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Challenges of the New Water Policies for the XXI Century
Taylor & Francis 2004; US$ 159.95A collection of papers from the Seminar on Challenges of the New Water Policies for the 21st Century in Valencia 2002, focusing on the main political, economical and ecological aspects of the concept of sustainable water resource development. more...
Water Wisdom
Rutgers University Press 2010; US$ 29.95Israel and Palestine are water scarce. As the peace process continues amidst ongoing violence, water remains a political and environmental issue. Water Wisdom is model for those who believe that water conflict can be an opportunity for cooperation rather than violence. Thirty leading Palestinian and Israeli activists, water scientists, politicians,... more...
Agricultural Cooperation
University of Minnesota Press 1957; US$ 90.00Much has been written and published on the general subject of agricultural cooperation, but the material has been scattered and hard to find until now. The volume makes available in convenient form a selection of the most significant articles and excerpts more...
Cooperative Diplomacy, Regional Stability and National Interests
Africa Institute of South Africa 2011; US$ 34.95The Nile River is the longest river in the world covering nearly 7,000 kilometres. It traverses ten countries in Africa, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda, with South Sudan as the eleventh riparian state once it acquires its sovereignty. Of the more than 300 million... more...
African Agricultural Reforms
World Bank Publications 2012; US$ 24.99During the 1990s, SSA countries initiated agricultural policy reforms to increase producer incentives and increase growth. Yet, agricultural growth rates after the reforms have been uneven. This has been attributed to lack of supporting infrastructure or the inability to respond to incentives by the smallholders. Based on ten studies, this volume provides... more...
Rethinking Agricultural Policy Regimes
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2012; US$ 114.95This book argues four reasons why agricultural policy has now reopened to wider debate: the World Food Crisis of 2008-2011; the emergence of climate change as a core policy concern; new trends towards 'neoproductivist' agricultural policy; and the challenge of new academic ideas around resilience of food chains and relevant policy interventions. more...
Politics and Markets in Rural China
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 130.00Thirty years have passed since the beginning of the reform era in China which saw important changes in agriculture and rural organizations, but it is clear that certain entrenched legacies from pre-reform China still linger on even after WTO accession, most importantly the key role played by state actors and politics in the development of markets... more...
Persistence Pays
Springer 2009; US$ 139.99This book documents the evolving path of U.S. agriculture in the 20th Century and the role of public R&D in that evolution. The work begins with a detailed quantitative assessment of the shifting patterns of production among the states and over time and of the public institutions and investments in agricultural R&D. Then, based on newly constructed... more...
Scarcity, Entitlements and the Economics of Water in Developing Countries
Edward Elgar Publishing 2007; US$ 40.00Argues that if water supply and sanitation were mainly problems of technology or financial resources, they would have been resolved long ago. This book ascertains that there are many other factors affecting our ability to intervene and improve the effectiveness of policies. It also examines the availability and use of water resources. more...
Agricultural Trade Reform and the Doha Development Agenda
World Bank Publications 2005; US$ 24.99Agricultural trade reform is critical to a favorable development outcome from the Doha Development Agenda. But agricultural policies and the policy reforms being contemplated are fiendishly complicated, and the devil is in the details. Agricultural Trade Reform and the Doha Development Agenda builds up from the essential detail of the tariffs and other... more...









