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Primary industries
Hardcover. This volume explores the economic implications of recent changes in the design of agricultural policies for the economic performance of the sector in the E.U. and the U.S. It applies concepts of productivity and efficiency analysis to agriculture policy. Editor(s): Ball, Virgil; Fanfani, Roberto; Gutierrez, Luciano. Series: Studies in Productivity and Efficiency. Num Pages: 348 pages, 10 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCP; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 31. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441963840
- ISBN
- 9781441963840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.35
€ 193.35
The Economic and Environmental Impacts of Agbiotech. A Global Perspect...
Nicholas . Ed(S): Kalaitzandonakes
Hardback. What are the factors driving the widespread adoption of first generation agrobiotechnologies? What are their economic and environmental impacts? Addressing such questions, this book presents the impacts of first generation agrobiotechnologies. It accounts for the differences in geography, weather, pests, farm structures, and institutions. Editor(s): Kalaitzandonakes, Nicholas. Num Pages: 338 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KNAC; RN; TCB; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Springer Science+Business Media United States
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306475016
- ISBN
- 9780306475016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.12
€ 129.12
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851993027
- ISBN
- 9780851993027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.09
€ 72.09
The Dynamics of Hired Farm Labour: Constraints and Community Responses
. Ed(S): Findeis, J.l.; Vandeman, A.; Larson,...
hardcover. Hired seasonal labour forms a significant part of the agricultural workforce in many countries. This book focuses on labour used in agriculture in the US, Canada and Australia. The perpective is interdisciplinary, with contributions from economists, sociologists and anthropologists. Editor(s): Findeis, J.L.; Vandeman, A.; Larson, J.; Runyan, J (all of Pennsylvania State University and USDA Economic Research Service, USA). Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: JHBL; KCF; KNAC; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cabi United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851996035
- ISBN
- 9780851996035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 238.03
€ 238.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; KNAF; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781552665862
- ISBN
- 9781552665862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.35
€ 26.99
€ 23.35
The Developmental Challenges of Mining and Oil: Lessons from Africa an...
Thorp, Rosemary, Battistelli, Stefania, Guich...
Hardcover. The authors explain why the discovery and development of natural resources is commonly associated with unstable and unequal development, and frequently with violence. They demonstrate the need for policies and institutions by reflecting on both successes and failures in case studies on Botswana, Nigeria and Niger as well as Bolivia, Chile and Peru. Series: Conflict, Inequality and Ethnicity. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; KNAT; KNBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137001467
- ISBN
- 9781137001467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.49
€ 122.49
Hardback. This text provides a critique of the causes and consequences of the modern agricultural revolution, since the agricultural depression of the inter-war period. It evaluates the impact of World War II, the post-war scientific and technological revolutions and the changing role of the state. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; HBJD1; HBLW; KNAC; TVB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 475.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333646427
- ISBN
- 9780333646427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.03
€ 123.03
The Common Agricultural Policy and Organic Farming. An Institutional P...
Lynggaard, K. (Department For Social Sciences...
hardcover. Covers how ideational change came about to enhance the understanding of change within the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and to plan and implement change in European agriculture policy. This book features contents that cover institutional change within the CAP and focus on the institutional construction policy concerned with organic farming. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: KNAC; TVG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- CABI Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781845931148
- ISBN
- 9781845931148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.89
€ 108.89
Hardcover. The global coffee chain is currently characterized by a paradoxical coexistence of a 'coffee boom' in consuming countries and a 'coffee crisis' in producing countries. This book shows that the 'coffee paradox' exists because the coffee farmers sell and the coffee consumers buy embed increasingly different 'attributes'. Num Pages: 320 pages, Tables Figures Notes Bibliography Index. BIC Classification: KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781842774564
- ISBN
- 9781842774564
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.10€ 88.65
€ 99.10
€ 88.65
The Coexistence of Genetically Modified, Organic and Conventional Food...
. Ed(S): Kalaitzandonakes, Nicholas; Phillips...
hardcover. Editor(s): Kalaitzandonakes, Nicholas; Phillips, Peter W. B.; Wesseler, Justus; Smyth, Stuart. Series: Natural Resource Management and Policy. Num Pages: 438 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 38 colour illustrations, 41 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: JPQB; KCN; KCT; KNAC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer United States
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 438
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493937257
- ISBN
- 9781493937257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.03
€ 125.03
Paperback. For as long as anyone can remember, coal has been the lifeblood of the communities of County Durham. This title presents a portrayal of Durham life that deals with the anonymous individuals, and their families, and behind the story of coalmining in the area. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYD; HBTK; KNAT; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 174 x 15. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752450421
- ISBN
- 9780752450421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.29
€ 26.99
€ 23.29
Paperback. Once employing thousands, with many collieries dotted all over the area, coal mining in the East Midlands has all but gone. Once tens of thousands depended on mining. Ken Wain tells the story of mining, its triumphs and disasters. Num Pages: 192 pages, 192. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMN; 1DBKEYK; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 249 x 13. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445639659
- ISBN
- 9781445639659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.36
€ 29.99
€ 21.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 85 pages, tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNAC; P; TDC; TV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 6. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 85
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590335543
- ISBN
- 9781590335543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 37.03
€ 51.99
€ 37.03
Hardcover. Peter Clegg presents a detailed analysis of the development of the Caribbean banana trade and analyzes why the influence and importance of the traditional actors within the trade has diminished since 1970. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 3JJP; KCLT; KCP; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 471.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333998496
- ISBN
- 9780333998496
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.46
€ 64.46
Hardcover. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: JFCV; KCM; KN; RNPG; RNU; TVF; TVR; WMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Chelsea Green Publishing Co
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603585712
- ISBN
- 9781603585712
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.95€ 47.71
€ 69.95
€ 47.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 498 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KNAC; RNK; TVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 819.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 498
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789048176397
- ISBN
- 9789048176397
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 410.22
€ 410.22
Hardback. This volume of papers from the Eighth World Congress deals with changes in proportions and growth rates of sectors of the economy in relation to economic development. It includes a survey of theories of sectoral balance and studies of structural transformation in the Kuznets traditon. Series: International Economic Association Series. Num Pages: 427 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; KNAC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 427
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333467169
- ISBN
- 9780333467169
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.97
€ 187.97
Paperback. Through his ethnographic study of the fishermen and their religious beliefs, Webster speaks to larger debates about religious radicalism, materiality, economy, language, and the symbolic. These debates also call into question assumptions about the decline of religion in modern industrial societies. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HRCC9; JHMC; KNAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137527295
- ISBN
- 9781137527295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.46
€ 63.46
Hardcover. Through his ethnographic study of the fishermen and their religious beliefs, Webster speaks to larger debates about religious radicalism, materiality, economy, language, and the symbolic. These debates also call into question assumptions about the decline of religion in modern industrial societies. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 268 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white tables, 1 charts. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HRCC9; JHMC; KNAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137336538
- ISBN
- 9781137336538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.18
€ 64.18
Hardcover. Editor(s): Stevenson, Marc G.; Madsen, Andrew D.; Maloney, Elaine. Series: Occasional Publications Series. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1MTNG; KNAF; RNKH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- CCI Press
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781896445052
- ISBN
- 9781896445052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.96
€ 44.99
€ 31.96