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  • New Seeds and Poor People

    de Michael Lipton, Richard Longhurst ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Development
    First published in 1989, this book deals with the impact of cereal production upon the Third World, specifically ‘Modern Varieties’ (MVs). Using evidence from plant breeding, economics and nutrition science, the authors seek to pinpoint what has been achieved, what has gone wrong and what needs to be done in future.Although the technical innovations of MVs mean more employment, cheaper food and ... Leer más

    $33.99 USD

  • Seasonality, Rural Livelihoods and Development

    Edición de Stephen Devereux, Rachel Sabates-Wheeler, Richard Longhurst ...
    Seasonality is a severe constraint to sustainable rural livelihoods and a driver of poverty and hunger, particularly in the tropics. Many poor people in developing countries are ill equipped to cope with seasonal variations which can lead to drought or flood and consequences for agriculture, employment, food supply and the spread of disease. The subject has assumed increasing importance as climate ... Leer más

    $45.99 USD

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  • Agriculture

    A Very Short Introduction

    de Paul Brassley, Richard Soffe ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Agriculture, one of the oldest human occupations, is practised all over the world, using techniques ranging from the profoundly traditional to the most scientifically advanced. Without it we would starve. Yet how many of us understand what is happening in the fields that we see as we drive through the countryside? How often do we think about the origins of the food in our trolley? In this Very ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • International Migration: A Very Short Introduction

    de Khalid Koser ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Why has international migration become an issue of such intense public and political concern? How closely linked are migrants with terrorist organizations? What factors lie behind the dramatic increase in the number of women migrating? This Very Short Introduction looks at the phenomenon of international human migration -- both legal and illegal -- to reveal that migration actually presents ... Leer más

    $7.99 USD

  • The Economics and Organization of Brazilian Agriculture

    Recent Evolution and Productivity Gains

    de 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 ... Leer más

    $71.99 USD

  • Navigating Complexity in International Development

    de Danny Burns ...
    International development interventions often fail because development experts assume that our world is linear and straightforward when in reality it is complex, highly dynamic and unpredictable. Things rarely happen in the way that they were planned. The dominance of logical planning models in international development therefore needs to be challenged and replaced by a complexity-based ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • System Dynamics

    Modelling and Simulation

    de Bilash Kanti Bala, Fatimah Mohamed Arshad, Kusairi Mohd Noh ...
    Series series Economics and Finance (R0)
    This book covers the broad spectrum of system dynamics methodologies for the modelling and simulation of complex systems: systems thinking, causal diagrams, systems structure of stock and flow diagrams, parameter estimation and tests for confidence building in system dynamics models. It includes a comprehensive review of model validation and policy design and provides a practical presentation of ... Leer más

    $71.99 USD

  • The Sustainable Self

    A Personal Approach to Sustainability Education

    de Paul Murray ...
    Achieving a sustainable society is the biggest issue of our time. It is not an issue confined to a particular subject area or to certain jobs. It is a way of thinking and behaving that will need to be embedded in all aspects of all of our lives. The Sustainable Self is the perfect resource for lecturers, trainers, students and professionals of any discipline who need to teach or learn about ... Leer más

    $52.99 USD

  • A Very Different Land

    Memories of Empire from the Farmlands of Kenya

    de Hilary Sunman ...
    In this book, Hilary Sunman considers the day-to-day experience of her father, Owen, who served in the Colonial Agricultural Service from 1928-1950. Weaving together a human and family story, she combines her father's work with her own experience as a development economist to discuss colonial policy. Focusing on themes such as All the the 'White Highlands', race, colonial leadership, and the rise ... Leer más

    $60.99 USD

  • Food and Poverty

    The Political Economy of Confrontation

    de Radha Sinha ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Development
    First published in 1976, this book deals with contemporary tensions between the West and the Third World, caused by hunger, malnutrition and poverty, perpetuated by an imbalance in the distribution of world resources. The book deals with the issue of malnutrition in the Third World, which owes much more to poverty and unemployment than to agricultural failure. The author also believes that ... Leer más

    $33.99 USD

  • The Power of Sustainable Thinking

    How to Create a Positive Future for the Climate, the Planet, Your Organization and Your Life

    de Bob Doppelt ...
    The future will be powered by sustainable thinking in business, organizations, governments and everyday life.This revolutionary book tackles climate change, sustainability and life success by starting with your mind. It provides proven ‘staged-based methods for transforming thinking and behaviour, beginning first with the reader‘s own cognitive patterns, then moving to how individuals can motivate ... Leer más

    $51.99 USD

  • The Green Revolution Revisited

    Critique and Alternatives

    Edición de Bernhard Glaeser ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Development
    The Green Revolution – the apparently miraculous increase in cereal crop yields achieved in the 1960s – came under severe criticism in the 1970s because of its demands for optimal irrigation, intensive use of fertilisers and pesticides; its damaging impact on social structures; and its monoculture approach. The early 1980s saw a concerted approach to many of these criticisms under the auspices of ... Leer más

    $68.99 USD