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Workman Publishing Real Food/Fake Food: Why You Don't Know What
Book Synopsis“Olmsted makes you insanely hungry and steaming mad--a must-read for anyone who cares deeply about the safety of our food and the welfare of our planet.” —Steven Raichlen, author of the Barbecue! Bible series“The world is full of delicious, lovingly crafted foods that embody the terrain, weather, and culture of their origins. Unfortunately, it’s also full of brazen impostors. In this entertaining and important book, Olmsted helps us fall in love with the real stuff and steer clear of the fraudsters.” —Kirk Kardashian, author of Milk Money: Cash, Cows, and the Death of the American Dairy Farm You’ve seen the headlines: Parmesan cheese made from wood pulp. Lobster rolls containing no lobster at all. Extra-virgin olive oil that isn’t. So many fake foods are in our supermarkets, our restaurants, and our kitchen cabinets that it’s hard to know what we’re eating anymore. In Real Food / Fake Food, award-winning journalist Larry Olmsted convinces us why real food matters and empowers consumers to make smarter choices. Olmsted brings readers into the unregulated food industry, revealing the shocking deception that extends from high-end foods like olive oil, wine, and Kobe beef to everyday staples such as coffee, honey, juice, and cheese. It’s a massive bait and switch in which counterfeiting is rampant and in which the consumer ultimately pays the price. But Olmsted does more than show us what foods to avoid. A bona fide gourmand, he travels to the sources of the real stuff to help us recognize what to look for, eat, and savor: genuine Parmigiano-Reggiano from Italy, fresh-caught grouper from Florida, authentic port from Portugal. Real foods that are grown, raised, produced, and prepared with care by masters of their craft. Part cautionary tale, part culinary crusade, Real Food / Fake Food is addictively readable, mouthwateringly enjoyable, and utterly relevant.Trade ReviewNew York Times BestsellerWashington Post BestsellerNational Post Bestseller (Canada) “Olmsted’s well-researched exposé reveals how often what we eat isn’t what it seems. (Parmesan cheese made of wood pulp or fake lobster rolls, anyone?) Eye-opening.” —PEOPLE magazine “Olmsted boldly walks readers through a course in food authenticity that covers olive oil, cheese, Champagne, seafood, steak, coffee, and more. Readers will be inspired by his intensity and clarity, and floored by how far some counterfeiters go to fool consumers and some historic food institutions go to protect their products and their names. Olmsted’s research is impressive, and he lets no stone go unturned. He lets the terrifying facts speak for themselves, adding just a little humor . . . Olmsted’s sharp language will hopefully put fires under counterfeiters everywhere . . . With the guiding hand of a good friend and prose that keeps the reader’s eye moving, Olmsted insists that readers ‘shop better and cook more.’” —Publishers Weekly, starred review “Equal parts foodie chronicle and investigative exposé . . . Real Food / Fake Food is less treatise than guidebook, showing readers how to navigate an increasingly complex food system.” —Outside magazine “Required reading for cooks who genuinely care about quality and health . . . a fascinating read that sheds light on our under-regulated food industry. The book also serves as a handy guide to what items consumers should avoid, and how to find and identify the real deal.” —CookingLight.com “A striking look at the food industry. It’s unnerving that so many people don't know what authentic olive oil or port wine tastes like because they’ve been undersold on some off-shoot knock off and no one is raising a flag — until now.”—Ming Tsai, author, chef, and host of PBS’s Simply Ming “Larry Olmstead makes you insanely hungry and steaming mad in this provocative account of how fraud threatens not just the world’s great craft foods (think caviar, Kobe beef, and Parmigiano-Reggiano) but our everyday diet. A must-read for anyone who cares deeply about the safety of our food and the welfare our planet.”—Steven Raichlen, author of the Barbecue! Bible cookbook series and host of Project Smoke and Primal Grill on PBS “Do not take another bite or swallow another sip of anything, for your sake and the sake of your children, before reading Real Food Fake Food. It is the health equivalent of Ralph Nader's expose Unsafe at any Speed. The content blows the doors off the kitchens.” —Michael Patrick Shiels, radio host and author of Invite Yourself to the Party “Larry Olmsted’s meticulously researched tour de force is chilling for what he uncovers about the food industry. At the same time his love of great food and his skill in writing about it make me want to try every one of the real foods he recommends. A must-read for anyone with an interest in, well, eating.”—Dan Dunn, author of American Wino: A Tale of Reds, Whites and One Man’s Blues “The world is full of delicious, lovingly-crafted foods that embody the terrain, weather, and culture of their origins. Unfortunately, it’s also full of brazen impostors that are hard to identify. In this entertaining and important book, Larry Olmsted helps us fall in love with the real stuff and steer clear of the fraudsters. I'll never look at a menu the same way again.”—Kirk Kardashian, author of Milk Money: Cash, Cows, and the Death of the American Dairy Farm “In his solidly researched new book, USA Today food and travel columnist Olmsted, a well-traveled and knowledgeable food writer, takes readers on an enlightening but frequently disturbing culinary journey. While providing fascinating insights into where and how some of the most delicious food products are produced, the author also reveals how often these are imitated to detrimental effect…A provocative yet grounded look at the U.S. food industry.” —Kirkus Reviews “This is an important book to help all buyers shop prudently and with a wary eye toward the claims of food producers. Recommended for all consumers along with policymakers, those interested in food science, and marketing professionals.” —Library Journal “Olmsted gives us the lay of this seedy landscape with momentum and aplomb. He demystifies the process by which fake ingredients end up in your shopping cart, explains why some of these deceitful foods could be a real threat to your health, and sheds a light on the government policies and shortsighted commercialism that landed them there.” —Mother Jones
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University of Tennessee Press Company Suburbs: Architecture, Power, and the Transformation of Michigan's Mining Frontier
Book SynopsisMichigan's Keweenaw Peninsula juts into Lake Superior, pointing from the western Upper Peninsula toward Canada. Native peoples mined copper there for at least five thousand years, but the industrial heyday of the "Copper Country" began in the late nineteenth century, as immigrants from Cornwall, Italy, Finland, and elsewhere came to work in mines largely run from faraway cities such as New York and Boston. In those cities, suburbs had developed to allow wealthier classes to escape the dirt and grime of the industrial center. In the Copper Country, however, the suburbs sprang up nearly adjacent to mines, mills, and coal docks.Sarah Fayen Scarlett contrasts two types of neighborhoods that transformed Michigan's mining frontier between 1875 and 1920: paternalistic company towns built for the workers and elite suburbs created by the region's network of business leaders. Richly illustrated with drawings, maps, and photographs, Company Suburbs details the development of these understudied cultural landscapes that arose when elites began to build housing that was architecturally distinct from that of the multiethnic workers within the old company towns. They followed national trends and created social hierarchies in the process, but also, uniquely, incorporated pre-existing mining features and adapted company housing practices. This idiosyncratic form of suburbanization belies the assumption that suburbs and industry were independent developments.Built environments evince interrelationships among landscapes, people, and power. Scarlett's work offers new perspectives on emerging national attitudes linking domestic architecture with class and gender identity. Company Suburbs complements scholarship on both industrial communities and early suburban growth, increasing our understanding of the ways hierarchies associated with industrial capitalism have been built into the shared environments of urban areas as well as seemingly peripheral American towns.
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North Atlantic Books,U.S. Who Really Feeds the World?: The Failures of
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Callisto Reference Oil and Gas Industry: Advanced Technologies
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Callisto Reference Oil and Gas: Processing and Production Technologies
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Callisto Reference Handbook of Food Economics
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Larsen and Keller Education Fisheries Management
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Larsen and Keller Education Forestry: A Sustainable Perspective
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Larsen and Keller Education Poultry Science
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New Degree Press Farm (and Other F Words): The Rise and Fall of the Small Family Farm
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ASQ Quality Press Handbook of Investigation and Effective CAPA Systems
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Business Expert Press Food and Beverage Management in the Luxury Hotel Industry
Book SynopsisThis book is an introduction to the management of Food & Beverage operations within luxury hotel environment. It provides detailed coverage of operational areas within the Food & Beverage department, based on multiple real industry examples, allowing the reader to grasp the intricacies of the day to day running of outlets.A reference for any hospitality management student wishing to gain sufficient knowledge in the subject, it also demonstrates how to conduct a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the department, through revenue and cost management, and quality audits. And it looks at the various trends shaping the industry today, particularly focusing on sustainability issues and ethical concerns. The textbook is divided in several main sections, gradually familiarizing the reader with the complexity of management activities within the Food and Beverage department. The main departments involved within Food & Beverage are presented, and their respective functions outlined in details. At the end of each chapter the reader is invited to test his knowledge through realistic industry case studies. Action plans and proposed solutions will be suggested, as well as recommendations of how to improve customer satisfaction and increase profitability within the organization. Students will then be able to conduct an operational analysis and a ""business health check"" to any given F&B organization. The book will be useful to hospitality management students, restaurant managers, and F&B professionals in supervisory positions already working in the hotel industry.
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Business Expert Press Food and Beverage Management in the Luxury Hotel Industry
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Murphy & Moore Publishing Agri-Food Systems: Globalization, Supply Chains
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Author Solutions Inc Vines and Values
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Author Solutions Inc Vines and Values
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Wine Growing Essentials for Small Scale Sustainable Viniculture
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After Midnight Publishing Rare Earth and Critical Mineral Operations and Processing
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Golden Meteorite Press Adaptation to Climate Change
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Chocolate Nations: Living and Dying for Cocoa in West Africa
Book SynopsisChocolate - the very word conjures up a hint of the forbidden and a taste of the decadent. Yet the story behind the chocolate bar is rarely one of luxury. From the thousands of children who work on plantations to the smallholders who harvest the beans, Chocolate Nations reveals the hard economic realities of our favourite sweet. This vivid and gripping exploration of the reasons behind farmer poverty includes the human stories of the producers and traders at the heart of the West African industry. Orla Ryan shows that only a tiny fraction of the cash we pay for a chocolate bar actually makes it back to the farmers, and sheds light on what Fair Trade really means on the ground. Provocative and eye-opening, Chocolate Nations exposes the true story of how the treat we love makes it on to our supermarket shelves.Trade ReviewA captivating read, painting a lively picture of the West African cocoa trade from a variety of perspectives. * Daniel Balint Kurti, Global Witness *Arresting and provocative. The author’s interviews with labourers movingly illuminate the struggles that lie behind an icon of western indulgence. * Financial Times *Presents the tragic and shocking detail behind the world's favourite confectionery. * New Agriculturist *I gave up eating chocolate years ago after seeing at first hand the exploitation that surrounds its production in Africa. Since then, endless panaceas and fair trading schemes have failed to improve the lot of the farmers. It was about time a book like this was written. * Stephen Chan OBE, author of The End of Certainty *Paints a disturbing and subtle picture of an industry few chocolate consumers think about. * Sydney Morning Herald *A fascinating account of the struggles of cocoa producers in West Africa, almost all of them smallholders, and what it takes to turn a crop of cocoa into a warehouse full of Ferrero Rocher. * The Guardian *That Mmmmoment when our lips meet the meltilicious chocolate bar we've been waiting for all day ... well, it could be the last bite we take of it that tastes right after reading this exposé of the cocoa industry. "Fair trade" is a great feelgood advertising line, but it is often a contradiction in terms. Not much profit trickles down from the shelves of our shops to the farmers and child labour (in reality, trafficked or slave labour, Ryan says) of Ghana and Ivory Coast whose poverty is covered up by weasel words from trade associations and financial interests glibly defending exploitation and profiteering. * The Times *A courageous and thoughtful account of a murky industry. * Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsPrologue 1. Ghana is Cocoa 2. Cocoa Wars 3. Child Labour 4. Follow the Money 5. From Bean to Bar 6. Fairtrade Myths and Reality 7. Trading Games 8. Building a Sustainable Future Epilogue Notes Index
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New Generation Publishing The Mineral Imperative
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Amazon Publications Expert SMART Food Safety in a Global Regulatory Environment
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Global Food Systems, Diets, and Nutrition: Linking Science, Economics, and Policy
Book SynopsisEnsuring optimal diets and nutrition for the global population is a grand challenge fraught with many contentious issues. To achieve food security for all and protect health, we need functional, equitable, and sustainable food systems. Food systems are highly complex networks of individuals and institutions that depend on governance and policy leadership. This book explains how interconnected food systems and policies affect diets and nutrition in high-, middle-, and low-income countries. In tandem with food policy, food systems determine the availability, affordability, and nutritional quality of the food supply, which influences the diets that people are willing and able to consume. Readers will become familiar with both domestic and international food policy processes and actors, and they will be able to critically analyze and debate how policy and science affect diet and nutrition outcomes.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Food Systems, Food Environments, and Consumer Behavior.- Chapter 2. Food Policy.- Chapter 3. Nutritious Foods, Healthy Diets, and Contributions to Health.- Chapter 4. The Multiple Burdens of Malnutrition.- Chapter 5. Transformations Across Diets and Food Systems.- Chapter 6. Drivers Shaping Food Systems.- Chapter 7. Policies Affecting Food Supply Chains.- Chapter 8. Policies Affecting Food Environments and Consumer Behavior.- Chapter 9. Sustainable Diets – Aligning Food Systems and the Environment.- Chapter 10. The Future of Food – Shaping Diets and Nutrition.
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Palgrave Macmillan Agroforestry for a Sustainable Future
Book SynopsisChapter 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE ROLE OF COCOA-BASED AGROFORESTS FOR CARBON CREDITS AND MARKETS, SOIL FERTILITY IMPROVEMENT AND SOIL MACRO-FAUNA CONSERVATION.- Chapter 2: CONCEPTUAL AND EMPIRICAL OVERVIEW ON SOILS, SOIL FERTILITY AND SOIL MACROFAUNA IN COCOA-BASED AGROFORESTS.- Chapter 3: COCOA-BASED AGROFORESTS FOR CARBON CREDITS AND MARKETS: WHAT PROSPECTS?.- Chapter 4: SOIL MACRO-FAUNA DIVERSITY AND SOIL FERTILITY IMPROVEMENT IN COCOA-BASED AGROFORESTS IN CAMEROON: A PHYSICO-CHEMICAL ASSESSMENT.- Chapter 5: SOIL PHYSICO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES IN COCOA-BASED AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS IN CAMEROON AND IMPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND POLICY.- Chapter 6: THE TREE SPECIES DIVERSITY AND SOIL FERTILITY NEXUS IN COCOA-BASED AGROFORESTS IN CAMEROON: A BIOPHYSICAL ASSESSMENT.- Chapter 7: AGROCHEMICAL USE AND IMPACTS ON SOIL MACRO-FAUNA AND SOIL FERTILITY IN COCOA-BASED AGROFORESTS IN CAMEROON.- Chapter 8: COCOA-BASED AGROFORESTS FOR CARBON CREDITS AND MARKETS, SOIL FERTILITY IMPROVEMENT AND SOIL MACRO-FAUNA CONSERVATION: GOVERNANCE AND POLICY PARADIGMS.- Chapter 9: CONCLUSION TO COCOA-BASED AGROFORESTS FOR CARBON CREDITS AND MARKETS, SOIL FERTILITY IMPROVEMENT AND SOIL MACRO-FAUNA CONSERVATION.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Outcomes Research in Animal Health Care
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De Gruyter Science, Engineering, and Sustainable Development: Cases in Planning, Health, Agriculture, and the Environment
Book SynopsisScience and technology plays a critical role, but not the only role, in realizing the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. Not only must we observe the cultural context of scientific and technological interventions, we must respect and support the innovative capacity of those with different backgrounds. To help understand these concerns, this book puts forth the concept of generative justice in science and technology for development. This book presents community case studies concerning technological interventions in global health, the environment, agriculture, and their ethics. Discusses issues around science, technology, and development in the Global South. Describes the redesign of lab-inspired prototypes after field testing with project partners. Identifies basic science/engineering principles utilized in development solutions.
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Hansebooks Wheat Culture: How to Double the Yield and
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Besteuerung von privaten Wäldern: Steuerliche Rechte und Pflichten für nichtkommerzielle Waldbesitzer
Book SynopsisErster und bisher einziger steuerlicher Ratgeber für die aktuell etwa 2 Millionen Eigentümer von Privatwäldern in Deutschland: Privater Waldbesitz erfreut sich immer größerer Beliebtheit; das Thema Wald ist derzeit stark im Fokus. Doch der Besitz auch kleinerer Wälder ist mit steuerlichen Obliegenheiten verbunden, die deren Eigentümer kennen sollten. Das Buch beschreibt klar und anschaulich die mit einem Wald verbundenen steuerlichen Pflichten und Rechte und gibt anhand zahlreicher Beispiele praktische Handlungsempfehlungen.Trade Review“... Neben einer einfachen Sprache tragen eine klare Gliederung und viele Beispiele zum leichten Verständnis der Thematik bei. Die Beispiele sind konkret und nachvollziehbar. Forstliche Fachbegriffe erklären die Autoren direkt im Text. ... Für Waldbesitzer egal, welcher Betriebsgröße und vor allem die Geschäftsführer forstlicher Zusammenschlüsse ist das Buch sehr empfehlenswert. Auch Steuerberater und Steuerfachan gestellte finden in diesem Buch wertvolle Tipps und Anregungen ...” (Wochenblatt für Landwirtschaft und Landleben, 24. Februar 2022)Table of ContentsEinleitung.- Steuerliche Grundlagen für Waldbesitzer.- Einkommensteuer: Grundlagen für Waldbesitzer.- Einkommensteuer beim Erwerb von Wald.- Einkommensteuer im laufenden Forstbetrieb.- Einkommensteuer beim Verkauf von Wald.- Umsatzsteuer für Waldbesitzer.- Substanzsteuern für Waldbesitzer.- KfZ-Steuern für Waldbesitzer.- Formulare, Listen und Anträge.
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Astral International Pvt Ltd A Textbook of Forest Entomology
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Astral International Pvt Ltd Animal Diversity
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Allied Publishers Pvt. Ltd. Emerging Trends in International Business and Commerce
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Unknown Baramati Krushi Pattern
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Brill Market Denial and International Fisheries Regulation: The Targeted and Effective Use of Trade Measures Against the Flag of Convenience Fishing Industry
Book SynopsisFlag of convenience fishing seriously undermines efforts to protect the marine environment. To counter this threat, Market Denial and International Fisheries Regulation rests on the logic of the most basic tenet of economics: if no market exists for a product then producers will cease to produce. Denying market access to the flag of convenience fishing fleet should significantly reduce instances of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. In areas beyond national jurisdiction not only is market denial the most effective means of undermining the IUU fleet, it is, for most practical purposes, the only way to do so. To what extent, however, do the laws of the sea and international trade allow groups of States to close their markets to non-compliant fishing vessels?Table of ContentsChapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: The Flag of Convenience Industry: Its Historical and Economic Pedigree, Contemporary Context and Relationship to High Seas Fishing Chapter Three: The Consequences of Flag of Convenience Fisheries on the Marine Environment and Fisheries Sector Chapter Four: The Law of the Sea – The Legal Vacuum that has Created the Flag of Convenience Industry and the Attempt to Create a Genuine Link Chapter Five: The Growing Use of Market Denial Strategies by Regional Fisheries Management Organisations Chapter Six: Multilateral Trade Measures: How CITES Could be Used in the Fight Against IUU Fishing Chapter Seven: International Trade Law: The WTO, GATT and Regional Free Trade Chapter Eight: Conclusions Bibliography Index
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Brill Digging Deeper: Inside Africa’s Agricultural, Food and Nutrition Dynamics
Book SynopsisThis volume attempts to dig deeper into what is currently happening in Africa’s agricultural and rural sector and to convince policymakers and others that it is important to look at the current African rural dynamics in ways that connect metropolitan demands for food with value chain improvements and agro-food cluster innovations. It is essential to go beyond a ‘development bureaucracy’ and a state-based approach to rural transformation, such as the one that often dominates policy debate in African government circles, organizations like the African Union and the UN, and donor agencies.Table of ContentsList of Figures, Maps, Photos and Tables List of Contributors 1 Introduction Akinyinka Akinyoade, Ton Dietz, Dick Foeken and Wijnand Klaver Section 1 Mapping the Evidence 2 Mapping the Food Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa Lia van Wesenbeeck 3 Agricultural Pockets of Effectiveness in Africa A Comparative Inventory of Nigeria, Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda since 2000 Akinyinka Akinyoade, Ton Dietz and André Leliveld 4 Food Production and Consumption in Relation to Food Insecurity and Undernutrition in Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania and Uganda Wijnand Klaver Section 2 Agricultural Production and Effectiveness 5 Dairy Clustering in Kenya Diederik de Boer and Jackson Langat 6 Biofuel Feedstock Production in Ethiopia Status, Challenges and Contributions Maru Shete Bekele and Marcel Rutten 7 Local Careers and Mixed Fortunes in Africa’s Globalizing Food Exports The Case of Nile Perch from Lake Victoria, Uganda Joost Beuving Section 3 Drivers of Food Production 8 Pressures and Incentives Urban Growth and Food Production at Tamale’s Rural-Urban Interface Sebastiaan Soeters 9 The Dynamics of Urban and Peri-Urban Agriculture Diana Lee-Smith 10 From Suitcase Farmers to Telephone Farmers Agriculture and Diversified Livelihoods among Urban Professionals Melle Leenstra Section 4 Institutional Issues 11 National Agricultural Research Systems in Africa Olubunmi Abayomi Omotesho and Abraham Falola 12 Contributions of Small- and Large-Scale Farms and Foreign and Local Investments to Agricultural Growth The Nigerian Example Sheu-Usman Akanbi and Akinyinka Akinyoade 13 Loss and Damage from Droughts and Floods in Rural Africa Kees van der Geest and Koko Warner 14 Agriculture and Nutrition Linkages and Complementarities Inge D. Brouwer Appendix A Selected Statistics of Major World Regions and Selected Countries in Sub-Saharan Africa Appendix B Fifty Years of Agricultural and Food Dynamics in Africa – Statistical Data
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Brill Copper in the Early Modern Sino-Japanese Trade
Book SynopsisThis volume sheds light on the important role of copper in early modern Sino-Japanese trade. By examining the demand for copper and the policy on copper procurement in Japan and China as well as the role of Osaka merchant houses, this volume provides a new slant on the “life” of Japanese copper – from production and distribution to consumption. In addition, papers on other significant traded products such as sugar, seafood, and books give us a better understanding of Sino-Japanese trade overall. The latest discussions on this field, which were mostly published in Japanese, have been brought together in this book and made accessible to an English-speaking audience. Contributors include: IMAI Noriko, IWASAKI Yoshinori, LIU Shiuh-Feng, MATSUURA Akira, and Keiko NAGASE-REIMER.Table of ContentsForeword - Regine Mathias Acknowledgements - Keiko Nagase-Reimer Notes List of Figures, Tables and Maps Glossary About the Contributors Main Copper Transportation Routes in Japan and China 1 Introduction - Keiko Nagase-Reimer 2 Copper in Edo-Period Japan - Imai Noriko 3 The Akita Domain and Osaka Merchant Houses at the Time of the Establishment of the Meiwa Copper Agency - Iwasaki Yoshinori 4 “There’s Method in the Madness”: A New Approach to the Early Modern Sino-Japanese Copper Trade - Keiko Nagase-Reimer 5 Copper Administratioin Reform and Copper Imports from Japan in the Qianlong Reign of the Qing Dynasty - Liu Shiuh-Feng 6 The Trade in Dried Marine Products from Nagasaki to China during the Edo Period - Matsuura Akira 7 The Import of Chinese Sugar in the Nagasaki Junk Trade and Its Impact - Matsuura Akira 8 Imports and Exports of Books by Chinese Junks in the Edo Period - Matsuura Akira References Index of Names Index of Places
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Brill An Agrarian History of Portugal, 1000-2000: Economic Development on the European Frontier
Book SynopsisThis book follows the renovation of European economic history towards a more unified interpretation of sources of growth and stagnation. It looks at Portuguese agricultural development across the second Millennium, showing a sector that was often adaptive and dynamic. Portugal’s economic backwardness was not overcome at the end of the period, but that is now only part of the story.Trade Review"A pioneering collaborative effort, based largely on a rich but 'hidden' literature in Portuguese. It opens the distinctive and fascinating history of Portuguese agriculture over a millennium to the outside world." – Cormac O’ Grada, University College Dublin "This book is a very significant contribution to the economic history of Europe.Since the formation of Portugal to the present, it offers a comprehensive analysis of the evolution of Portuguese agriculture by the best specialists in the subject." – Vicente Pinilla, University of ZaragozaTable of ContentsList of Maps, Tables and Graphs Notes on the Contributors Introduction Dulce Freire and Pedro Lains Part I – State formation and Malthusian growth Chapter 1 – The Reconquista and its legacy, 1000-1348 António Henriques Introduction The Reconquista Institutional developments Cities, markets and agrotowns Production and productivity Conclusion Chapter 2 – The Black Death and recovery, 1348-1500 Ana Maria S. A. Rodrigues Introduction Plague, war and demographic decline The reversal of fortunes Commercialization The impact of the overseas expansion Conclusion Part II – New frontiers, crisis and growth Chapter 3 – Coping with Europe and the Empire, 1500-1620 Susana Münch Miranda Introduction Population pressure and urban expansion Institutional framework and output cycles The landscape and the production structure The marketplace Conclusion Chapter 4 – Conflict and decline, 1620-1703 Margarida Sobral Neto Introduction Domestic settlements and emigration Colonial trade Subsistence farming and the market Output cycles Conclusion Chapter 5 – Extensive growth and market expansion, 1703-1820 José Vicente Serrão Introduction The rural landscape The macroeconomic context Grain issues Property rights Conclusion Chapter 6 – Gross agricultural output: a quantitative, unified perspective, 1500-1850 Jaime Reis Introduction Method and data Trend, cycles and short term fluctuations Are the results consistent? Conclusion Part III – Growth, structural change and economic policy Chapter 7 – Growth and structural change, 1820-1929 Amélia Branco and Ester G. Silva Introduction Land, output and productivity Institutional change Agrarian innovation Conclusion Chapter 8 – Economic policy, growth and the demise, 1929-2000 Luciano Amaral and Dulce Freire Introduction Quantitative evolution Protectionism State and corporatist organizations The Common Agricultural Policy Conclusion Part IV – Lessons from the second Millennium Chapter 9 – Agriculture and economic development on the European frontier, 1000-2000 Pedro Lains Introduction Lessons from the European frontier Convergence and divergence in European agriculture Conclusion Appendix – Maps and data for climate, relief, administrative divisions, urbanization, agricultural output and infrastructures in Portugal, 1000-2000 Index
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Brill Agriculture, Price Stabilisation and Trade Rules: A Principled Approach
Book SynopsisIn Agriculture, Price Stabilisation and Trade Rules, Irene Musselli offers a comprehensive doctrinal and historical analysis of stabilisation tools and approaches in agriculture. Using her extensive practical experience in the field, she takes up the interface of the tools discussed with trade rules and offers the first comprehensive analysis of WTO rules from the perspective of stabilisation policies. This volume offers a fresh look at the tool box of managed trade in agricultural commodities and develops new and refined solutions that take into account the legal role of equity and of graduation. Musselli offers new insights and is able to invigorate a debate caught in overly ideological entanglements between market oriented and interventionist schools.Table of ContentsSeries Editor Foreword Preface List of Abbreviations 1 Introduction 1.1 Scoping the Research 1.2 Agricultural Price Stabilisation: Why Does it Matter 1.2.1 The Inherent Volatility of Agricultural Commodity Prices 1.2.2 Socio-economic Costs of Agricultural Price Volatility in Poor Countries 1.2.3 The Need for Regulatory Responses 1.3 Research Design and Method 1.3.1 Research Outline 1.3.2 Interdisciplinary Aspects and Legal Approaches 1.3.3 Information Sources 1.4 Shortfalls and Reach of this Inquiry 2 Setting the Stage: Key Concepts and Issues 2.1 Agricultural Price Stabilisation: Unpacking the Notion 2.1.1 Agricultural Commodities 2.1.2 Agricultural Price Instability 2.1.3 Assessment 2.2 Agricultural Price Stabilisation Arrangements: An Overview 2.2.1 International Schemes 2.2.2 Domestic Schemes 2.2.3 Assessment 2.3 Agricultural Price Stabilisation and Trade Rules: Seizing the Interface 2.3.1 The Regulatory Framework 2.3.2 International Schemes 2.3.3 Domestic Arrangements 2.3.4 Assessment 3 A Historical Review of Multilaterally Agreed Criteria for Action on Commodity Prices (1947–1989) 3.1 A Descriptive Account: Havana, Geneva and Nairobi 3.1.1 The Havana Charter Framework 3.1.2 gatt Discussions (1954–1955 Review Session) 3.1.3 unctad’s ipc (1964–1989) 3.2 Objectives and Principles of Multilateral Action on Commodity Prices 3.2.1 A Textual and Contextual Reading 3.2.2 State Practice and Attitudes 3.2.3 Assessment 4 From Market Intervention to Free Trade and Back to Managed Trade? (1989–2011) 4.1 The Market-based Interlude (1989–2007) 4.1.1 The ‘Neoliberal’ Agenda: Trade Policy Implications 4.1.2 The Extent of Policy Reform in Commodities 4.1.3 Which Orientation for the wto Agreement on Agriculture? 4.1.4 Assessment 4.2 Towards Re-regulation? The 2007–08 and 2010–11 Commodity Crises 4.2.1 Recent Price Developments in Commodity Markets 4.2.2 Trade Rules and Commodity Prices: Trade Policy Trajectories 4.2.3 Assessment 5 Beyond the Impasse: Towards a New Normative Approach 5.1 The Framework Outlined 5.1.1 Conceptual Underpinnings and Legal Bases 5.1.2 Normative Goals 5.1.3 Operational Principles 5.2 Testing the Framework: A Reassessment of Key Trade Policy Issues in the Stabilisation Debate 5.2.1 Public Food Purchases at Administered Prices 5.2.2 Price Band Systems (pbs) 5.2.3 Commodity Marketing Boards 5.2.4 Export Restrictions 5.2.5 Concerted Price Action 5.3 Implementation Avenues 5.3.1 Litigation 5.3.2 Law-making and Negotiations 5.3.3 Assessment 6 Conclusion 6.1 Domestic Stabilisation Policies 6.2 Intergovernmental Commodity Control Agreements Appendix 1: Product Coverage, Agricultural ICAs Appendix 2: Ranking of Economies by Agricultural Export Dependence Appendix 3: Major Commodity Control Arrangements, by Product Appendix 4: CAP Developments: An Overview Appendix 5: US Farm Bills: A Snapshot Bibliography Index
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Brill Fish, Justice, and Society
Book SynopsisFish, Justice, and Society is an in-depth look into the fishing industry, fish, and aquatic environments. This book delves past the façade of what may be known by the average fisherman, bringing to the surface new information about numerous species and aquatic habitats. It is the most comprehensive book on the subject of fish, law, and human behavior. It is a standalone work, but complements Cusack’s Fish in the Bible (2017). It is a treatise on the subject of animal law while also serving the common fisherman information on compliance issues.Trade Review"Cusack has made an important analytical and prescriptive contribution to the cause of environmental and social justice. […. Fish, Justice and Society is] a huge success with its fine-grained analysis of the connections between fish and human civilization." - Oyebade Kunle Oyerinde, Clark Atlanta University, in: African and Asian Studies 17 (2018)
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Wageningen Academic Publishers After BSE - A Future for the European Livestock Sector
Book Synopsis"The BSE epidemic which began in Britain in 1986 plunged the European livestock sector into its largest peacetime crisis in 100 years. Though the epidemic is drawing to a close, the technical and economic impact will continue. Consumer confidence in the integrity of the food chain has been severely damaged.Government agencies and controls have been discredited. Much has been done to correct the deficiencies that led to the crisis. Much remains to be done. Against this background, EAAP commissioned a group of fourteen experts to review the causes and consequences of the crisis. They were asked to place it in the context of the many factors that are forcing the pace of change in the livestock production sector, and in the food chain which it serves. Based on these analyses, they were charged with mapping the future options for the industry. This book begins with the BSE epidemic. Present knowledge on its origin and spread are briefly and authoritatively reviewed; original analyses of its economic impact are presented; the management of risk and public information is reviewed; containment measures are documented, and the difficult question of meat and bone meal is fully discussed. The concurrent challenges facing the industry are then analyzed. These include: the changing requirements of consumers; the growing concentration of economic power in food retailing and processing; the evolving economic structure of livestock farming in the EU 15; the questions of scale and competitiveness, and of intensification and nutrient overloading; the impact of changing EU policies, of globalization, and of integrating ten million farmers from new EU countries. Discussion of future options begins with two stakeholder analyses - one based on economic, the other on ethical considerations. The requirements for transparency, accountability, traceability, and consumer assurance are discussed, as are the place for regional, special quality and organic products, and the contribution of science. A final Conclusions section presents ideas on how the European livestock sector can respond to the expectations of its customers and of producers themselves."
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