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  • The Social Metabolism of Spanish Agriculture, 1900–2008

    The Mediterranean Way Towards Industrialization

    by Manuel González de Molina, David Soto Fernández, Gloria Guzmán Casado, Juan Infante-Amate, Eduardo Aguilera Fernández, Jaime Vila Traver, Roberto García Ruiz ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This open access book provides a panoramic view of the evolution of Spanish agriculture from 1900 to the present, offering a more diverse picture to the complex and multidimensional reality of agrarian production. With a clear transdisciplinary ambition, the book applies an original and innovative theoretical and methodological tool, termed Agrarian Social Metabolism, combining Social Metabolism ... Read more

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  • Economics of Land Degradation and Improvement – A Global Assessment for Sustainable Development

    Edited by Ephraim Nkonya, Alisher Mirzabaev, Joachim von Braun ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This volume deals with land degradation, which is occurring in almost all terrestrial biomes and agro-ecologies, in both low and high income countries and is stretching to about 30% of the total global land area. About three billion people reside in these degraded lands. However, the impact of land degradation is especially severe on livelihoods of the poor who heavily depend on natural resources. ... Read more

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  • 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 out of Cuba on this topic, this book examines how the nation successfully headed off its own food crisis after the ... Read more

    $82.99 USD

  • Steel and Economic Growth in Mexico

    by William Edward Cole ...
    Series series LLILAS Latin American Monograph Series
    Iron ore is widely distributed over the world and has been mined from ancient times, but Mexico, with a good supply of ore, was a relative newcomer to the ranks of iron- and steel-producing nations. This distinctive book offers a history of the Mexican iron and steel industry through the 1960s.Archaeological evidence, the author states, shows that the indigenous peoples of Mexico had developed a ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • Neither Negationism Nor Apocalypse

    Environmental economics from a Brazilian perspective

    by Gesner Oliveira, Artur Villela Ferreira ...
    Written by economist Gesner Oliveira and business administrator Artur Villela Ferreira, Neither Negationism nor Apocalypse: Environmental Economics from a Brazilian Perspective presents, for the first time, principles and practices of environmental economics based on the Brazilian experience.The book is divided into two parts: the first one introduces the reader to general concepts of ... Read more

    $35.00 USD

  • Water for Food Security and Well-being in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Social and Environmental Implications for a Globalized Economy

    Edited by Bárbara A. Willaarts, Alberto Garrido, M. Ramón Llamas ...
    Series series Earthscan Studies in Water Resource Management
    This volume provides an analytical and facts-based overview on the progress achieved in water security in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region over during the last decade, and its links to regional development, food security and human well-being. Although the book takes a regional approach, covering a vast of data pertaining to most of the LAC region, some chapters focus on seven countries ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Sweet Fuel

    A Political and Environmental History of Brazilian Ethanol

    by Jennifer Eaglin ...
    As the hazards of carbon emissions increase and governments around the world seek to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, the search for clean and affordable alternate energies has become an increasing priority in the twenty-first century. However, one nation has already been producing such a fuel for almost a century: Brazil. Its sugarcane-based ethanol is the most efficient biofuel on the global ... Read more

    $42.29 USD

  • Zapotec Science

    Farming and Food in the Northern Sierra of Oaxaca

    by Roberto J. González ...
    2003 — Julian Steward Award – Anthropology & Environment Section, American Anthropological Association2002 — A CHOICE Outstanding Academic BookHow Zapotec agricultural and dietary theories and practices constitute a valid local science.Zapotec farmers in the northern sierra of Oaxaca, Mexico, are highly successful in providing their families with abundant, nutritious food in an ecologically ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • The Economics and Organization of Brazilian Agriculture

    Recent Evolution and Productivity Gains

    by Fabio Chaddad ...
    The Economics and Organization of Brazilian Agriculture: Recent Evolution and Productivity Gains presents insights on Brazilian agriculture and its impressive gains in productivity and international competitiveness, also providing insightful examples for global policymakers. In Brazil, as in many countries, many economists and policymakers believe that agriculture is a traditional, low-tech sector ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Food for the Few

    Neoliberal Globalism and Biotechnology in Latin America

    Edited by Gerardo Otero ...
    Recent decades have seen tremendous changes in Latin America's agricultural sector, resulting from a broad program of liberalization instigated under pressure from the United States, the IMF, and the World Bank. Tariffs have been lifted, agricultural markets have been opened and privatized, land reform policies have been restricted or eliminated, and the perspective has shifted radically toward ... Read more

    $29.69 USD

  • Water Markets for the 21st Century

    What Have We Learned?

    Edited by K. William Easter, Qiuqiong Huang ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book evaluates the history, the present and the future of water markets on 5 continents, beginning with the institutional underpinnings of water markets and factors influencing transaction costs. The book examines markets in seven countries and three different U.S. states, ranging from village-level water markets in Oman to basin wide formal water markets in Australia's Murray-Darling River ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Energy in Agroecosystems

    A Tool for Assessing Sustainability

    Edited by Manuel Gonzalez de Molina, Casado ...
    Series series Advances in Agroecology
    Energy in Agroecosystems: A Tool for Assessing Sustainability is the first book on energy analysis that is up-to-date and specifically dedicated to agriculture. It is written from an agroecological perspective and goes beyond the conventional analysis of the efficient use of energy. The book provide a methodological guide to assess energy efficiency and sustainability from an eco-energetic point ... Read more

    $76.99 USD