The agricultural revolution of the 20th century [[electronic resource] /] / Don Paarlberg and Philip Paarlberg
| The agricultural revolution of the 20th century [[electronic resource] /] / Don Paarlberg and Philip Paarlberg |
| Autore | Paarlberg Don <1911-2006.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ames, : Iowa State University Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (172 p.) |
| Disciplina |
338.1
338.16 630 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | PaarlbergP. L |
| Soggetto topico |
Agricultural innovations
Agriculture - Technology transfer Agriculture and state |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-36519-3
9786612365195 0-470-29017-X 0-470-29006-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
The Agricultural Revolution of the 20th century; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Section I The Technological Revolution; Chapter 1 19th Century Agriculture; Chapter 2 Mechanized Agriculture; Chapter 3 Chemical Advances; Chapter 4 Biological Changes; Chapter 5 Information Explosion; Chapter 6 Management: Integration of the Disciplines; Chapter 7 The Agricultural Revolution in a Global Context; Chapter 8 Exporting the Revolution; Section II The Deeper Dimension; Chapter 9 Birth Pangs-And a Live Birth; Chapter 10 Consumer Benefits
Chapter 11 Political Issues Arising From the Agricultural RevolutionSection III Looking Ahead; Chapter 12 Into the 21st Century; References; Other Readings; Index |
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Paarlberg Don <1911-2006.>
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The agricultural revolution of the 20th century [[electronic resource] /] / Don Paarlberg and Philip Paarlberg
| The agricultural revolution of the 20th century [[electronic resource] /] / Don Paarlberg and Philip Paarlberg |
| Autore | Paarlberg Don <1911-2006.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ames, : Iowa State University Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (172 p.) |
| Disciplina |
338.1
338.16 630 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | PaarlbergP. L |
| Soggetto topico |
Agricultural innovations
Agriculture - Technology transfer Agriculture and state |
| ISBN |
1-282-36519-3
9786612365195 0-470-29017-X 0-470-29006-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
The Agricultural Revolution of the 20th century; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Section I The Technological Revolution; Chapter 1 19th Century Agriculture; Chapter 2 Mechanized Agriculture; Chapter 3 Chemical Advances; Chapter 4 Biological Changes; Chapter 5 Information Explosion; Chapter 6 Management: Integration of the Disciplines; Chapter 7 The Agricultural Revolution in a Global Context; Chapter 8 Exporting the Revolution; Section II The Deeper Dimension; Chapter 9 Birth Pangs-And a Live Birth; Chapter 10 Consumer Benefits
Chapter 11 Political Issues Arising From the Agricultural RevolutionSection III Looking Ahead; Chapter 12 Into the 21st Century; References; Other Readings; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNISA-996203151803316 |
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| Ames, : Iowa State University Press, 2000 | ||
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The agricultural revolution of the 20th century [[electronic resource] /] / Don Paarlberg and Philip Paarlberg
| The agricultural revolution of the 20th century [[electronic resource] /] / Don Paarlberg and Philip Paarlberg |
| Autore | Paarlberg Don <1911-2006.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ames, : Iowa State University Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (172 p.) |
| Disciplina |
338.1
338.16 630 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | PaarlbergP. L |
| Soggetto topico |
Agricultural innovations
Agriculture - Technology transfer Agriculture and state |
| ISBN |
1-282-36519-3
9786612365195 0-470-29017-X 0-470-29006-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
The Agricultural Revolution of the 20th century; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Section I The Technological Revolution; Chapter 1 19th Century Agriculture; Chapter 2 Mechanized Agriculture; Chapter 3 Chemical Advances; Chapter 4 Biological Changes; Chapter 5 Information Explosion; Chapter 6 Management: Integration of the Disciplines; Chapter 7 The Agricultural Revolution in a Global Context; Chapter 8 Exporting the Revolution; Section II The Deeper Dimension; Chapter 9 Birth Pangs-And a Live Birth; Chapter 10 Consumer Benefits
Chapter 11 Political Issues Arising From the Agricultural RevolutionSection III Looking Ahead; Chapter 12 Into the 21st Century; References; Other Readings; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910831054503321 |
Paarlberg Don <1911-2006.>
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The agricultural revolution of the 20th century [[electronic resource] /] / Don Paarlberg and Philip Paarlberg
| The agricultural revolution of the 20th century [[electronic resource] /] / Don Paarlberg and Philip Paarlberg |
| Autore | Paarlberg Don <1911-2006.> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Ames, : Iowa State University Press, 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (172 p.) |
| Disciplina |
338.1
338.16 630 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | PaarlbergP. L |
| Soggetto topico |
Agricultural innovations
Agriculture - Technology transfer Agriculture and state |
| ISBN |
1-282-36519-3
9786612365195 0-470-29017-X 0-470-29006-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
The Agricultural Revolution of the 20th century; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Section I The Technological Revolution; Chapter 1 19th Century Agriculture; Chapter 2 Mechanized Agriculture; Chapter 3 Chemical Advances; Chapter 4 Biological Changes; Chapter 5 Information Explosion; Chapter 6 Management: Integration of the Disciplines; Chapter 7 The Agricultural Revolution in a Global Context; Chapter 8 Exporting the Revolution; Section II The Deeper Dimension; Chapter 9 Birth Pangs-And a Live Birth; Chapter 10 Consumer Benefits
Chapter 11 Political Issues Arising From the Agricultural RevolutionSection III Looking Ahead; Chapter 12 Into the 21st Century; References; Other Readings; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9911020231403321 |
Paarlberg Don <1911-2006.>
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| Ames, : Iowa State University Press, 2000 | ||
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Agrotechnology
| Agrotechnology |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A. : , : OMICS Publishing Group, , 2012- |
| Disciplina | 630 |
| Soggetto topico |
Agricultural innovations
Agriculture - Technology transfer Agriculture |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | AGT |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910139070403321 |
| Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A. : , : OMICS Publishing Group, , 2012- | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Development of agricultural outreach and education programs ... annual report
| Development of agricultural outreach and education programs ... annual report |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service |
| Descrizione fisica | : HTML files |
| Disciplina | 631 |
| Soggetto topico |
Agriculture - Study and teaching - Activity programs - Appalachian Region
Agriculture - Technology transfer - Appalachian Region Agriculture - Study and teaching - Activity programs Agriculture - Technology transfer |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Periodicals. |
| ISSN | 1949-9515 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Periodico |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910693471203321 |
| Washington, D.C., : U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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L'edilizia rurale tra sviluppo tecnologico e tutela del territorio : convegno della II Sezione AIIA Firenze, 20-22 settembre 2012 / / a cura di Matteo Barbari, Francesco Sorbetti Guerri
| L'edilizia rurale tra sviluppo tecnologico e tutela del territorio : convegno della II Sezione AIIA Firenze, 20-22 settembre 2012 / / a cura di Matteo Barbari, Francesco Sorbetti Guerri |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Firenze, Italy : , : Firenze University Press, , [2013] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 537 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 338.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Agriculture - Technology transfer
Rural development |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
| Nota di contenuto | Presentazione -- Utilizzo di un sistema RFID a tag attivi per il monitoraggio di suini allevati in box collettivi in ambiente chiuso M. Barbari, G. Rossi, S. Simonini, F. Sorbetti Guerri -- Utilizzo di un sistema UWB per il monitoraggio di suini allevati in recinti all'aperto M. Barbari, S. Camiciottoli, L. Leso, S. Simonini, F. Sorbetti Guerri -- Bioacustica applicata alle produzioni animali come strumento di monitoraggio del benessere, salute e identificazione animale -- Task 2: Studiare le vocalizzazioni del suino esposto a stressors di natura gestionale nella realtà dell'allevamento intensivo S. Ferrari, M. Guarino -- Sessione Tendenze nella progettazione di edifici agricoli per un uso sostenibile del territorio -- Classificazione di vocazionalità all'impiego di energie rinnovabili mediante Grid Multi-Layer D. Statuto, A. Tortora, P. Picuno. |
| Altri titoli varianti |
Lâedilizia rurale tra sviluppo tecnologico e tutela del territorio
Edilizia rurale tra sviluppo tecnologico e tutela del territorio |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910571713403321 |
| Firenze, Italy : , : Firenze University Press, , [2013] | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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L'edilizia rurale tra sviluppo tecnologico e tutela del territorio : Convegno della II Sezione AIIA Firenze, 20-22 settembre 2012 / / a cura di Matteo Barbari, Francesco Sorbetti Guerri
| L'edilizia rurale tra sviluppo tecnologico e tutela del territorio : Convegno della II Sezione AIIA Firenze, 20-22 settembre 2012 / / a cura di Matteo Barbari, Francesco Sorbetti Guerri |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Firenze, Italy : , : Firenze University Press, , 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 537 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 338.1 |
| Soggetto topico |
Rural development
Agriculture - Technology transfer |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | ita |
| Nota di contenuto | Presentazione -- Utilizzo di un sistema RFID a tag attivi per il monitoraggio di suini allevati in box collettivi in ambiente chiuso M. Barbari, G. Rossi, S. Simonini, F. Sorbetti Guerri -- Utilizzo di un sistema UWB per il monitoraggio di suini allevati in recinti all'aperto M. Barbari, S. Camiciottoli, L. Leso, S. Simonini, F. Sorbetti Guerri -- Bioacustica applicata alle produzioni animali come strumento di monitoraggio del benessere, salute e identificazione animale -- Task 2: Studiare le vocalizzazioni del suino esposto a stressors di natura gestionale nella realtà dell'allevamento intensivo S. Ferrari, M. Guarino -- Sessione Tendenze nella progettazione di edifici agricoli per un uso sostenibile del territorio -- Classificazione di vocazionalità all'impiego di energie rinnovabili mediante Grid Multi-Layer D. Statuto, A. Tortora, P. Picuno. |
| Altri titoli varianti |
Lâedilizia rurale tra sviluppo tecnologico e tutela del territorio
Edilizia rurale tra sviluppo tecnologico e tutela del territorio L'edilizia rurale tra sviluppo tecnologico e tutela del territorio |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910774866503321 |
| Firenze, Italy : , : Firenze University Press, , 2012 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Food for all : international organizations and the transformation of agriculture / / Uma Lele, Manmohan Agarwal, Brian C. Baldwin, and Sambuddha Goswami [[electronic resource]]
| Food for all : international organizations and the transformation of agriculture / / Uma Lele, Manmohan Agarwal, Brian C. Baldwin, and Sambuddha Goswami [[electronic resource]] |
| Autore | Lele Uma J. |
| Edizione | [First edition.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Oxford University Press, , 2021 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (1124 pages) |
| Disciplina | 338.181 |
| Collana | Oxford scholarship online |
| Soggetto topico |
Agricultural assistance
Agriculture - International cooperation Agricultural innovations Sustainable agriculture Food supply Agriculture - Technology transfer |
| ISBN |
0-19-107142-0
0-19-181653-1 0-19-107143-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes on the Authors -- Introduction -- Part I The Overarching Environment -- 1. Food for All: Setting the Scene -- The Transforming Dynamics of Poverty, Food Security, and Nutrition -- Global Compacts: Sustainable Development Goals and Climate Change -- Productivity Growth, Structural Transformation, and Employment -- Paradigm Shift to Sustainability -- From Sustainable Production Systems to Sustainable Consumption -- Healthy Diets, Nutrition, and Health: Undernutrition, Overnutrition, and Micronutrient Deficiencies-The Triple Burden of Malnutrition -- Finance for Development -- Role of International Organizations -- Questions Addressed by This Inquiry -- The Establishment of the Big Five International Organizations Concerned with Food and Agriculture -- Outline of the Chapters -- 2. Transformation: From Sustainably Productive Agriculture to Industry? -- Summary -- Introduction -- Data Challenges -- Structural Transformation and Poverty and Hunger Reduction -- Agriculture vs. Industry -- Structural Transformation, Farm Size, and Productivity Growth -- Role of Medium- and Large-Scale Farms -- Environmental Costs and Benefits of Productivity Growth -- Industrialization and Structural Transformation -- Savings, Investment, and Structural Transformation -- Convergence of Performance? -- Divergence in Agricultural Productivity Growth and Poverty Reduction -- Complexity of Agricultural Development and Demands of Policymakers -- Structural Transformation: Data and Analysis -- Differences in Behavior among Developed and Developing Regions Using Data from the International Labour Organization -- Differences in Behavior among the Developing Regions.
Differences in Behavior among Sub-Saharan African Countries -- Appendix A: Data and Methodology -- Data Description -- Appendix B: Differences between Our Two Studies -- 3. 2007-2012 Food Price Spikes and Crisis-A Decade and a Half Later -- Introduction -- I. A Perfect Storm -- What Caused the Crisis? -- II. Global Responses to the Crisis -- Issues between Developed and Developing Countries Highlighted by the 2007-8 Food Crisis -- III. Lessons Learned and Challenges of Implementation -- Price Stabilization: Trade vs. Storage -- Safety Nets to Deal with Chronic and Transitory Poverty in India -- Empirical Research on Prices, Consumers, and Producers -- Why Has It Been Hard to Convince Developing Countries' Policymakers to Abandon Price Stabilization Policies? -- Crisis Response and Long-term Development: The Right to Food and Social Safety Nets -- Conclusion -- 4. From Food Security to Nutrition Security for All -- Summary -- Introduction -- Food Security and Nutrition: Terms and Measurement -- All People, at All Times -- Implications of Differing Poverty Definitions -- Multidimensional Poverty and Income Poverty as Determinants of Various Indicators of Food Insecurity -- Role of Gender Equality in Food and Nutrition Security -- Rise, Fall, and Rise Again of Nutrition in a Holistic Conceptual Framework -- Evolution from the Unfinished Millennium Development Goals to Sustainable Development Goals -- What Is Missing in the Sustainable Development Goals? Obesity -- Differential Distribution of International Aid to Multidimensionally Poor Poverty -- What Do Success Stories in the Global Nutrition Reports Tell Us? -- From Food Security to Nutrition: Conclusions and Implications for the Future -- 5. Changing Global Governance Context for Food Security and Nutrition -- Summary -- Scope and Outline of This Chapter and the Next Chapter. What Is Governance and How Is It Defined? -- A Changed Context for Global Governance -- Old and New Actors in Global Governance -- Governance as Cosmology: Challenges in Drawing Boundaries in a Universe -- Collective Action among Large and Small Groups of State and Non-State Actors -- Issues of Global Governance -- Governance Issues at the National Level -- Exit, Voice, and Accountability -- Challenges of Fairness in Global Governance -- Building Consensus: Formal and Informal Governance-International Responses since the 2007 Crisis and Their Rationale -- What Were the Outcomes of These Initiatives? -- Local Participation -- 6. Governance of the "Big Five" -- Summary -- Governance of the Big Five Organizations -- Key Financiers of the United Nations System and International Organizations -- The World Bank Group -- The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations -- The World Food Programme -- The International Fund for Agricultural Development -- CGIAR -- Collaboration among Rome-Based Agencies -- Partnerships between the World Bank Group and United Nations Agencies -- A Fractionated Record of Donor Evaluations of International Organizations: The Need to Separate the Forest from the Trees -- Evaluating the Governance Processes of the Big Five -- 7. Financing for Sustainable Structural Transformation -- Summary -- Introduction: Why Give Aid, and Particularly, Multilateral Aid? -- Key Messages -- Agriculture and Intersectoral Priorities -- Financing Needs for Food and Agriculture -- South-South Cooperation -- Recent Trends in Financial Flows to Developing Countries -- Role of International Organizations Concerned with Food, Agriculture, and Nutrition -- Official Development Assistance from Development Assistance Committee Member Countries -- Official Development Assistance to and through the Multilateral Aid System_ The Rise of Multi-Bi Aid. Investment Flow Methodology in the Agriculture Sector -- Findings from Different Indicators -- Underinvestment in Food and Agriculture Relative to Needs -- Nutrition Financing -- The Dramatically Changed External Environment for Assistance of International Institutions: The New Actors -- Remittances -- Foreign Direct Investment: Inflows and Outflows -- Increased Role of Philanthropic Foundations -- IDA Graduation and Likely Implications for Aid to Food and Agriculture -- New and Innovative Sources of Financing beyond Official Development Assistance -- Future Sources of Financing -- Part II International Organizations -- 8. The World Bank -- Background and Summary -- Introduction -- Focus on Smallholder Agricultural Development -- The International Development Association in the Context of Bank Instruments -- Lending and Administrative Budget Pressures -- The 1980s: Structural Adjustment and the Debt Crisis Legacy -- The 1990s: "The Lost Decade"-The Wapenhans Report and Debt Relief -- Rising Debt and Debt Relief for Heavily Indebted Countries -- The 2000s: Toward a Food and Financial Crisis -- The Bank's Gender Strategy and Implementation -- The World Bank's Work on Land Policy -- World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development -- Crisis Response -- The Bank's Assessment of Its Performance in Agriculture -- Going Forward -- The Bank Going Forward in a Changed Context -- Latest Readjustment for the World Bank -- Appendix A: Chronology of the World Bank -- Appendix B: Role of the International Finance Corporation -- Appendix C: Role of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency -- Appendix D: Independent Evaluation Group and World Bank Project Performance Ratings -- 9. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations -- Summary -- Introduction. Structure at Headquarters, Challenges of Central vs. Decentralized Structure, and Declining Funding Structure -- FAO's Visions and Goals -- Evolution of FAO since Inception -- Performance and Progress on Implementation of Evaluation Recommendations: Old and New Issues in a Changing Context -- FAO Reforms -- FAO Results Framework -- The Multilateral Organisation Performance Assessment Network: Findings and Conclusions -- FAO and Global Public Goods -- Divided Governance: Southern Leadership with Challenges-Hierarchical and Authoritarian -- The Consequences of Leadership Style -- Implications for the Future -- 10. CGIAR -- Summary and Implications Going Forward -- Introduction -- Once the Heart of the International System -- Successive Waves of Reforms and the Tragedy of the Commons -- Addressing New Research Challenges: CGIAR Research Portfolio of CGIAR Research Programs and Platforms, 2017-2022 -- A CGIAR Imperative: Stable, Predictable, Unrestricted Funding -- CGIAR's Need to Adeptly Change and Develop Its Priorities -- The Increasing Requirement for Monitoring and Impact Assessment of CGIAR Research Implementation -- The Development of Theories of Change for CGIAR -- A New Vision for CGIAR -- Key Perspectives for a Transformed CGIAR -- More than US30 Billion Expected in Commitment to African Agriculture -- South-South Research Cooperation Is Thriving -- CGIAR's 2020 Reforms -- 11. The International Fund for Agricultural Development -- Summary -- Background -- IFAD's Evolving Mission -- External Evaluations and Assessments of IFAD and IFAD's Responses -- IFAD's Operating Model -- Attention to Africa -- IFAD's Approach to Rural Poverty in Middle-Income Countries -- Impact Assessment -- Conclusion -- 12. The World Food Programme -- Summary -- The World Food Programme at Its Establishment -- The World Food Programme's Strategic Planning Process. Voluntary Funding Principally from Governments. |
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Private investment in agricultural research and international technology transfer in Asia / / Carl E. Pray and Keith Fuglie
| Private investment in agricultural research and international technology transfer in Asia / / Carl E. Pray and Keith Fuglie |
| Autore | Pray Carl |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, , 2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (vii, 156 pages) |
| Collana | Agricultural economic report |
| Soggetto topico |
Agriculture - Research - Asia
Agriculture - Technology transfer - Asia Agriculture - Research Agriculture - Technology transfer |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910715458103321 |
Pray Carl
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| [Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, , 2001 | ||
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