Technology : Agriculture

This book is the outcome of a three-year project coordinated by a group of Swedish researchers and with collaborating scholars from Africa and Asia. It provides a comparative study between Asian agricultural development during the Green Revolution in food production and the current problematic agricultural situation in sub-Saharan Africa. more...

Price: $120.00

'Refreshingly fluent narrative brimming full of stories and metaphors' Tim O'Riordan University of East Anglia UK 'A great balance between storytelling and analysis which points to the critical need for gaining control over resources' Jacqueline Ashby CIAT Colombia 'Full of supporting evidence and clear arguments' Norman Uphoff Cornell University US 'A wonderful book put together with such vision and passion' Mark Ritchie Institute of Agriculture and Trade Policy US 'A superb volume. This is a valuable monograph that all policy-makers scholars and farmers must read to understand their roles and responsibilities' Vo-Tong Xuan Angiang University Vietnam 'Beautifully written. The implications of the book's ideas are deep and extensive' Julia Guivant University of Florianopolis Brazil Something is wrong with our agricultural and food systems. Despite great progress in increasing productivity in recent decades hundreds of millions of people remain hungry and malnourished and further millions suffer for eating too much food or the wrong sort. Agri-Culture envisages the expansion of a new form of food production and consumption founded on more ecological principles and in harmony with the cultures knowledges and collective capacities of the producers themselves. It draws on many stories of successful agricultural transformation in developing and industrialized countries but with a warning that true prosperity will depend on the radical reform of the institutions and policies that control global food futures and fundamental changes in the way we think. The time has come for the next agricultural revolution. more...

Price: $37.95

Bringing together an interdisciplinary team of anthropologists, economists, business and management academics and geographers, this book examines a wide range of case studies illustrating various agri-food commodity chains and networks around the world and discusses how they link globally. more...

Price: $114.95

This volume examines how far agribusiness corporations are responding to the opportunities and pressures resulting from emerging environmental awareness. In particular, in what ways are they changing their R & D and business practices in order to develop new environmentally oriented products, services and methods of production? These questions are explored through investigations of particular biotech and agribusiness companies -- including Monsanto, Ciba Geigy, Dole, and Chiquita -- and their behaviour in situations as diverse as California, Europe, Australia, Brazil, and Central America.The book explains why some corporations are successful in introducing environmentally friendly innovations, and others are not. The result is a sophisticated and critical analysis of business practices and regulatory systems in the agro-food sector. more...

Price: $99.00

Low incomes and high unemployment in rural areas are issues of concern to policy makers in all countries. With the ongoing structural adjustment in primary agriculture employment opportunities are diminishing, while off-farm employment in rural areas is growing, albeit gradually. more...

Price: $45.00