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Decentralization and the social economics of development : lessons from Kenya / / edited by Christopher B. Barrett, Andrew G. Mude, John M. Omiti
| Decentralization and the social economics of development : lessons from Kenya / / edited by Christopher B. Barrett, Andrew G. Mude, John M. Omiti |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, : CABI, 2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (240 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.96762 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BarrettChristopher B (Christopher Brendan)
MudeAndrew G OmitiJohn |
| Soggetto topico |
Rural development - Kenya
Decentralization in government - Kenya |
| ISBN |
1-280-95304-7
9786610953042 1-84593-270-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgements; 1 Decentralization and the Social Economics of Development: An Overview of Concepts and Evidence from Kenya; Part I: Successes And Failures of Decentralization in Rural Kenya; 2 A Qualitative Analysis of Success and Failure Factors of Agricultural Cooperatives in Central Kenya; 3 Institutional Incompatibility and Deregulation: Explaining the Dismal Performance of Kenya's Coffee Cooperatives; 4 Decentralization, Community-based Organizations and Access to Agricultural Extension Services in Eastern Kenya
5 Access to, and Willingness to Pay for, Agricultural Extension in Western Kenya 6 Decentralization of Pastoral Resources Management and Its Effects on Environmental Degradation and Poverty: Experience from Northern Kenya; Part II: Socioeconomic And Institutional Preconditions for Successful Decentralization; 7 Linkages between Community, Environment and Conflict Management: Experiences from Northern Kenya; 8 The Unfulfilled Promise of Microfinance in Kenya: The KDA Experience; 9 The Effects of Farmer Community Group Participation on Rural Livelihood in Kenya 10 On Economic Transfers Through Social Networks in Kenya's Smallholder Sector Index; |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910446340603321 |
| Wallingford, : CABI, 2007 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Natural resources management in African agriculture [[electronic resource] ] : understanding and improving current practices / / edited by Christopher B. Barrett, Frank Place, and Abdillahi A. Aboud
| Natural resources management in African agriculture [[electronic resource] ] : understanding and improving current practices / / edited by Christopher B. Barrett, Frank Place, and Abdillahi A. Aboud |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub. in association with the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (351 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.76/096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BarrettChristopher B (Christopher Brendan)
PlaceFrank, Dr. AboudAbdillahi A |
| Soggetto topico | Agricultural resources - Africa - Management |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-82974-5
9786610829743 0-85199-882-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: 1. The Challenge of Stimulating Adoption of Improved Natural Resource Management Practices in African Agriculture 1 -- C.B. Barrett, F. Place, A. Aboud and D.R. Brown -- PART I: FARMERS' OBJECTIVES AND LEARNING PROCESSES -- 2. Social Capital and Social Learning in the Process of Natural Resource Management 23 -- J. Pretty and L. Buck -- 3. The Limits of Knowledge: Securing Rural Livelihoods in a Situation of Resource Scarcity 35 -- P.E. Peters -- 4. Farmers' Use and Adaptation of Alley Farming in Nigeria 51 -- A.A. Adesina andJ. Chianu -- 5. Farmers as Co-developers and Adopters of Green-manure Cover Crops in West and Central Africa 65 -- G. Tarawali, B. Douthwaite, N.C. de Haan and S.A. Tarawali -- PART II: WILLINGNESS AND CAPACITY TO MAKE LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS -- 6. Sustainable Management of Private and Communal Lands in Northern Ethiopia 77 -- B. Gebremedhin and S.M. Swinton -- 7. Poverty and Land Degradation: Peasants' Willingness to Pay to Sustain Land Productivity 91 -- S.T. Holden and B. Shiferaw -- 8. Input Use and Conservation Investments among Farm Households in Rwanda: Patterns and Determinants 103 -- D.C. Clay, V. Kelly, E. Mpyisi and T. Reardon -- 9. Agroforestry Adoption Decisions, Structural Adjustment and Gender in Africa 115 -- C.H. Gladwin, J.S. Peterson, D. Phiri and R. Uttaro -- PART III: ECONOMIC INCENTIVES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RESOURCE BASE -- 10. Liquidity and Soil Management: Evidence from Madagascar and Niger 129 -- TI Wyatt -- 11. Smallholder Farmers' Use of Integrated Nutrient-management Strategies: Patterns and Possibilities in Machakos District of Eastern Kenya 143 -- H.A. Freeman and R. Coe -- 12. Agroforestry for Soil-fertility Replenishment: Evidence on Adoption Processes in Kenya and Zambia 155 -- F. Place, S. Franzel, J. DeWolf, R. Rommelse, F. Kwesiga, A. Niang and -- B. Jama -- 13. Evaluating Adoption of New Crop-Livestock-Soil-management Technologies using Georeferenced Village-level Data: the Case of Cowpea in the Dry Savannahs of West Africa 169 -- P. Kristjanson, I Okike, S.A. Tarawali, R. Kruska, V.M. Manyong and -- B.B. Singh -- 14. Contradictions in Agricultural Intensification and Improved Natural Resource Management: Issues in the Fianarantsoa Forest Corridor of Madagascar 181 -- M.S. Freudenberger and K.S. Freudenberger -- PART IV: THE AGROECOLOGICAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND POLICY CONTEXT -- 15. Synergies between Natural Resource Management Practices and Fertilizer Technologies: Lessons from Mali 193 -- V. Kelly, M.L. Sylla, M. Galiba and D. Weight -- 16. Soil and Water Conservation in Semi-arid Tanzania: Government Policy and Farmers' Practices 205 -- N. Hatibu, E.A. Lazaro, H.F. Mahoo and F.B.R. Rwehumbiza -- 17. Initiatives to Encourage Farmer Adoption of Soil-fertility Technologies for Maize-based Cropping Systems in Southern Africa 219 -- M. Mekuria and S.R. Waddington -- 18. A Bio-economic Model of Integrated Crop-Livestock Farming Systems: the Case of the Ginchi Watershed in Ethiopia 235 -- B.N. Okumu, M.A. Jabbar, D. Colman and N. Russell -- 19. Nutrient Cycling in Integrated Plant-Animal Systems: Implications for Animal Management Strategies in Smallholder Farming Systems 251 -- L.R. Ndlovu and P.H. Mugabe -- 20. Natural Resource Technologies for Semi-arid Regions of Sub-Saharan Africa 261 -- B.I. Shapiro andJ.H. Sanders -- PART V: TOWARDS IMPROVED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN AFRICAN AGRICULTURE -- 21. Lessons for Natural Resource Management Technology Adoption and Research 275 -- F. Place, B.M. Swallow, J. Wangila and C.B. Barrett -- 22. Towards Improved Natural Resource Management in African Agriculture 287 -- C.B. Barrett, J. Lynam, F. Place, T. Reardon and A.A. Aboud. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456034203321 |
| Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub. in association with the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Natural resources management in African agriculture [[electronic resource] ] : understanding and improving current practices / / edited by Christopher B. Barrett, Frank Place, and Abdillahi A. Aboud
| Natural resources management in African agriculture [[electronic resource] ] : understanding and improving current practices / / edited by Christopher B. Barrett, Frank Place, and Abdillahi A. Aboud |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub. in association with the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, c2002 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (351 p.) |
| Disciplina | 333.76/096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BarrettChristopher B (Christopher Brendan)
PlaceFrank, Dr. AboudAbdillahi A |
| Soggetto topico | Agricultural resources - Africa - Management |
| ISBN |
1-280-82974-5
9786610829743 0-85199-882-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Machine generated contents note: 1. The Challenge of Stimulating Adoption of Improved Natural Resource Management Practices in African Agriculture 1 -- C.B. Barrett, F. Place, A. Aboud and D.R. Brown -- PART I: FARMERS' OBJECTIVES AND LEARNING PROCESSES -- 2. Social Capital and Social Learning in the Process of Natural Resource Management 23 -- J. Pretty and L. Buck -- 3. The Limits of Knowledge: Securing Rural Livelihoods in a Situation of Resource Scarcity 35 -- P.E. Peters -- 4. Farmers' Use and Adaptation of Alley Farming in Nigeria 51 -- A.A. Adesina andJ. Chianu -- 5. Farmers as Co-developers and Adopters of Green-manure Cover Crops in West and Central Africa 65 -- G. Tarawali, B. Douthwaite, N.C. de Haan and S.A. Tarawali -- PART II: WILLINGNESS AND CAPACITY TO MAKE LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS -- 6. Sustainable Management of Private and Communal Lands in Northern Ethiopia 77 -- B. Gebremedhin and S.M. Swinton -- 7. Poverty and Land Degradation: Peasants' Willingness to Pay to Sustain Land Productivity 91 -- S.T. Holden and B. Shiferaw -- 8. Input Use and Conservation Investments among Farm Households in Rwanda: Patterns and Determinants 103 -- D.C. Clay, V. Kelly, E. Mpyisi and T. Reardon -- 9. Agroforestry Adoption Decisions, Structural Adjustment and Gender in Africa 115 -- C.H. Gladwin, J.S. Peterson, D. Phiri and R. Uttaro -- PART III: ECONOMIC INCENTIVES AND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE RESOURCE BASE -- 10. Liquidity and Soil Management: Evidence from Madagascar and Niger 129 -- TI Wyatt -- 11. Smallholder Farmers' Use of Integrated Nutrient-management Strategies: Patterns and Possibilities in Machakos District of Eastern Kenya 143 -- H.A. Freeman and R. Coe -- 12. Agroforestry for Soil-fertility Replenishment: Evidence on Adoption Processes in Kenya and Zambia 155 -- F. Place, S. Franzel, J. DeWolf, R. Rommelse, F. Kwesiga, A. Niang and -- B. Jama -- 13. Evaluating Adoption of New Crop-Livestock-Soil-management Technologies using Georeferenced Village-level Data: the Case of Cowpea in the Dry Savannahs of West Africa 169 -- P. Kristjanson, I Okike, S.A. Tarawali, R. Kruska, V.M. Manyong and -- B.B. Singh -- 14. Contradictions in Agricultural Intensification and Improved Natural Resource Management: Issues in the Fianarantsoa Forest Corridor of Madagascar 181 -- M.S. Freudenberger and K.S. Freudenberger -- PART IV: THE AGROECOLOGICAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND POLICY CONTEXT -- 15. Synergies between Natural Resource Management Practices and Fertilizer Technologies: Lessons from Mali 193 -- V. Kelly, M.L. Sylla, M. Galiba and D. Weight -- 16. Soil and Water Conservation in Semi-arid Tanzania: Government Policy and Farmers' Practices 205 -- N. Hatibu, E.A. Lazaro, H.F. Mahoo and F.B.R. Rwehumbiza -- 17. Initiatives to Encourage Farmer Adoption of Soil-fertility Technologies for Maize-based Cropping Systems in Southern Africa 219 -- M. Mekuria and S.R. Waddington -- 18. A Bio-economic Model of Integrated Crop-Livestock Farming Systems: the Case of the Ginchi Watershed in Ethiopia 235 -- B.N. Okumu, M.A. Jabbar, D. Colman and N. Russell -- 19. Nutrient Cycling in Integrated Plant-Animal Systems: Implications for Animal Management Strategies in Smallholder Farming Systems 251 -- L.R. Ndlovu and P.H. Mugabe -- 20. Natural Resource Technologies for Semi-arid Regions of Sub-Saharan Africa 261 -- B.I. Shapiro andJ.H. Sanders -- PART V: TOWARDS IMPROVED NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT IN AFRICAN AGRICULTURE -- 21. Lessons for Natural Resource Management Technology Adoption and Research 275 -- F. Place, B.M. Swallow, J. Wangila and C.B. Barrett -- 22. Towards Improved Natural Resource Management in African Agriculture 287 -- C.B. Barrett, J. Lynam, F. Place, T. Reardon and A.A. Aboud. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780319103321 |
| Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, : CABI Pub. in association with the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry, c2002 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The social economics of poverty [[electronic resource] ] : on identities, communities, groups, and networks / / edited by Christopher B. Barrett
| The social economics of poverty [[electronic resource] ] : on identities, communities, groups, and networks / / edited by Christopher B. Barrett |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (423 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.3 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BarrettChristopher B (Christopher Brendan) |
| Collana | Priorities in development economics |
| Soggetto topico |
Economics - Sociological aspects
Poverty Human behavior - Economic aspects |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-80301-0
9786610803019 0-203-79965-8 |
| Classificazione | 83.14 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | On the relevance of identities, communities, groups, and networks to the economics of poverty alleviation / Christopher B. Barrett -- Toward an economic theory of dysfunctional identity / Hanming Fang and Glenn C. Loury -- Polarization : concepts, measurement, estimation / Jean-Yves Duclos, Joan Esteban and Debraj Ray -- Evolutionary equilibrium with forward-looking players / Lawrence E. Blume -- Is inequality an evolutionary universal? / Samuel Bowles -- Bridging communal divides : separation, patronage, integration / Indraneel Dasgupta and Ravi Kanbur -- The extended family system and market interactions / Karla Hoff and Arijit Sen -- Social divisions within schools : how school policies can affect students' identities and educational choices / George A. Akerlof and Rachel E. Kranton -- Smallholder identities and social networks : the challenge of improving productivity and welfare / Christopher B. Barrett -- Social networks in Ghana / Christopher R. Udry and Timothy G. Conley -- Coping with disaster : morals, markets and mutual insurance : using economic experiments to study recovery from Hurricane Mitch / Michael R. Carter and Marco Castillo -- The role of ethnicity and networks in agricultural trade : evidence from Africa / Marcel Fafchamps -- Altruism, household co-residence and women's health investment in rural Bangladesh / Andrew D. Foster -- Self-help groups and income generation in the informal settlements of Nairobi / Eliana La Ferrara -- Community ties and land inheritance in the context of rising outside opportunities : evidence from the Peruvian highlands / Tatiana Goetghebuer and Jean-Philippe Platteau. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457416503321 |
| London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
The social economics of poverty [[electronic resource] ] : on identities, communities, groups, and networks / / edited by Christopher B. Barrett
| The social economics of poverty [[electronic resource] ] : on identities, communities, groups, and networks / / edited by Christopher B. Barrett |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (423 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.3 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | BarrettChristopher B (Christopher Brendan) |
| Collana | Priorities in development economics |
| Soggetto topico |
Economics - Sociological aspects
Poverty Human behavior - Economic aspects |
| ISBN |
1-135-99373-4
1-280-80301-0 9786610803019 0-203-79965-8 |
| Classificazione | 83.14 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | On the relevance of identities, communities, groups, and networks to the economics of poverty alleviation / Christopher B. Barrett -- Toward an economic theory of dysfunctional identity / Hanming Fang and Glenn C. Loury -- Polarization : concepts, measurement, estimation / Jean-Yves Duclos, Joan Esteban and Debraj Ray -- Evolutionary equilibrium with forward-looking players / Lawrence E. Blume -- Is inequality an evolutionary universal? / Samuel Bowles -- Bridging communal divides : separation, patronage, integration / Indraneel Dasgupta and Ravi Kanbur -- The extended family system and market interactions / Karla Hoff and Arijit Sen -- Social divisions within schools : how school policies can affect students' identities and educational choices / George A. Akerlof and Rachel E. Kranton -- Smallholder identities and social networks : the challenge of improving productivity and welfare / Christopher B. Barrett -- Social networks in Ghana / Christopher R. Udry and Timothy G. Conley -- Coping with disaster : morals, markets and mutual insurance : using economic experiments to study recovery from Hurricane Mitch / Michael R. Carter and Marco Castillo -- The role of ethnicity and networks in agricultural trade : evidence from Africa / Marcel Fafchamps -- Altruism, household co-residence and women's health investment in rural Bangladesh / Andrew D. Foster -- Self-help groups and income generation in the informal settlements of Nairobi / Eliana La Ferrara -- Community ties and land inheritance in the context of rising outside opportunities : evidence from the Peruvian highlands / Tatiana Goetghebuer and Jean-Philippe Platteau. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784432103321 |
| London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Tradeoffs or synergies? [[electronic resource] ] : agricultural intensification, economic development, and the environment / / edited by D.R. Lee and C.B. Barrett
| Tradeoffs or synergies? [[electronic resource] ] : agricultural intensification, economic development, and the environment / / edited by D.R. Lee and C.B. Barrett |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, NY, : CABI Pub., c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (558 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.1/6/091724 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
LeeDavid R <1950-> (David Robinson)
BarrettChristopher B (Christopher Brendan) |
| Soggetto topico |
Agricultural intensification - Developing countries
Agricultural ecology - Developing countries Rural development - Developing countries |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-81184-6
9786610811847 0-85199-711-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Contributors; Preface; Foreword; 1 Introduction: Changing Perspectives on Agricultural Intensification, Economic Development and the Environment; 2 The Doubly Green Revolution: Balancing Food, Poverty and Environmental Needs in the 21st Century1; 3 Population, Agricultural Land Use and the Environment in Developing Countries; 4 The Economics of Biodiversity Loss and Agricultural Development in Low-income Countries; 5 Farm Household Intensification Decisions and the Environment; 6 When Does Technological Change in Agriculture Promote Deforestation?
7 Bioeconomic Models and Ecoregional Development: Policy Instruments for Sustainable Intensification8 Tradeoffs in Agriculture, the Environment and Human Health: Decision Support for Policy and Technology Managers; 9 Balancing Regional Development Priorities to Achieve Sustainable and Equitable Agricultural Growth; 10 Pathways of Development in the Hillside Areas of Honduras: Causes and Implications for Agricultural Production, Poverty and Sustainable Resource Use 11 Implications of Resource-use Intensification for the Environment and Sustainable Technology Systems in the Central African Rainforest12 Agricultural Intensification, Deforestation and the Environment: Assessing Tradeoffs in Sumatra, Indonesia; 13 Intensifying Small-scale Agriculture in the Western Brazilian Amazon: Issues, Implications and Implementation; 14 Integrated Bioeconomic Land-use Models: an Analysis of Policy Issues in the Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica; 15 Land Tenure and the Management of Land and Trees: a Comparative Study of Asia and Africa 16 Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management in India's Semi-arid Tropics17 Soil Fertility, Small-farm Intensification and the Environment in Africa; 18 Livestock-Environment Interactions under Intensifying Production; 19 Sustainable versus Unsustainable Agricultural Intensification in Africa: Focus on Policy Reforms and Market Conditions; 20 Intensive Food Systems in Asia: Can the Degradation Problems be Reversed?; 21 Biodiversity and Agricultural Development: the Crucial Institutional Issues 22 Moving Beyond Integrated Conservation and Development Projects (ICDPs) to Achieve Biodiversity Conservation23 Balancing Development and Environmental Goals through Community-based Natural Resource Management; 24 Assessing Tradeoffs and Synergies among Agricultural Intensification, Economic Development and Environmental Goals: Conclusions and Implications for Policy; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456221703321 |
| Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, NY, : CABI Pub., c2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Tradeoffs or synergies? [[electronic resource] ] : agricultural intensification, economic development, and the environment / / edited by D.R. Lee and C.B. Barrett
| Tradeoffs or synergies? [[electronic resource] ] : agricultural intensification, economic development, and the environment / / edited by D.R. Lee and C.B. Barrett |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, NY, : CABI Pub., c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (558 p.) |
| Disciplina | 338.1/6/091724 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
LeeDavid R <1950-> (David Robinson)
BarrettChristopher B (Christopher Brendan) |
| Soggetto topico |
Agricultural intensification - Developing countries
Agricultural ecology - Developing countries Rural development - Developing countries |
| ISBN |
1-280-81184-6
9786610811847 0-85199-711-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Contributors; Preface; Foreword; 1 Introduction: Changing Perspectives on Agricultural Intensification, Economic Development and the Environment; 2 The Doubly Green Revolution: Balancing Food, Poverty and Environmental Needs in the 21st Century1; 3 Population, Agricultural Land Use and the Environment in Developing Countries; 4 The Economics of Biodiversity Loss and Agricultural Development in Low-income Countries; 5 Farm Household Intensification Decisions and the Environment; 6 When Does Technological Change in Agriculture Promote Deforestation?
7 Bioeconomic Models and Ecoregional Development: Policy Instruments for Sustainable Intensification8 Tradeoffs in Agriculture, the Environment and Human Health: Decision Support for Policy and Technology Managers; 9 Balancing Regional Development Priorities to Achieve Sustainable and Equitable Agricultural Growth; 10 Pathways of Development in the Hillside Areas of Honduras: Causes and Implications for Agricultural Production, Poverty and Sustainable Resource Use 11 Implications of Resource-use Intensification for the Environment and Sustainable Technology Systems in the Central African Rainforest12 Agricultural Intensification, Deforestation and the Environment: Assessing Tradeoffs in Sumatra, Indonesia; 13 Intensifying Small-scale Agriculture in the Western Brazilian Amazon: Issues, Implications and Implementation; 14 Integrated Bioeconomic Land-use Models: an Analysis of Policy Issues in the Atlantic Zone of Costa Rica; 15 Land Tenure and the Management of Land and Trees: a Comparative Study of Asia and Africa 16 Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management in India's Semi-arid Tropics17 Soil Fertility, Small-farm Intensification and the Environment in Africa; 18 Livestock-Environment Interactions under Intensifying Production; 19 Sustainable versus Unsustainable Agricultural Intensification in Africa: Focus on Policy Reforms and Market Conditions; 20 Intensive Food Systems in Asia: Can the Degradation Problems be Reversed?; 21 Biodiversity and Agricultural Development: the Crucial Institutional Issues 22 Moving Beyond Integrated Conservation and Development Projects (ICDPs) to Achieve Biodiversity Conservation23 Balancing Development and Environmental Goals through Community-based Natural Resource Management; 24 Assessing Tradeoffs and Synergies among Agricultural Intensification, Economic Development and Environmental Goals: Conclusions and Implications for Policy; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780025603321 |
| Wallingford, Oxon, UK ; ; New York, NY, : CABI Pub., c2001 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Uniting on food assistance : the case for transatlantic cooperation / / edited by Christopher B. Barrett, Andrea Binder and Julia Steets
| Uniting on food assistance : the case for transatlantic cooperation / / edited by Christopher B. Barrett, Andrea Binder and Julia Steets |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.8/83091724 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BarrettChristopher B (Christopher Brendan)
BinderAndrea Priorities for development economics SteetsJulia <1975-> |
| Collana | Routledge priorities in development economics |
| Soggetto topico |
Food relief, American - Developing countries
Food relief - Government policy - United States Economic assistance, American - Developing countries Food relief - Government policy - European Union countries Economic assistance, European - Developing countries |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-44340-6
9786613443403 0-203-15243-3 1-136-51920-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Uniting On Food Assistance: The case for transatlantic cooperation; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Foreword by Catherine Bertini; Foreword by Per Pinstrup-Andersen; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Uniting on food assistance: the case for transatlantic cooperation; 2. The challenging path to a global food assistance architecture; 3. Food assistance policy and institutions in the United States and European Union; 4. Gathering and analyzing information for food assistance; 5. Expanding the food assistance toolbox
6. Quality and safety of food assistance7. Moving food assistance forward; Appendix; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910457539403321 |
| Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Uniting on food assistance : the case for transatlantic cooperation / / edited by Christopher B. Barrett, Andrea Binder and Julia Steets
| Uniting on food assistance : the case for transatlantic cooperation / / edited by Christopher B. Barrett, Andrea Binder and Julia Steets |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (177 p.) |
| Disciplina | 363.8/83091724 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
BarrettChristopher B (Christopher Brendan)
BinderAndrea Priorities for development economics SteetsJulia <1975-> |
| Collana | Routledge priorities in development economics |
| Soggetto topico |
Food relief, American - Developing countries
Food relief - Government policy - United States Economic assistance, American - Developing countries Food relief - Government policy - European Union countries Economic assistance, European - Developing countries |
| ISBN |
1-136-51919-X
1-283-44340-6 9786613443403 0-203-15243-3 1-136-51920-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Uniting On Food Assistance: The case for transatlantic cooperation; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; List of contributors; Foreword by Catherine Bertini; Foreword by Per Pinstrup-Andersen; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Uniting on food assistance: the case for transatlantic cooperation; 2. The challenging path to a global food assistance architecture; 3. Food assistance policy and institutions in the United States and European Union; 4. Gathering and analyzing information for food assistance; 5. Expanding the food assistance toolbox
6. Quality and safety of food assistance7. Moving food assistance forward; Appendix; Bibliography; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779074503321 |
| Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||