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  • Managing Risk in Agriculture

    A Development Perspective

    by Tahirou Abdoulaye, Rachidi Aboudou, Aminou Arouna, Victor Barrera, Toritseju Begho, Marrit van den Berg, Pratap S. Birthal, Martina Bozzola, Selina Bruns, Jean-Paul Chavas, Simone Cerroni, Juan Dominguez, Marcella D’Souza, Ali Essossinam, Hongli Feng, Ricardo Fort, J Brian Hardaker, Jaweriah Hazrana, David A. Hennessy, Maman H. Karmana, Aditya R. Khanal, Seo Woo Lee, Sergio H. Lence, Lu Liu, Fulco Ludwig, Abel-Gautier Kouakou, Alfons G.J.M. Oude Lansink, Wanglin Ma, Hui Mao, Miranda P.M. Meuwissen, Digvijay S. Negi, Kehinde Odeniyi, Asis Kumar Senapati, Ariel Singerman, Arjuna Srinidhi, Ruggiero Rippo, Nicholas Tyack, Puneet Vatsa, Alexis H. Villacis, H. Holly Wang, Saskia E. Werners, Tesfamicheal Wossen, Eliana Wulandari, Xiaoheng Zhang, Hongyun Zheng ...
    The book addresses and documents farmers' risks in developing and emerging economies. It draws lessons from experimental economics on measuring risk preferences, attitudes, gender differences in managing risks, and risk management strategies in countries across Africa and Asia. It argues policy makers, especially in emerging economies, need a better understanding of farmers' attitudes toward risk ... Read more

    $117.99 USD

  • Computational Granular Mechanics and Its Engineering Applications

    by Shunying Ji, Lu Liu ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    This book systematically introduces readers to computational granular mechanics and its relative engineering applications. Part I describes the fundamentals, such as the generation of irregular particle shapes, contact models, macro-micro theory, DEM-FEM coupling, and solid-fluid coupling of granular materials. It also discusses the theory behind various numerical methods developed in recent years ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Visualizing Modern China

    Image, History, and Memory, 1750–Present

    by James A. Cook, Matthew D. Johnson, Sigrid Schmalzer, Michael G. Chang, Madeleine Yue Dong, Susan Fernsebner, Christian Hess0, Lu Liu1, Cecily McCaffrey2, Andrew D. Morris3, Charles D. Musgrove4, Zhiwei Xiao5, Xiaowei Zheng6, E. Elena Songster7, Jeremy Brown8 ...
    Series series AsiaWorld
    Visualizing Modern China: Image, History, and Memory, 1750–Present offers a sophisticated yet accessible interpretation of modern Chinese history through visual imagery. With rich illustrations and a companion website, it is an ideal textbook for college-level courses on modern Chinese history and on modern visual culture. The introduction provides a methodological framework and historical ... Read more

    $51.09 USD

  • Big-Data Analytics and Cloud Computing

    Theory, Algorithms and Applications

    Edited by Ashiq Anjum, Lu Liu, Shao Ying Zhu, Marcello Trovati, Richard Hill ...
    Series series Computer Science (R0)
    This book reviews the theoretical concepts, leading-edge techniques and practical tools involved in the latest multi-disciplinary approaches addressing the challenges of big data. Illuminating perspectives from both academia and industry are presented by an international selection of experts in big data science. Topics and features: describes the innovative advances in theoretical aspects of big ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Frontiers in agri-food supply chains

    Frameworks and case studies

    by Professor Sander de Leeuw, Dr Renzo Akkerman, Dr Rodrigo Romero-Silva, Professor Tobias Schoenherr, Dr Grant Kanak, Dr Amy Montalbano, Dr Sneh Patel, Professor Michael Bourlakis0, Dr Emmanuel Sawyerr1, Dr F. J. Peña Rodríguez2, Dr C. Yacamán Ochoa3, Professor Alberto Mataran Ruiz4, Dr Jose Ma. Luis Montesclaros5, Professor Paul S. Teng6, Professor Lusine Aramyan7, Dr Jos van Iwaarden8, Dr Müge Çerçi9, Dr Zehra B. Kanık0, Dr Sibel Erişkan1, Dr Mehmet Soysal2, Dr Florian Cramer3, Professor Sandra Transchel4, Professor Gerhard Schiefer5, Dr José Luis Solleiro6, Dr Rosario Castañón7, Dr Rene Haijema8, Dr Marvin Kunz9, Dr Viet Nguyen0, Dr Harmke Schellekens1, Dr Gideon van der Stelt2, Dr Danie Jordaan3, Dr Thabile Tsabedze4, Dr Yijun Li5, Dr Ting Meng6, Dr Jingjing Wang7, Dr Lu Liu8, Dr Mo Li9, Dr Xin Zhang0, Dr Wen-Feng Cong1 ...
    Series Book 137 - Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
    Provides a comprehensive overview of the challenges facing agri-food supply chains, including the need to be more sustainable in light of the high environmental costs of global distributionAddresses the external factors that can impact the logistics and performance of supply chains, including political developments, international conflicts and pandemics such as COVID-19Reviews the main agri-food ... Read more

    $175.99 USD

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  • Climate Change and Food Systems: Global Assessments and Implications for Food Security and Trade

    by FAOoftheUN ...
    This book collects the findings of a group of scientists and economists who have taken stock of climate change impacts on food and agriculture at global and regional levels over the past two decades. The evidence presented describes how global warming will impact where and how food is produced and discusses the significant consequences for food security, health and nutrition, water scarcity and ... Read more

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  • SDGs, Transformation, and Quality Growth

    Insights from International Cooperation

    by Akio Hosono ...
    Series series Sustainable Development Goals Series
    This is an Open Access book. The primary objective of this book is to seek out insights into the concept of high-quality growth (HQG). It explores the essential attributes of HQG, such as inclusiveness, sustainability, and resilience, as well as its relationship with transformation, by drawing principally on illustrative cases and instances of international cooperation. The United Nations document ... Read more

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  • Commodity Modeling and Pricing

    Methods for Analyzing Resource Market Behavior

    by Peter V. Schaeffer ...
    Series Book 514 - Wiley Finance
    Commodity Modeling and Pricing provides extensions and applications of state-of-the-art methods for analyzing resource commodity behavior. Drawing from the seminal work of Professor Walter Labys on the development of econometric methods for forecasting commodity prices, this collection of essays features expert contributors ranging from practitioners in private industry, public sector, and ... Read more

    $80.00 USD

  • Socio-Technical Innovation Bundles for Agri-Food Systems Transformation

    by Christopher B. Barrett, Tim Benton, Jessica Fanzo, Mario Herrero, Rebecca J. Nelson, Elizabeth Bageant, Edward Buckler, Karen Cooper, Isabella Culotta, Shenggen Fan, Rikin Gandhi, Steven James, Mark Kahn, Laté Lawson-Lartego, Jiali Liu, Quinn Marshall, Daniel Mason-D'Croz, Alexander Mathys, Cynthia Mathys, Veronica Mazariegos-Anastassiou, Alesha Miller, Kamakhya Misra, Andrew Mude, Jianbo Shen, Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Claire Song, Roy Steiner, Philip Thornton, Stephen Wood ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This open access book is the result of an expert panel convened by the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability and Nature Sustainability. The panel tackled the seventeen UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for 2030 head-on, with respect to the global systems that produce and distribute food. The panel’s rigorous synthesis and analysis of existing research leads compellingly to multiple ... Read more

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  • Climate Smart Agriculture

    Building Resilience to Climate Change

    Edited by Leslie Lipper, Nancy McCarthy, David Zilberman, Solomon Asfaw, Giacomo Branca ...
    Series Book 52 - Natural Resource Management and Policy
    This book is open access under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO license.The book uses an economic lens to identify the main features of climate-smart agriculture (CSA), its likely impact, and the challenges associated with its implementation. Drawing upon theory and concepts from agricultural development, institutional, and resource economics, this book expands and formalizes the conceptual foundations of ... Read more

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  • At What Cost

    Modern Capitalism and the Future of Health

    by Nicholas Freudenberg ...
    An incisive and powerful investigation of corporate impact on human and planetary well-being Freedom of choice lies at the heart of American society. Every day, individuals decide what to eat, which doctors to see, who to connect with online, and where to educate their children. Yet, many Americans don't realize that these choices are illusory at best. By the start of the 21st century, every major ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • Public Policy in an Uncertain World

    Analysis and Decisions

    by Charles F. Manski ...
    Manski argues that public policy is based on untrustworthy analysis. Failing to account for uncertainty in an uncertain world, policy analysis routinely misleads policy makers with expressions of certitude. Manski critiques the status quo and offers an innovation to improve both how policy research is conducted and how it is used by policy makers. ... Read more

    $47.69 USD