalize and privatize an agro-industrial enterprise where overseas capital and its domestic partners have converged, the consequent modes of production and labour, and the alternatives proposed and resistance generated. The study details how the unprecedented crisis caused great commotion in the region, and presented a serious...
This book discusses the social and political consequences of the economic and financial crisis that befell African economies since the 1980s, using as...
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Carbon Footprints and Food Systems: Do Current Accounting Methodologies Disadvantage Developing Countries?
ISBN: 9780821385395 / Angielski / Miękka / 71 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Carbon accounting and labeling instruments present information on greenhouse gas emissions from supply chains. This report addresses carbon labeling schemes, a high-profile issue that has important economic implications for developing countries. It analyzes current and emerging carbon labeling schemes and an assesses available data.
Carbon accounting and labeling instruments present information on greenhouse gas emissions from supply chains. This report addresses carbon labeling s...
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The International Cocoa Trade
ISBN: 9780857091253 / Angielski / Twarda / 656 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'An overview of the history of cocoa, the factors affecting its production and consumption as well as how the trade is conducted, various risks mitigated, and by whom. ...The International Cocoa Trade is a work designed to inform all on the subject of cocoa and an essential guide for those involved in its trade.' Dr J. Vingerhoets, Executive Director, ICCO Cocoa is a valuable commodity, and the cocoa trade involves many different parties from growers and exporters through dealers and factories to those trading futures and options and the banks they deal with. The International Cocoa...
'An overview of the history of cocoa, the factors affecting its production and consumption as well as how the trade is conducted, various risks mitiga...
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Methods to Analyse Agricultural Commodity Price Volatility
ISBN: 9781441976338 / Angielski / Twarda / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This work examines the issue of price volatility in agricultural commodities markets and how this phenomenon has evolved in recent years. It helps readers understand this volatility and develop new agricultural policies.
This work examines the issue of price volatility in agricultural commodities markets and how this phenomenon has evolved in recent years. It helps rea...
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Verpackung Von Lebensmitteln: Anwendung Der Wissenschaftlichen Grundlagen in Der Praxis
ISBN: 9783540101949 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 306 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Bei der Abfassung dieses Buches Uber die Verpackung war folgendes zu bedenken: Beschreibende VerpackungsbUcher Uber das vom Markt Angebotene unter EinschluB dazugehoriger Normen gibt es bereits. FUr ein umfassendes Verpackungshandbuch erscheint es heute noch zu frUh, weil sich zu viele Teilgebiete noch im Zustand der Empirie be finden, wogegen andere sich vorerst noch so stUrmisch entwickeln, daB sich darauf beziehende Texte rasch veralten, jedenfalls nicht samtliche Teilgebiete bereits einen tragfahigen wissenschaftlichen Unterbau besitzen. Dieser Tatbestand bedingte Einschrankungen,...
Bei der Abfassung dieses Buches Uber die Verpackung war folgendes zu bedenken: Beschreibende VerpackungsbUcher Uber das vom Markt Angebotene unter Ein...
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When Horses Pulled the Plow: Life of a Wisconsin Farm Boy, 1910a 1929
ISBN: 9780299282042 / Angielski / Miękka / 202 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1910, when Olaf F. Larson was born to tenant livestock and tobacco farmers in Rock County, Wisconsin, the original barn still stood on the property. It was filled with artifacts of an earlier time--an ox yoke, a grain cradle, a scythe used to cut hay by hand. But Larson came of age in a brave new world of modern inventions--tractors, trucks, combines, airplanes--that would change farming and rural life forever. When Horses Pulled the Plow is Larson's account of that rural life in the early twentieth century. He weaves invaluable historical details--including descriptions of farm...
In 1910, when Olaf F. Larson was born to tenant livestock and tobacco farmers in Rock County, Wisconsin, the original barn still stood on the property...
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Vertical Relationships and Coordination in the Food System
ISBN: 9783790811926 / Angielski / Miękka / 641 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The focus of this text is on vertical issues at different stages of the food chain with a particular emphasis on the increasing role played by retailers in shaping the vertical relationships in the food system through the development of food supply-chain management
The focus of this text is on vertical issues at different stages of the food chain with a particular emphasis on the increasing role played by retaile...
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International Agricultural Trade & Development: New Research
ISBN: 9781613247884 / Angielski / Twarda / 282 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book present and discusses various topics in the study of international agricultural trade and development. Topics discussed include interactions between energy markets and agriculture in the U.S.; impacts of the Korea-U.S. FTA; combining stochastic modelling techniques with scenario thinking for strategic and policy decisions in agriculture; biofuel effects on markets and indirect effects in land use and food; and, factor content on agricultural trade and optimal agricultural policy and PSE measurement.
This book present and discusses various topics in the study of international agricultural trade and development. Topics discussed include interactions...
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The Future of EU Agricultural Markets by AGMEMOD
ISBN: 9789400722903 / Angielski / Twarda / 128 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book grasps the opportunity to show the strength of AGMEMOD in terms of baseline analysis at detailed regional and market levels, supported by an experienced team of country-based modellers. This analysis, produced using the AGMEMOD model, will be of interest to researchers working in the field of agricultural policy analysis as well as to policy makers from both the European Commission and its member states agriculture ministries."
This book grasps the opportunity to show the strength of AGMEMOD in terms of baseline analysis at detailed regional and market levels, supported by an...
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Food Fights (Routledge Revivals): International Regimes and the Politics of Agricultural Trade Disputes
ISBN: 9780415568203 / Angielski / Miękka / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. First published in 1993, this title explores the underlying ideologies and decision-making procedures that codify the rules of the post-World War II liberal, now defunct Soviet socialist, mercantilist and South preferential trade regimes. Food Fights presents a rich case study and rigorous data analysis of organised agrictultural trade that uncovers similarities between these diverse economic systems and identifies the principle trends governing the new global economy.
First published in 1993, this title explores the underlying ideologies and decision-making procedures that codify the rules of the post-World War II l...
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Handbook on Climate Change and Agriculture
ISBN: 9781849801164 / Angielski / Twarda / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the interaction between climate change and the agriculture sector. Agriculture is essential to the livelihood of people and nations, especially in the developing world; therefore, any impact on it will have significant economic, social, and political ramifications. Scholars from around the world and from various fields have been brought together to explore this important topic.
This book explores the interaction between climate change and the agriculture sector. Agriculture is essential to the livelihood of people and nations...
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Fair Trade Organizations and Social Enterprise : Social Innovation through Hybrid Organization Models
ISBN: 9780415517454 / Angielski / Twarda / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For several decades, social enterprises have been pioneers in the conception and implementation of a pathbreaking social innovation: Fair Trade (FT). Fair Trade Social Enterprises have created a movement which has challenged mainstream trading practices and offered development opportunities for disadvantaged producer groups in the South. Starting from a niche market aimed at convinced customers, FT has expanded and entered mainstream retailing outlets, growing in visibility and market share, while simultaneously experiencing diversification of its organization models. While pioneer Fair... For several decades, social enterprises have been pioneers in the conception and implementation of a pathbreaking social innovation: Fair Trade (FT... |
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Land and Estate Management
ISBN: 9781853411298 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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International Marketing and Trade of Quality Food Products
ISBN: 9789086860890 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Due to increased purchasing power of certain consumer segments all over the world and the related growing demand for food specialties for differentiated goods in the international markets, agri-food trade and marketing is no longer focused on commodities only. Key concepts of 'Marketing', 'International Trade' and 'Quality' are taking the forefront in the scientific debate among agricultural economists dealing with agricultural and food products markets. The need for scientific knowledge about several aspects of marketing for quality food products is growing.The aim of this book is to link...
Due to increased purchasing power of certain consumer segments all over the world and the related growing demand for food specialties for differentiat...
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The Organisation of Transactions: Studying Supply Networks Using Gaming Simulation
ISBN: 9789086861026 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The globalisation of supply chains and networks causes traders from all over the world to make transactions with each other. Many transactions are made in world markets where the price is the way in which supply and demand are brought together. Other transactions, however, are made between people who know each other and have business relationships, using the so-called network mode of organisation. These traders may be loyal to one another and consider the role of social variables like trust, embeddedness and culture in their choices. This balance between network and market modes of...
The globalisation of supply chains and networks causes traders from all over the world to make transactions with each other. Many transactions are mad...
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Cooperation for Competition: Linking Ethiopian Farmers to Markets
ISBN: 9789086860920 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Throughout history, rural smallholders have formed various forms of associations to confront access-barriers to the market. It is estimated that 250 million farmers participate in agricultural cooperatives in developing countries. Agricultural cooperatives are considered to be a fundamental pillar of rural development strategies, as well as a core institution in the process of governance decentralization and agri-business development. In Ethiopia, where agro-ecological conditions are generally favourable, 85 percent of the national population lives in rural areas under subsistence or...
Throughout history, rural smallholders have formed various forms of associations to confront access-barriers to the market. It is estimated that 250 m...
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Income Stabilisation in European Agriculture: Design and Economic Impact of Risk Management Tools
ISBN: 9789086860791 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. International trade agreements and reforms of the European Common Agricultural Policy increase the importance of agricultural risk management as a means to stabilise farm incomes. "Income Stabilisation in European Agriculture" addresses farm income and risk management issues from various perspectives. In this title, a cohesive work is brought together on historic income data, quantitative analyses of future policy scenarios, actual farmers' perceptions and an updated view on various risk management instruments. In-depth analyses focus on Germany, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland and...
International trade agreements and reforms of the European Common Agricultural Policy increase the importance of agricultural risk management as a mea...
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