Buch, Englisch, 748 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 454 g
Reihe: Routledge Revivals
Proceedings of the Twenty-Third International Conference of Agricultural Economists
Buch, Englisch, 748 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 454 g
Reihe: Routledge Revivals
ISBN: 978-1-138-31392-7
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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Weitere Infos & Material
Contents: Introduction: The 23rd Conference and the Association; Presidential address: technology, policy and trade: the keys to food security and environmental protection; Elmhirst memorial lecture: the dynamics of agriculture. Security and Demand Challenges: Global Level and National Policy Issues, Household Consumption Improvement: Food security: a global perspective; National food security: a policy perspective for India; Food security and the household. Agricultural Diversification and New Technology: diversification and international trade; Rural economy and farm income diversification in developing countries; Agricultural biotechnology: economic and international implications. Resource Management in Agriculture: Water and Land, Biodiversity, Agriculture and Climate: Water and land resources and global food supply; Impacts of global warming on agriculture; The management of genetic resources for agriculture: ecology and information, externalities and policies. Economics of Policy and Institutional Change: Institutional and organizational forces shaping the agricultural transformation process: experiences, causes and implications; Policy and institutional change for agriculture in China: production, consumption and trade implications; Regionalism in world food markets: implications for trade and welfare. Contributed Papers - Households, Diets and Credit: Determinants of time spent in non-farm employment by farmers in Northern Ghana; Intra-household resource allocation in Ghana: the impact of the distribution of asset ownership within the household; Determinants of diversification of urban Sahel diets into maize: a contingent valuation study of processed maize demand in Mali; Will European diets be similar? A cointegration approach; The effects of food aid on maize prices in Mozambique; Choices by poor households when the interest rate for deposits differs from the interest rate for loans; Factors affecting rural medium-term loan repayment: evidence from a Sou