Civil Society and the Market Question: Dynamics of Rural Development and Popular Mobilization
ISBN: 9781403949158 / Angielski / Twarda / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Rather than focusing upon advanced countries, where civil society growth is seen as a post-market development, this volume explores developing countries, with case studies examining grassroots developments and experiences. The desirability, efficiency and effectiveness of market institutions as viewed by civil society organizations is addressed in this important collection, which moves the debate from acceptance or criticism of global markets to focus upon the case of rural development where local social relations and economic exchange remain more powerful and relevant than the operation of...
Rather than focusing upon advanced countries, where civil society growth is seen as a post-market development, this volume explores developing countri...
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390,87 zł |
Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching: Developments, Pitfalls and Opportunities
ISBN: 9781405111195 / Angielski / Twarda / 580 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The collapse of many of the World's fisheries continues to be of major concern and the enhancement of fish stocks through techniques such as ranching is of huge importance and interest across the globe. This important book, which contains fully peer reviewed and carefully edited papers from the 2nd International Symposium in Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching is broadly divided into sections covering the following areas:
The collapse of many of the World's fisheries continues to be of major concern and the enhancement of fish stocks through techniques such as ranching ...
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1295,72 zł |
Agricultural Markets and Prices
ISBN: 9781405136679 / Angielski / Twarda / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This text incorporates new information and devotes more time and space to the issues of agricultural industrialization and market structure likely to be faced by applied economists.
This text incorporates new information and devotes more time and space to the issues of agricultural industrialization and market structure likely to ...
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257,83 zł |
The Story of the Nonpartisan League: A Chapter in American Evolution
ISBN: 9781410202598 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. CONTENTS THE BEGINNINGS OF THE GOLDEN NORTHWEST HOW ONE MAN CAME TO WRECK THE MAGIC OF THE MIXING-HOUSE-WITH OTHER STRANGE MATERS PHANTOM SWITCHING, FALSE BALANCES THE HIGHLY INSTRUCTIVE STORY OF THE "FEED WHEATS" MAKING A JOKE OF THE BALLOT-BOX THE CRUSHING OF THE FARMERS' EXCHANGE UNEQUAL FIGHTS ON MANY FIELDS THE SPINNING OF THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE SOME ADVENTURES IN PHILANTHROPY WHAT CAME OF ONE FARMER'S RUIN THE FIRST VICTORY "THE FARMERS' LEGISLATURE" THE LEAGUE AND THE WAR THE FARMERS IN COMPLETE CONTROL SCHISMS AND INJUNCTIONS FIGHTING IN THE LAST TRENCH THE FAMOUS, BANK CASE AT FARGO...
CONTENTS THE BEGINNINGS OF THE GOLDEN NORTHWEST HOW ONE MAN CAME TO WRECK THE MAGIC OF THE MIXING-HOUSE-WITH OTHER STRANGE MATERS PHANTOM SWITCHING, F...
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87,59 zł |
Marketing Livestock and Meat
ISBN: 9781560220169 / Angielski / Twarda / 504 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This groundbreaking volume presents a comprehensive view of the many concerns of those involved with livestock and meat marketing. During the 1980s, livestock production faced some critical changes. Product and feed prices became less stable, cycles lost their century-old patterns, both competition and trade barriers seemed to rise, and market outlets shrank in number and ownership diversity. At the same time, the United States demography became increasingly older, while new and confusing health concerns about red meat arose rapidly. This practical book introduces the reader to a range of...
This groundbreaking volume presents a comprehensive view of the many concerns of those involved with livestock and meat marketing. During the 1980s, l...
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939,05 zł |
Conservation Tillage in U.S. Agriculture: Environmental, Economic, and Policy Issues
ISBN: 9781560228844 / Angielski / Twarda / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Discover farming techniques that will decrease soil erosion and costs Soil erosion from U.S. croplands has long been recognized as a national problem. Conservation Tillage in U.S. Agriculture: Environmental, Economic, and Policy Issues is the first ever complete study of the costs and benefits of using conservation tillage to prevent soil erosion. Designed for professionals working in the areas of soil science, agronomy, economics, environmental studies, and agriculture, this complete study covers everything from machinery and trends in conservation tillage to its adoption to use in...
Discover farming techniques that will decrease soil erosion and costs Soil erosion from U.S. croplands has long been recognized as a nationa...
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547,77 zł |
The Conquest of Bread: 150 Years of Agribusiness in California
ISBN: 9781565848771 / Angielski / Twarda / 382 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A sweeping analysis of California's agrarian history from 1850 to the present
A sweeping analysis of California's agrarian history from 1850 to the present
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Food Security and Environmental Quality in the Developing World
ISBN: 9781566705943 / Angielski / Twarda / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Can developing countries meet the food requirements of their growing populations without jeopardizing a natural resource base that is already under great stress?
Can increases in food production achieved in the past two decades be sustained in the next two decades? Can developing countries achieve freedom from hunger and malnutrition for their entire populations? How can food security be reconciled with environment quality in an industrializing society? Leading authorities, from soil scientists to economists, address these critical questions in Food Security and Environmental... Can developing countries meet the food requirements of their growing populations without jeopardizing a natural resource base that is already under gr...
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A History of World Agriculture: From the Neolithic Age to the Current Crisis
ISBN: 9781583671221 / Angielski / Twarda / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Only once we understand the long history of human efforts to draw sustenance from the land can we grasp the nature of the crisis that faces humankind today, as hundreds of millions of people are faced with famine or flight from the land. From Neolithic times through the earliest civilizations of the ancient Near East, in savannahs, river valleys and the terraces created by the Incas in the Andean mountains, an increasing range of agricultural techniques have developed in response to very different conditions. These developments are recounted in this book, with detailed attention to the... Only once we understand the long history of human efforts to draw sustenance from the land can we grasp the nature of the crisis that faces humanki... |
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A Question of Intent: A Great American Battle with a Deadly Industry
ISBN: 9781586481216 / Angielski / Miękka / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tobacco companies had been protecting their turf for decades. They had congressmen in their pocket. They had corrupt scientists who made excuses about nicotine, cancer and addiction. They had hordes of lawyers to threaten anyone--inside the industry or out--who posed a problem. They had a whole lot of money to spend. And they were good at getting people to do what they wanted them to do. After all, they had already convinced millions of Americans to take up an addictive, unhealthy, and potentially deadly habit. David Kessler didn't care about all that. In this book he tells for the first...
Tobacco companies had been protecting their turf for decades. They had congressmen in their pocket. They had corrupt scientists who made excuses about...
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142,35 zł |
Legacy by Design: Succession Planning for Agribusiness Owners
ISBN: 9781592802142 / Angielski / Miękka / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Succession Planning combines elements of business design, ownership/management succession, wealth accumulation, retirement design, and estate planning. As a Certified Financial Planner with over 20 years experience in the fields of financial service and agriculture, Kevin Spafford is passionate about guiding farm owners through the steps that will help reverse the inconceivable loss of the family farm. His innovative and comprehensive solutions focus on what is best for the family, the farm, and the business.
Succession Planning combines elements of business design, ownership/management succession, wealth accumulation, retirement design, and estate planning...
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130,19 zł |
Common Agricultural Policy
ISBN: 9781841271262 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The CAP has traditionally been at the core of the European Communities and even now consumes half of the European Union's budget. This book emphasizes the long-term link between the CAP and the budget. It examines the aims of the Common Agricultural Policy as set out in the Treaty of Rome and discusses to what extent they have been achieved and whether they are relevant to the 21st century. The factors that have shaped the 1992 and 1999 CAP reforms are outlined, with the latter, in particular, demonstrating the budget's effect on CAP and CAP reforms. The internationalization of CAP with... The CAP has traditionally been at the core of the European Communities and even now consumes half of the European Union's budget. This book emphasi... |
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391,22 zł |
Ethical Sourcing in the Global Food System
ISBN: 9781844071999 / Angielski / Miękka / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With case studies, this title explores fair and ethical trade systems in diverse countries and sectors, allowing a balanced analysis of this global phenomenon.
With case studies, this title explores fair and ethical trade systems in diverse countries and sectors, allowing a balanced analysis of this global ph...
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245,14 zł |
Policy Reform and Adjustment in the Agricultural Sectors of Developed Countries
ISBN: 9781845930332 / Angielski / Twarda / 268 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book explores the policy implications of growing pressures for economic adjustment in the agricultural sectors of developed countries. The primary focus is on Europe and North America, but adjustment policies in other developed countries are discussed. Some chapters are based on an international workshop at Imperial College, London in October 2003, and an international symposium in Philadelphia in the spring of 2004.
This book explores the policy implications of growing pressures for economic adjustment in the agricultural sectors of developed countries. The primar...
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E' Issues in Agribusiness: The What, Why and How
ISBN: 9781845930714 / Angielski / Twarda / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book looks into the -what- is electronically-enabled agribusiness? -Why-would an agribusiness want to embrace it? And -how- does one go about doing it? The book pulls together a number of major issues facing people moving into the electronically enabled agribusiness environment.
This book is both an introduction to electronic business issues and a comprehensive guide to more detailed business processes and strategic planning matters associated with the technologies involved. In particular the following key areas are addressed, concepts, technology in business, e-enabled... This book looks into the -what- is electronically-enabled agribusiness? -Why-would an agribusiness want to embrace it? And -how- does one go about doi...
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229,54 zł |
Farmer Innovation in Africa: A Source of Inspiration for Agricultural Development
ISBN: 9781853838163 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Based on fieldwork and involving farmers, extension workers and researchers, this is an edited volume of studies of how farmers successfully experiment and innovate to increase productivity, often in adverse and resource-poor conditions. It covers a wide range of countries and varieties of farming and shows how successful and motivating an approach that builds on farmer innovation can be. It confirms the resourcefulness of the farmers themselves and provides an alternative to the conventional "transfer of technology" development paradigm - one that recognizes the farmers themselves as the...
Based on fieldwork and involving farmers, extension workers and researchers, this is an edited volume of studies of how farmers successfully experimen...
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Toward Safer Food: Perspectives on Risk and Priority Setting
ISBN: 9781891853890 / Angielski / Twarda / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An integrated, risk-based food safety system is the essential scientific basis for better priority setting. However, there has been little advance about how to integrate knowledge about food safety risks into a systemwide risk analysis framework. This book begins to answer this need by bringing together leading scientists, risk analysts, and economists, as well as experienced regulators and policy analysts. Toward Safer Food includes a multidisciplinary introduction to the existing data, research, and methodological and conceptual approaches on which a systemwide risk analysis framework must...
An integrated, risk-based food safety system is the essential scientific basis for better priority setting. However, there has been little advance abo...
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443,38 zł |
Toward Safer Food: Perspectives on Risk and Priority Setting
ISBN: 9781891853906 / Angielski / Miękka / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In 1998, a National Academy of Sciences panel called for an integrated, risk-based food safety system. This goal is widely embraced, but there has been little advance in thinking about how to integrate knowledge about food safety risks into a system- wide risk analysis framework. Such a framework is the essential scientific basis for better priority setting and resource allocation to improve food safety. Sandra Hoffmann and Michael Taylor bring together leading scientists, risk analysts, and economists, as well as experienced regulators and policy analysts, to better define the priority...
In 1998, a National Academy of Sciences panel called for an integrated, risk-based food safety system. This goal is widely embraced, but there has bee...
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166,89 zł |
Dealing with consumer uncertainty: Public Relations in the Food Sector
ISBN: 9783540425298 / Angielski / Twarda / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The current practice of communication in the nutritional economy often produces significant uncertainty in a large fraction of the population. Efficient and comprehensive publicity by entrepreneurs on the industrial production of foodstuffs needs a new concept for communication between producers, processors, wholesalers, retailers, and end users. Without overgeneralizing, the author explains what makes the consumers uncertain and which consequences this uncertainty has for their nutritional behavior. The main aim of this book is the empirical explanation of the connection between the...
The current practice of communication in the nutritional economy often produces significant uncertainty in a large fraction of the population. Efficie...
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390,87 zł |
Linked National Models: A Tool for International Food Policy Analysis
ISBN: 9789024737345 / Angielski / Twarda / 214 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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586,33 zł |