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Agriculture and Food

  1. Agricultural Finance

    By Charles Moss

    Series: Routledge Textbooks in Environmental and Agricultural Economics

    This textbook integrates financial economics and management in the area of agricultural finance. The presentation of financial economics discusses how the credit needs of farmer/borrowers are met by depositors through commercial banks. The financial management content presents methods used to make...

    Published April 23rd 2013 by Routledge

  2. Agro-Ecological Intensification of Agricultural Systems in the African Highlands

    Edited by Bernard Vanlauwe, Piet van Asten, Guy Blomme

    With growing population and food security risks, there is an urgent need to increase sustainable agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa. This book addresses the issue of agricultural intensification in the humid highland areas of Africa. Its framework is built on the activities...

    To Be Published October 31st 2013 by Routledge

  3. Animal Husbandry Regained

    The Place of Farm Animals in Sustainable Agriculture

    By John Webster

    The farming of animals for meat and milk confronts a stark dilemma. While world demand from a growing and more affluent human population is increasing rapidly, there are strong counter-arguments that we should eat less meat and pay more attention to environmental protection, animal welfare and...

    Published November 15th 2012 by Routledge

  4. Bioenergy Production by Anaerobic Digestion

    Using Agricultural Biomass and Organic Wastes

    Edited by Nicholas E. Korres, Padraig O'Kiely, John A.H. Benzie, Jonathan S. West

    Interest in anaerobic digestion (AD), the process of energy production through the production of biogas, has increased rapidly in recent years. Agricultural and other organic waste are important substrates that can be treated by AD. This book is one of the first to provide a broad...

    To Be Published August 28th 2013 by Routledge

  5. Diversifying Food and Diets

    Using Agricultural Biodiversity to Improve Nutrition and Health

    Edited by Jessica Fanzo, Danny Hunter, Teresa Borelli, Federico Mattei

    Series: Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity

    Currently 925 million people are undernourished and 195 million children under five years of age are stunted. At the same time, over 1 billion people are overweight and obese in both the developed and developing world. Diseases previously associated with affluence, such as cancer, diabetes and...

    Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge

  6. Environment and Food

    By Colin Sage

    Series: Routledge Introductions to Environment: Environment and Society Texts

    This timely book provides a thorough introduction to the inter-relationship of food and the environment. Its primary purpose is to bring to our attention the multiplicity of linkages and interconnections between what we eat and how this impacts on the earth’s resources. Having a better idea of the...

    Published July 6th 2011 by Routledge

  7. Farmers' Crop Varieties and Farmers' Rights

    Challenges in Taxonomy and Law

    Edited by Michael Halewood

    Series: Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity

    Crop plant varieties developed by local farmers, commonly referred to as ‘farmers' varieties’, are a problematic subject, because there are no fixed taxonomic or legal definitions of them. As a result, policies to increase the share of benefits farmers receive from the use of such varieties...

    To Be Published December 14th 2013 by Routledge

  8. Food and Culture

    A Reader, 3rd Edition

    Edited by Carole Counihan, Penny Van Esterik

    The classic book that helped to define and legitimize the field of food and culture studies is now available, with major revisions, in a specially affordable e-book version (978-0-203-07975-1). The third edition includes 40 original essays and reprints of previously published classics under...

    Published October 28th 2012 by Routledge

  9. Food and Culture

    A Reader, 3rd Edition

    Edited by Carole Counihan, Penny Van Esterik

    The classic book that helped to define and legitimize the field of food and culture studies is now available, with major revisions, in a specially affordable e-book version (978-0-203-07975-1). The third edition includes 40 original essays and reprints of previously published classics under...

    Published October 28th 2012 by Routledge

  10. Food and Development

    By E.M. Young

    Series: Routledge Perspectives on Development

    The relationship between food and development has always been controversial. Over the last thirty years, development in the north and south has failed to deliver people a decent diet. While some people have too little food and die as a consequence, some people have too much food and die from...

    Published March 14th 2012 by Routledge

  11. Food and Public Health

    Contemporary Issues and Future Directions

    Edited by Wendy Wills, Alizon Draper, Ulla Gustafsson

    This book focuses on food policy, and its relationship to public health, as an increasingly important issue in today’s society. Contributors highlight the lack of global regulation in the food supply chain and explore the common tendency to leave regulation to markets and to individual consumer...

    Published February 3rd 2013 by Routledge

  12. Food Economics

    Industry and Markets

    By Henning Hansen

    Series: Routledge Textbooks in Environmental and Agricultural Economics

    Food and food markets still enjoy a pivotal role in the world economy and the international food industry is moving towards greater consolidation and globalization, with increased vertical integration and changes to market structure. Companies grow bigger in order to obtain economies of scale and...

    Published May 1st 2013 by Routledge

  13. Food Policy in the United States

    An Introduction

    By Parke Wilde

    Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture

    This book offers a broad introduction to food policies in the United States. Real-world controversies and debates motivate the book’s attention to economic principles, policy analysis, nutrition science and contemporary data sources. It assumes that the reader's concern is not just the economic...

    Published April 15th 2013 by Routledge

  14. Food Security

    From Crisis to Global Governance

    By Nora McKeon

    Series: Routledge Critical Security Studies

    This book fills a gap in the literature by setting concerns for food security in the context of global food governance in the twenty-first century. It highlights the systemic inadequacies of the present food system and of the dominant strategies for achieving food security. Examining the...

    To Be Published January 30th 2014 by Routledge

  15. Metrics for Agricultural Sustainability

    By Marty D. Matlock

    Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture

    The confusing way in which sustainable agriculture has been defined and measured is clarified in this comprehensive volume, which provides an inventory of the metrics for sustainable agriculture from cradle to the farm gate, organized by media and scale. Example metrics include change in soil...

    To Be Published December 30th 2013 by Routledge

  16. Precision Agriculture for Sustainability and Environmental Protection

    Edited by Margaret Oliver, Thomas Bishop, Ben Marchant

    Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture

    Precision agriculture (PA) involves the application of technologies and agronomic principles to manage spatial and temporal variation associated with all aspects of agricultural production in order to improve crop performance and environmental quality. The focus of this book is to introduce for a...

    To Be Published October 10th 2013 by Routledge

  17. Principles of Agricultural Economics

    By Andrew Barkley, Paul W. Barkley

    This book showcases the power of economic principles to explain and predict issues and current events in the food, agricultural, agribusiness, international trade, natural resources and other sectors. The result is an agricultural economics textbook that provides students and instructors with a...

    Published February 25th 2013 by Routledge

  18. Realising Farmers' Rights to Crop Genetic Resources

    Success Stories and Best Practices

    Edited by Regine Andersen, Tone Winge

    Farmers' rights are essential for maintaining crop genetic diversity, which is the basis of all food and agricultural production in the world. The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture recognizes Farmers' rights and provides for relevant measures. However,...

    To Be Published June 26th 2013 by Routledge

  19. Reclaiming Food Security

    By Michael S. Carolan

    Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture

    In this challenging work, the author argues that the goal of any food system should not simply be to provide the cheapest calories possible. A secure food system is one that affords people and nations – in both the present and future – the capabilities to prosper and lead long, happy, and healthy...

    Published April 9th 2013 by Routledge

  20. Sustainable Food Systems

    Building a New Paradigm

    Edited by Terry Marsden, Adrian Morley

    Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture

    In response to the challenges of a growing population and food security, there is an urgent need to contruct a new agri-food sustainability paradigm. This book brings together an integrated range of key social science insights exploring the contributions and interventions necessary to build this...

    To Be Published December 14th 2013 by Routledge

  21. Technology Development Assistance for Agriculture

    Putting Research into use in Low Income Countries

    By Norman Clark, Andy Frost, Ian Maudlin, Andrew Ward

    Series: Routledge Explorations in Development Studies

    Stemming from an 11-year DFID funded programme under its Renewable Natural Resources Research Strategy (RNRRS), Technology Development Assistance for Agriculture: Putting Research into Low Income Countries reviews part of this programme as a case study of a broader issue of technology development...

    Published April 17th 2013 by Routledge

  22. The Neoliberal Regime in the Agri-Food Sector

    Crisis, Resilience and Restructuring

    Edited by Steven Wolf, Alessandro Bonanno

    Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture

    For the last three decades, the Neoliberal regime, emphasising economic growth through deregulation, free trade and the role of the private sector, has shaped production and consumption processes in agriculture and food. More recently social instability and protest, economic recessions,...

    To Be Published December 14th 2013 by Routledge

  23. The Politics of Land and Food Scarcity

    Edited by Paolo De Castro, Felice Adinolfi, Fabian Capitanio, Salvatore Di Falco, Angelo Di Mambro

    Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture

    In recent years the issue of food security has become centre stage in the global agenda. Since the 2007/8 food price crisis, a number of works have been published on the topic, addressed from various perspectives: economic, social and cultural, environmental, agronomic and...

    Published October 21st 2012 by Routledge

  24. Feeding India

    Livelihoods, Entitlements and Capabilities

    By Bill Pritchard, Anu Rammohan, Madhushree Sekher, S. Parasuraman, Chetan Choithani

    Food security is one of the twenty-first century’s key global challenges, and lessons learned from India have particular significance worldwide. Not only does India account for approximately one quarter of the world’s under-nourished persons, it also provides a worrying case of how rapid economic...

    To Be Published August 14th 2013 by Routledge

  25. The World of Agricultural Economics

    An Introduction

    By Carin Martiin

    Series: Routledge Textbooks in Environmental and Agricultural Economics

    This textbook takes a truly international approach towards agricultural economics, uniting many different perspectives on the subject and providing insight into agriculture in general, and into how practical farming works in particular. The book is laced throughout with real world examples and...

    Published April 1st 2013 by Routledge