Farming In A Global Economy

Author : Frans Schryer
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2006-06-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789047409779

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Farming in a Global Economy by Frans Schryer Pdf

This book describes how Dutch immigrants became commercial farmers in the Canadian province of Ontario. It addresses the broader question of why the Dutch have an international reputation as successful farmers, and the critical implications of such positive stereotyping.

Author : United States. Department of Agriculture
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UVA:X001724476

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U.S. Agriculture in a Global Economy by United States. Department of Agriculture Pdf

Author : Larry B./Editor Marton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : MINN:31951002935921J

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U.S. Agriculture in a Global Economy by Larry B./Editor Marton Pdf

Author : William Donald Coleman,Wyn Grant,Timothy Edward Josling
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1782542280

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Agriculture in the New Global Economy by William Donald Coleman,Wyn Grant,Timothy Edward Josling Pdf

Illustrating contemporary policy debates using both theoretical perspectives and empirical evidence, this book will appeal to academics, researchers and students specialising in political science, environmental studies, agricultural economics, management and food policy. The book will also be of interest to government practitioners in agriculture and environment departments as well as international organisations such as the EU, FAO and WTO.

Author : Ralph D. Christy
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789812565679

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Achieving Sustainable Communities in a Global Economy by Ralph D. Christy Pdf

This important book explores alternative strategies in agriculturaland rural development to address the impacts of globalizationprocesses on smallholder agriculturalists and marginalized ruralpeople. Its goal is twofold: (1) to identify and assess the keyprocesses by which globalization is affecting the smallholderagricultural and rural sectors; and (2) to identify and propose bothmicro- and macro-level policies and other strategies to deal with theproblems that arise.

Author : Stanley R. Johnson,Sheila A. Martin
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105004408501

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Industrial Policy for Agriculture in the Global Economy by Stanley R. Johnson,Sheila A. Martin Pdf

Author : Vicente Pinilla,Henry Willebald
Publisher : Springer
Page : 507 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319660202

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Agricultural Development in the World Periphery by Vicente Pinilla,Henry Willebald Pdf

This book brings together analysis on the conditions of agricultural sectors in countries and regions of the world’s peripheries, from a wide variety of international contributors. The contributors to this volume proffer an understanding of the processes of agricultural transformations and their interaction with the overall economies of Africa, Asia and Latin America. Looking at the nineteenth and twentieth centuries – the onset of modern economic growth – the book studies the relationship between agriculture and other economic sectors, exploring the use of resources (land, labour, capital) and the influence of institutional and technological factors in the long-run performance of agricultural activities. Pinilla and Willebald challenge the notion that agriculture played a negligible role in promoting economic development in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, when the impulse towards industrialization in the developing world was more impactful.

Author : R. Wolfe
Publisher : Springer
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1997-11-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230390089

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Farm Wars by R. Wolfe Pdf

The Farm War of the early 1980s was rooted in the political economy of agriculture, but it was a crisis for the international trading system. The war was evident in disruptions on the farm and in world markets, in conflicts among major governments, and in disagreements in international organizations. Wolfe shows how and why battles over agricultural protectionism were largely resolved through the Uruguay Round of GATT negotiations, demonstrating that the global economy is not self-regulating: it needs institutions if it is to be stable.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1999-08-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264173293

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China in the Global Economy Agriculture in China and OECD Countries Past Policies and Future Challenges (OECD Proceedings) by OECD Pdf

The pace of growth in China's agricultural sector is remarkable. Determining how this demand for food will be met requires a complex analytical framework whose parameters are the subject of an intense discussion. Thesse workshop proceedings provide a rich repository of material addressing the issue.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2000-01-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789164180292

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China in the Global Economy The Agro-food Processing Sector in China Developments and Policy Challenges by OECD Pdf

This conference proceedings examines questions revolving around changes in, and challenges for, China’s agro-processing sector.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 90 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : UOM:39015004603588

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Agriculture in the World Economy by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

Author : Helena Norberg-Hodge,Todd Merrifield,Steven Gorelick
Publisher : Zed Books
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2002-10
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1842772333

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Bringing the Food Economy Home by Helena Norberg-Hodge,Todd Merrifield,Steven Gorelick Pdf

Norberg-Hodge, Todd Merrifield, and Steven Gorelick of the International Society for Ecology and Culture discuss how a shift towards local food economies would protect and rebuild the agricultural diversity that has been lost in the current specialized, capital intensive, technology-based global environment. Coverage includes the history of this change in emphasis from local to global; the ecology of food marketing and production; food and health, the economy, and the community; food security; and changing direction. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 323 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2002-09-12
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264158894

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China in the Global Economy Agricultural Policies in China after WTO Accession by OECD Pdf

This book presents the proceedings of an OECD conference reflecting on how China can best manage its reform process under WTO integration.

Author : William H Friedland
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000009453

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Towards A New Political Economy Of Agriculture by William H Friedland Pdf

The emergence of a truly global economy in the 1970s and the need to understand the subsequent changes in economic structure provided the impetus for this synthesis of the sociology of agriculture. The book offers the first formulations of a political economy theory that explains the transnational social and production relations of food and agriculture. Drawing upon studies of labour, technology, the state and gender, the contributors put forward a basis for reassessing and restating the intellectual framework of agriculture.

Author : Steven C. Blank
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 667 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317457336

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The Economics of American Agriculture by Steven C. Blank Pdf

This book answers the questions: What is happening to American agriculture, and why? Steven C. Blank uses portfolio theory to analyze both macro- and microeconomic data that paints a clear picture of the trends in agriculture, and explains why these trends are consistent with market evolution and global economic development. He clarifies agriculture's specific role in economic development with a focus on the current and future globalizing commodity markets.The book features empirical research that demonstrates the link between farm-level investment decisions and regional and national economic trends. It shows how the dynamic environment of industrialization and globalization of agriculture is part of a continuing development that is driven by technological innovation. This all points to a future with a very different agricultural production sector and some extremely important policy choices that will face the entire country.