ISNAR Agricultural Research Indicator Series

ISNAR Agricultural Research Indicator Series
Author: Philip G. Pardey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 564
Release: 2004-01-05
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780521543330
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Fully-sourced country-specific files on the basic resources committed to national agricultural research systems for 154 developing and developed countries.

Agricultural Development

Agricultural Development
Author: Yūjirō Hayami
Publisher:
Total Pages: 548
Release: 1985
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780801823763
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Introduction; Problems and theory; Agriculture in economic development theories; Theories of agricultural development; Toward a theory of technical and institutional change; International comparisons; International comparisons of agricultural productivity; Sources of agricultural productivity differences among countries; Agricultural growth in the United States and Japan; Resource constraints and technical change; Science and progress in agriculture; Can growth be trasferred?; International transfer of agricultural technology; Technology transfer and land infrastructure; Retrospect and prospect; Growth and equity in agricultural development; Disequilibrium in world agriculture; Agricultural transformation and economic growth; Appendixes.

Agricultural Research Policy

Agricultural Research Policy
Author: Vernon W. Ruttan
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
Total Pages: 386
Release:
Genre:
ISBN: 1452909296
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A personal perspectives. Technical change and agricultural development. The agricultural research institution. National agricultural research systems. The international agricultural research system. Reviewing agricultural research programs. Location and scale in agricultural research. The private sector in agricultural research. Institutional and project funding of research. The economic benefits from agricultural research. Research resource allocation. The social sciences in agricultural research. Responsability and agricultural research.

Agricultural Economics

Agricultural Economics
Author: Ifeoluwapo Amao
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 126
Release: 2021-12-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1839685379
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This book discusses pertinent aspects of agricultural economics and rural development. It includes case studies that assess the impact of tomato cultivation on food security and poverty alleviation of rural dwellers and agricultural producers. Additionally, it examines farmers’ knowledge of organic livestock farming, a novel method of livestock production. The book also contains a review of factors affecting the efficiency of vegetable production and the basics of good agribusiness plans for successful agribusiness activities.

Encyclopedia of Soil Science

Encyclopedia of Soil Science
Author: Ward Chesworth
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 859
Release: 2007-11-22
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1402039948
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The Encyclopedia of Soil Science provides a comprehensive, alphabetical treatment of basic soil science in a single volume. It constitutes a wide ranging and authorative collection of some 160 academic articles covering the salient aspects of soil physics, chemistry, biology, fertility, technology, genesis, morphology, classification and geomorphology. With increased usage of soil for world food production, building materials, and waste repositories, demand has grown for a better global understanding of soil and its processes. longer articles by leading authorities from around the world are supplemented by some 430 definitions of common terms in soil sciences.

Industrial policy

Industrial policy
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs. Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization
Publisher:
Total Pages: 754
Release: 1983
Genre:
ISBN:
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