Agriculture & Related Industries Books

New and Published Books

1. Agricultural Development in China and Africa

   A Comparative Analysis

   By Li Xiaoyun, Qi Gubo, Tang Lixia, Zhao Lixia, Jin Leshan, Guo Zhanfeng, Wu Jin

   Many African countries are increasingly interested in learning from China's experiences in achieving effective agricultural development. The Chinese government and academic community are also keen to share experiences and lessons with Africa. China made agriculture one of its development assistance...

   Published April 26th 2012 by Routledge
2. Europe's Green Revolution and Others Since

   The Rise and Fall of Peasant-Friendly Plant Breeding

   By Jonathan Harwood

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Economic History

   How best to foster agricultural development in the Third World has long been a subject of debate and from a European perspective the persistent failure to design peasant-friendly technology is puzzling. From the late 19th century, for example, various western European countries also underwent ‘...

   Published April 19th 2012 by Routledge
3. War, Agriculture, and Food

   Rural Europe from the 1930s to the 1950s

   Edited by Paul Brassley, Yves Segers, Leen Van Molle

   Series: Routledge Studies in Modern European History

   Between the 1930s and the 1950s rural life in Europe underwent profound changes, partly as a result of the Second World War, and partly as a result of changes which had been in progress over many years. This book examines a range of European countries, from Scandinavia to Spain and Ireland to...

   Published March 25th 2012 by Routledge
4. Fair Trade Organizations and Social Enterprise

   Social Innovation through Hybrid Organization Models

   By Benjamin Huybrechts

   Series: Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society

   For several decades, social enterprises have been pioneers in the conception and implementation of a pathbreaking social innovation: Fair Trade (FT). Fair Trade Social Enterprises have created a movement which has challenged mainstream trading practices and offered development opportunities for...

   Published March 20th 2012 by Routledge
5. Sustainable Agriculture and Food Security in an Era of Oil Scarcity

   Lessons from Cuba

   By Julia Wright

   When other nations are forced to rethink their agricultural and food security strategies in light of the post-peak oil debate, they only have one living example to draw from: that of Cuba in the 1990s. Based on the first and – up till now – only systematic and empirical study to come...

   Published January 8th 2012 by Routledge
6. New Perspectives on Agri-environmental Policies

   A multidisciplinary and transatlantic approach

   Edited by Stephan J Goetz, Floor Brouwer

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics

   Significant advances have occurred in recent years in Europe and in North America in addressing agri-environmental policies. Land use issues tend to be more pressing in Europe than in the US as a whole because of different spatial exigencies. Because these advances have taken place within...

   Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge
7. Food Chains: Quality, Safety and Efficiency in a Challenging World

   Edited by George Baourakis, Prodromos Kalaitzis, Konstadinos Mattas

   Food Chains: Quality, Safety and Efficiency in a Challenging World addresses the many issues facing European food producers and other food chain stakeholders, who endeavour to improve their competitive position in a highly competitive world food market. The Food Chain is one of the main...

   Published October 19th 2011 by Routledge
8. Agrobiodiversity Conservation and Economic Development

   Edited by Andreas Kontoleon, Unai Pascual, Melinda Smale

   Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics

   This book reflects current developments in the economics of agrobiodiversity and focuses its attention on the role agrobiodiversity can have for economic development. As a new and rapidly expanding subfield at the interface of environmental/ecological, agricultural and development economics, the...

   Published February 17th 2011 by Routledge
9. Agricultural Economics

   Edited by Gail L. Cramer

   Series: Critical Concepts in Economics

   The application of the principles of economics to the production of crops and livestock—and to land usage more generally—is a well-established and flourishing area of research and study, and this new four-volume collection in the Routledge Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Economics, meets...

   Published October 5th 2010 by Routledge
10. Modern Land Drainage

    Planning, Design and Management of Agricultural Drainage Systems

    By Lambert K. Smedema, Willem F. Vlotman, David Rycroft

    Fully renewed and extended, this edition is a valuable source of information for anyone involved in drainage engineering and management. It provides new theories, technologies, knowledge and experiences in combination with traditional land development practices in the humid temperature zone....

    Published August 14th 2004 by Taylor & Francis