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Book SynopsisThis book includes keynote invited papers from the Third International Crop Science Congress held in Hamburg, Germany in August 2000. All papers have been prepared and revised within strict editorial guidelines to ensure that the work is a balanced review text that provides an overview of the major issues confronting crop science today and in the future. It therefore represents a suitable advanced textbook for students as well as offering research workers concise overviews of topics adjacent to their areas of research. Contributors include leading world authorities from Europe, North and South America, Africa, Asia and Australia.Table of ContentsPart 1: Facing the Growing Needs of Mankind 1: Food Security? We Are Losing Ground Fast! F W T Penning de Vries 2: The Future of World, National and Household Food Security, F Heidhues 3: Crop Science Research to Assure Food Security, K G Cassman 4: Modifying the Composition of Plant Foods for Better Human Health, R F Hurrell 5: Grasslands and Rangelands, R J Wilkins Part 2: Stress in Crops and Cropping Systems 6: Abiotic Stresses, Plant Reactions, and New Approaches Towards Understanding Stress Tolerance, H J Bohnert and R A Bressan 7: Plant Stress Factors - Their Impact on Productivity of Cropping Systems, U R Sangakkara 8: Optimizing Water Use, N C Turner 9: Abiotic Stresses and Staple Crops, G O Edmeades, M Cooper, R Lafitte, C Zinselmeier, J -M Ribaut, J E Habben, C Löffler, and M Bänziger 10: Biotic Stresses in Crops, R Nelson 11: Management of Complex Interactions for Growth Resources and of Biotic Stresses in Agroforestry, C K Ong and M R Rao Part 3: Diversity in Agroecosystems 12: Optimizing Crop Diversification, D J Connor 13: Biodiversity of Agroecosystems: Past, Present and Uncertain Future, P J Edwards and A Hilbeck 14: Conservation and Utilization of Biodiversity in the Andean Ecoregion, W W Collins 15: The Role of Landscape Heterogeneity in the Sustainability of Cropping Systems, J Baudry and F Papy Part 4: Designing Crops and Cropping Systems for the Future 16: Cropping Systems for the Future, J Boiffin, E Malezieux and D Picard 17: Will Yield Barriers Limit Future Rice Production? J E Sheehy 18: New Crops for the Twenty-first Century, J Janick 19: Plant Biotechnology - Methods, Goals, and Achievements, U Sonnewald and K Herbers 20: Transgenic Plants for Sustainable Crop Production, B Keller and E Hütter Carabias Part 5: Position Papers 21: Crop Science: Scientific and Ethical Challenges to Meet Human Needs, L O Fresco 22: Declaration of Hamburg, J H J Spiertz (ed)

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Book SynopsisBiological control has made a major contribution to integrated pest management (IPM) in Africa, but its documentation has been scattered and often under-reported. This book provides a review of the most important studies, including not only successes, but also on-going challenges. The focus is on arthropod pests and weeds, but diseases are also covered where significant. In 24 chapters, case studies and promising research results are presented that cover biocontrol by naturally occurring agents, by exotic agents or by seasonal manipulation. This book provides a valuable resource for scientists worldwide. It is particularly useful for pest control professionals working in Africa.Table of Contents1: Historical overview of biological control in Africa 2: Biological control of alien plant invaders in southern Africa 3: Biological control of cassava and mango mealybugs in Africa 4: Cassava green mite in Africa - A unique example of successful classical biological control of a mite pest on a continental scale 5: Biological control of the potato tuber moth Phthorimaea operculella in Africa 6: Biological control of whiteflies in sub-Saharan Africa 7: Homopteran pests of conifers in Africa 8: Biological control of defoliating, and phloem-or-wood feeding insects in commercial forestry in Southern Africa 9: Biological control of gramineous lepidopteran stemborers in sub-Saharan Africa 10: Biological control and management of the alien invasive shrub Chromolaena odorato in Africa 11: Aquatic weeds in Africa and their control 12: Endophytic microbial biodiversity and plant nematode management in African agriculture 13: Species of Trichoderma and Aspergillus as biological control agents against plant diseases in Africa 14: Towards the registration of microbial insecticides in Africa: Non-target arthropod testing on Green MuscleTM, a grasshopper and locust control product based on the fungus Metarhizium anisopliae var. acridum 15: Microbial control of termites in Africa, J Langewald 16: Integrated pest management of banana weevil in Africa with emphasis on microbial control 17: The role of biological control in integrated management of Striga species in Africa 18: Mango-infesting fruit flies in Africa: perspectives and limitations of biological approaches to their management 19: Biological control, a non-obvious components of integrated pest management for cowpea 20: Biological control and other pest management options for larger grain borer Prostephanus truncatus 21: Biological control of Helicoverpa armigera in Africa 22: Biological control in integrated pest management of coffee 23: Biological control of diamondback moth Plutella xylostella in Africa 24: Biological control for increased agricultural productivity, poverty reduction and environmental protection in Africa

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Book SynopsisThe new edition of this widely successful text continues to offer a wealth of essential information and practical guidance for all involved in freshwater fisheries management in temperate regions. Whilst the whole text has been fully revised and many sections have been completely rewritten to cover the many advances and developments of the last decade, the clarity of presentation and accessibility of style, hallmarks of the previous edition, are retained. Once more, the text is primarily concerned with the British Isles. However, the principles described and examples given are widely applicable in many other countries.Table of ContentsPart 1 - The Resource;. The aquatic environment;. Water quality;. Basic fish biology;. Food and food chains;. Monitoring and controlling fish stocks;. Fish mortality;. Part 2: Management Techniques and Methods;. Management of coarse fisheries;. Management of salmonid fisheries;. Construction of stillwaters;. Maintenance of stillwaters;. Control of aquatic plants;. Habitat improvement in still and running waters;. Bankside vegetation;. Control of pests and predators;. Protection of fish stocks by regulations;. Part 3: Exploitation ;. Angling requirements;. Formation and management of angling clubs;. Commercial exploitation of coarse fish;. Crayfish farming;. Other uses of the aquatic environment;. Appendices - Administration of freshwater fisheries;. Careers;. National organisations;. Fisheries grants;. Legislation;. Genetic developments and salmonid fishery management;. Conversion factors;. Common animal and plant names wih scientific equivalents

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Book SynopsisThe Primary purpose for producing this book on Aquaculture Sector Planning and Management is to fill the great void for fundamental information needed by planners and administrators in government charged with the responsibilities of organising and managing the relatively new and important food--producing sub--sector, now widely called aquaculture.Table of ContentsSector Planning. Sector Management. Project Management.

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Book SynopsisThe full colour, beautifully illustrated Modern Medicines from Plants: Botanical histories of some of modern medicine's most important drugs features information on plants from which we obtain modern prescription medicines. It outlines their historical uses as herbal medicines in the past two millennia, using primary sources, and describes how extracts from them, and their semisynthetic and synthetic derivatives, were developed to be today's therapeutic drugs and diagnostic chemicals. This book describes medicinal plants and their habitats, the diseases that their medicines treat, and the science of how they work.This amazing and unique book is a wonderful read for those with an interest in both herbal and prescription medicines. Written with authority by physicians and gardeners at the Garden of Medicinal Plants at the Royal College of Physicians, London, chapters detail the history and modern scientific research on plants and their medicines. It is very useful to pTrade Review"Modern medicine from plants" is a very accessible addition to any collection of books on nature and how we might benefit from its gentle management and sensitive interaction, especially when we need help "on the fly" or in the field.” G. Carlo Laurenzi OBE - former CEO of the Wildlife Trust; London; adviser to DEFRA; past member of the founding board of Rewilding Britain; and a long-time forager and bushcrafter.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Ammi majus – ammi, false Queen Anne’s lace, bullwort, bishop’s weed, herb william – ethoxsalen (8-methoxypsoralen) 2. Artemisia annua – sweet wormwood, annual wormwood, Qing-Hao – artemesinin and derivatives 3. Atropa belladonna – deadly nightshade; Datura stramonium – Jimson weed; and Mandragora, Hyoscyamus, Brugmansia, Scopolia – atropine and hyoscine 4. Betula pendula – silver birch - β-sitosterol 5. Camellia sinensis - tea; Coffea arabica – coffee; Theobroma cacao – chocolate – caffeine, theophylline 6. Camptotheca acuminata – camptotheca – camptothecin, topotecan and irinotecan 7. Capsicum annuum – chilli pepper – capsaicin 8. Catharanthus roseus – Madagascar periwinkle, Cayenne Jasmine, old maid, rosy periwinkle – vincristine, vinblastine 9. Cephalotaxus harringtonia – Chinese plum yew – harringtonine 10. Chondrodendron tomentosum – curare vine – tubocurarine 11. Cinchona species – quinine tree, Jesuit’s bark, Peruvian bark – quinine, quinidine 12. Citrus x limon – lemon – vitamin C 13. Colchicum autumnale – meadow saffron, autumn crocus, naked ladies – colchicine 14. Digitalis purpurea – purple foxglove – digitoxin; Digitalis lanata – woolly foxglove – digoxin 15. Dioscorea polystachya – yam; Glycine max – soybean – steroids 16. Ephedra sinica – Joint pine, Mormon tea – ephedrine, ecstasy 17. Erythroxylum coca – coca bush – cocaine 18. Euphorbia peplus – common spurge – ingenol mebutate 19. Galanthus nivalis – snowdrop – galantamine 20. Galega officinalis – goat’s rue – phenformin, metformin 21. Glycyrrhiza glabra – liquorice – carbenoxolone, glycyrrhizic acid 22. Guaiacum officinale – roughbark lignum-vitae, guaiacwood – alpha-guaiaconic acid 23. Hordeum jubatum – foxtail barley; Arundo donax – giant reed – lignocaine (lidocaine) and derivatives 24. Hordeum vulgare, Claviceps purpurea – common barley, ergot – ergometrine, ergotamine 25. Hydrangea febrifuga – Asian hydrangea, Chinese quinine – febrifugine, methaqualone, halofuginone 26. Illicium verum – Chinese star anise; I. anisatum – Japanese Star Anise – oseltamivir 27. Inula helenium – elecampane, enula, horseheal, scabwort, wild sunflower – inulin 28. Melilotus officinalis – melilot, ellow weet clover, king’s clover, yellow melilot – warfarin 29. Morus alba – white mulberry – miglustat, miglitol 30. Nicotiana tabacum – tobacco – nicotine, with a note on Lobelia – lobeline, and Laburnum anagyroides – cytisine 31. Papaver rhoeas – corn or Flander’s poppy – rhoeadine, thebaine, oxycodone, etorphine and other derivatives 32. Papaver somniferum – opium poppy – morphine, codeine, noscapine, protopine 33. Physostigma venenosum – Calabar bean – physostigmine 34. Pilocarpus microphyllus – jaborandi – pilocarpine 35. Podophyllum peltatum – Mayapple, American mandrake, Ground lemon; Podophyllum hexandrum – Himalayan mayapple – podophyllotoxin, etoposide, teniposide 36. Rauvolfia serpentina – snake root – reserpine 37. Salix alba – willow; Filipendula ulmaria – meadowsweet; Gaultheria procumbens – wintergreen – aspirin, salicylic acid and methyl salicylate 38. Silybum marianum – milk thistle – silymarin, Legalon-SIL 39. Tanacetum cineriifolium – pyrethrum, Dalmation chrysanthemum – pyrethrins 40. Taxus baccata – European yew; Taxus brevifolia –Pacific yew – paclitaxel and derivatives 41. Valeriana officinalis – valerian – sodium valproate 42. Veratrum album, V. nigrum – false hellebores – protoveratrine – V. californicum – cyclopamine and sonidegib 43. Visnaga daucoides – khella – nifedipine, amiodarone, sodium cromoglicate, nedocromil sodium 44. Excipients and Solvents 45. Vitamins

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive resource for understanding the complexities of agricultural finance Agricultural Finance: From Crops to Land, Water, and Infrastructure is a pioneering book that offers a comprehensive resource for understanding the worldwide agriculture markets, from spikes in agricultural commodity prices to trading strategies, and the agribusiness industry generally to the challenges of feeding the planet in particular. The book also goes in-depth on the topics of land, water, fertilizers, biofuels, and ethanol. Written by Helyette Gemanan industry expert in commodity derivativesthis book explores the agricultural marketplace and the cycles in agricultural commodity prices that can be the key to investor success. This resource addresses a wide range of other important topics as well, including agricultural insurance, energy, shipping and bunker prices, sustainability, investments in land, subsidies, agricultural derivatives, and farming risk-management. OtherTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xiii About the Author xv Preamble xvii 1 Physical and Financial Agricultural Markets 1 1.1 Agriculture and the Beginning of Human Sedentarization 1 1.1.1 Some recent numbers 2 1.1.2 The growing role of Africa 2 1.2 The Outlook of Agricultural Commodities Markets 3 1.2.1 Recent mergers and acquisitions 3 1.2.2 ‘Trading places’: from the abcd to the now 4 1.2.3 The physical markets 9 1.2.4 The global flows of commodities 10 1.2.5 Back to the future: a new age for barter 11 1.2.6 The sources of information in agricultural commodity markets 12 1.3 History of Commodity Futures and Spot Markets 12 1.3.1 The actors in financial markets 12 1.3.2 The actors in agricultural commodity exchanges 13 1.3.3 The growth of Futures markets exchanges and the recent mergers 14 1.3.4 Futures markets and price volatility 15 1.3.5 The role of indexes in the creation of efficient commodity spot markets 16 1.3.6 Commodities and numéraire 17 1.4 Shipping and Freight 17 1.4.1 International trade 18 1.4.2 Price formation in freight markets 18 2 Agricultural Commodity Spot Markets 25 2.1 Introduction 25 2.2 Price Formation in Agricultural Commodity Markets 25 2.3 Volatility in Agricultural Markets 27 2.3.1 Volatility of the price level versus return in agricultural commodity markets 32 2.3.2 Which factors drive volatility? 36 2.3.3 Conclusion 38 3 Futures Exchanges – Future and Forward Prices – Theory of Storage – The Forward Curve 39 3.1 Major Commodity Exchanges 39 3.2 Forward Contracts 41 3.3 Futures Contracts 43 3.3.1 Definition 43 3.3.2 Exchange of Futures for physicals (efp) 44 3.4 Relationship between Forward and Futures Prices 45 3.5 Example of a Future Spread 47 3.6 Inventory and Theory of Storage 47 3.6.1 Spot and Futures prices volatilities 49 3.6.2 Development of the theory of storage: inventory and prices 51 3.7 The Benefits of Forward Curves 52 3.7.1 Trading strategies around forward curves 52 3.7.2 Example of a seasonality-based Futures spread 53 3.7.3 From linear to convex payoffs 54 3.8 Stochastic Modeling of the Forward Curve 55 4 Plain Vanilla Options on Commodity Spot and Forward Prices. The Bachelier–Black–Scholes Formula, the Merton Formula, the Black Formula 59 4.1 Introduction 59 4.2 Classical Strategies involving European Calls and Puts 62 4.2.1 Straddle 62 4.2.2 Strangle 62 4.2.3 Call spread or vertical call spread 63 4.2.4 Butterfly spread 64 4.3 Put–Call Parity for a Non-dividend Paying Stock 64 4.4 Valuation of European Calls: the Bachelier–Black–Scholes Formula and the Greeks 66 4.4.1 Consequences of the Black–Scholes formula 70 4.4.2 The Greeks 71 4.5 The Merton (1973) Formula for Dividend-paying Stocks 75 4.6 Options on Commodity Spot Prices 77 4.7 Options on Commodity Futures: the Black (1976) Formula 78 4.8 Monte-Carlo Simulations for Option Pricing 79 4.8.1 The founding result 79 4.8.2 Monte-Carlo methods for plain vanilla options on non-dividend paying stocks 80 4.8.3 Monte-Carlo methods for plain vanilla options on the spot commodity 82 4.9 Implied Volatility, Smile, and Skew in Equity Option Markets 83 4.10 Volatility Smile in Agricultural Commodity Markets 86 4.10.1 W here is the liquidity in agricultural commodity option markets? 86 4.10.2 Extracting the implied volatility from options on commodity Futures 86 5 Commodity Swaps, Swaptions, Accumulators, Forward-Start, and Asian Options 89 5.1 Swaps and Swaptions 89 5.2 Accumulators 92 5.3 Forward-Start Options (or Calendar Spread Options on the Spot Price) 93 5.4 Asian Options as Key Instruments in Commodity Markets 95 5.4.1 Approximation of the arithmetic average by a geometric average 96 5.4.2 Approximation of the distribution of the arithmetic average by a log-normal distribution 97 5.4.3 Monte-Carlo simulations for Asian options valuation 98 5.4.4 Exact results (Geman and Yor, 1993) 100 5.5 Trading the Shape of the Forward Curve through Floating-strike Asian Options 102 6 Exchange, Spread, and Quanto Options in Commodity Markets 103 6.1 Exchange Options 103 6.2 Commodity Spread Options and Their Importance in Commodity Markets 105 6.3 Commodity Quanto Options 109 7 Grain Cereals: Corn, Wheat, Soybean, Rice, and Sorghum 113 7.1 Introduction 113 7.2 Corn 113 7.3 Wheat 118 7.3.1 W heat trading 119 7.3.2 Global wheat 119 7.3.3 The wheat supply chain 120 7.4 Soybeans 123 7.5 Rice 126 7.6 Sorghum 129 8 Sugar, Cocoa, Coffee, and Tea 133 8.1 Sugar 133 8.1.1 Links of sugar with other commodities 134 8.1.2 Sugar trading 135 8.1.3 The European Union 136 8.1.4 Special relations of the eu with other countries 136 8.1.5 The United States 136 8.1.6 Special relations of the usa with other countries 137 8.1.7 Brazil 137 8.1.8 China 138 8.1.9 India 138 8.1.10 Thailand 139 8.1.11 Australia 139 8.1.12 Guatemala and Cuba 139 8.1.13 Sugar cane in Mauritius 140 8.2 Cocoa 140 8.3 Coffee 146 8.4 Tea 149 9 Cotton, Timber and Wood, Pulp and Paper, Wool 153 9.1 Cotton 153 9.2 Lumber and Wood 156 9.3 Pulp and Paper 158 9.3.1 Pulp NBSK and BHKP indexes 159 9.3.2 Pulp US NBSK index 160 9.3.3 Pulp BHKP China 160 9.3.4 Pulp NBSK China 161 9.3.5 When bank notes go plastic 161 9.4 Wool and Cashmere 162 9.4.1 Cashmere 163 9.4.2 From the Kashmir Goat to high quality yarns 164 10 Orange Juice, Livestock, Dairy, and Fishery 165 10.1 Orange Juice 165 10.2 Livestock 166 10.2.1 Livestock markets 167 10.2.2 Cattle 168 10.2.3 Hogs 169 10.2.4 Pork bellies 169 10.2.5 The US live cattle contract specifications 170 10.2.6 Australia 171 10.2.7 The USA 171 10.3 Dairy 172 10.4 Fish Markets 173 10.5 Poultry and Eggs 174 11 Rubber, Palm Oil, and Biofuels 177 11.1 Rubber 177 11.2 Palm Oil 180 11.2.1 The oil palm and palm oil 181 11.2.2 Markets 182 11.3 Ethanol, Biofuels, and Biomass 183 12 Land, Water, and Fertilizers 187 12.1 Land Types, Yields, and Erosion 187 12.1.1 Yield-at-risk 187 12.1.2 Land competition 188 12.1.3 Farmland in the USA 188 12.2 Fertilizers 189 12.2.1 Fertilizer markets 191 12.2.2 Fertilizer Index, corn, and wheat price trajectories over the period 1991 to 2011 193 12.2.3 Fertilizer producing companies and share price returns over the period 2004 to 2011 193 12.2.4 A factor model for the share returns of fertilizer firms 198 12.3 Water and its crucial Role in the World Economy 207 12.3.1 The case of Australia, China, and Saudi Arabia 208 12.3.2 The case of Brazil 208 12.3.3 Competition for electricity, water, and land 209 12.4 Projections for the Future of Agriculture 209 12.4.1 Farm insurance 210 12.4.2 Estimating long-term agricultural supply 210 12.4.3 Market concentration 211 12.4.4 Spare capacity 211 12.5 Subsidies and Export Bans 211 12.5.1 Subsidies 212 12.5.2 Export bans 212 12.6 Market-oriented Farming 212 12.6.1 Open wheat market takes root in Canada 213 12.6.2 Kansas City wheat Futures trading coming to an end after 157 years 213 12.6.3 China food needs 214 13 Infrastructure and Farming Management in the Digital Age 217 13.1 Introduction 217 13.2 Agricultural Infrastructure 218 13.2.1 Total factor productivity 218 13.2.2 Climate change 219 13.2.3 Irrigation and increased productivity 219 13.2.4 Trends in irrigation 219 13.2.5 Storage 220 13.2.6 Grain elevators 220 13.2.7 Soybean crushers 220 13.2.8 The Brave New World of Monsanto 221 13.2.9 Infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa 221 13.2.10 Gabon: after black gold, green gold? 221 13.2.11 Agricultural Transformation Agenda (ATA) in Nigeria 222 13.2.12 Digital age on the farm: prescriptive planting 222 13.2.13 Sugar biofactory for ethanol in Brazil 224 13.2.14 After ethanol, railway, and natural gas 224 13.2.15 From iron ore mining to cattle farming in Australia 225 13.2.16 Robots for cow milking 225 13.2.17 Containers for agricultural commodities 226 13.2.18 Singapore as a hub for refrigeration containers 226 13.2.19 The trip of the banana 226 13.2.20 Energy, water, and infrastructure for DAP and agriculture in Saudi Arabia 227 13.3 Country Risk: the Example of Ukraine in 2014 227 13.4 Analyzing the Risks Involved in an International Wheat Tender Offer 228 13.5 Weather Risk and Weather Derivatives 229 14 Investing in Agricultural Commodities, Land, and Physical Assets 233 14.1 Purchase of Commodity Futures 233 14.2 Purchase of Commodity Options and Structured Products 235 14.3 Commodity Index Investing 236 14.3.1 Some prominent commodity indexes 236 14.3.2 How commodity indices are constructed 238 14.3.3 Commodity-linked bonds 239 14.4 Investing in Commodity-related Equities 239 14.5 Investing in Land 240 14.5.1 The US case 241 14.5.2 The world case 241 14.6 Acquisition of Infrastructure and Physical Assets 242 14.6.1 Valuation of a transformation plant using a real options approach 242 14.6.2 D CF approach to the valuation of a transformation plant 243 14.6.3 Valuation of a silo (or an aquifer, or any storage facility) 245 14.7 Conclusion 247 Glossary 248 References 252 Index 257

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Book SynopsisComprehensive resource covering key need-to-know' aspects of how to run a food service operation, with unique perspective from restaurant managers Successful Management in Foodservice Operations is a single volume book addressing the overall operation of a successful food service business, including planning for success, ensuring excellence in production and service, and generating optimal levels of operating profits. The purpose of this book is to teach foodservice operators what they must know, and do, in order to achieve their own definitions of success. The book covers the major changes to food delivery processes and systems forced by the COVID pandemic, changes to the Uniform System of Accounts for Restaurants (USAR), flexibility of employee management due to COVID-enforced changes, and more. Each chapter ends with features to enable reader comprehension and practical application of concepts. These include: A Manager's 10-Point Effectiveness Checklist' o

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Book SynopsisSeamounts are ubiquitous undersea mountains rising from the ocean seafloor that do not reach the surface. There are likely many hundreds of thousands of seamounts, they are usually formed from volcanoes in the deep sea and are defined by oceanographers as independent features that rise to at least 0.5 km above the seafloor, although smaller features may have the same origin. This book follows a logical progression from geological and physical processes, ecology, biology and biogeography, to exploitation, management and conservation concerns. In 21 Chapters written by 57 of the world's leading seamount experts, the book reviews all aspects of their geology, ecology, biology, exploitation, conservation and management. In Section I of this book, several detection and estimation techniques for tallying seamounts are reviewed, along with a history of seamount research. This book represents a unique and fresh synthesis of knowledge of seamounts and their biota and is an essenTrade Review"This book is a very important contribution to the seamount field and I feel safe in predicting that it will be valuable resource for researchers and stakeholders for many years to come." (Environmental Conservation, December 2008) "A brilliant and very useful book about a very important topic. An impressive collaboration." (Ausmarine) "A Brilliant and very useful book about a very important topic. An impressive collaboration." (Work Boat World)Table of Contents1 Seamount characteristics. Paul Wessel. 2 How many seamounts are there and where are they located?. Adrian Kitchingman, Sherman Lai, Telmo Morato and Daniel Pauly. 3 A history of seamount research. Paul E. Brewin, Karen I. Stocks and Gui Menezes. 4 Physical processes and seamount productivity. Martin White, Igor Bashmachnikov, Javier Arístegui and Ana Martins. 5 Seamount plankton dynamics. Amatzia Genin and John F. Dower. 6 Midwater fish assemblages and seamounts. Filipe M. Porteiro and Tracey Sutton. 7 Seamount benthos. Sarah Samadi, Thomas Schlacher and Bertrand Richer de Forges. 8 Corals on seamounts. Alex D. Rogers, A. Baco, H. Griffiths, T. Hart and Jason M. Hall-Spencer. 9 Seamount fishes: ecology and life histories. Telmo Morato and Malcolm R. Clark. 10 Fish visitors to seamounts. Section A: Tunas and billfish at seamounts. Kim N. Holland and R. Dean Grubbs. Section B: Aggregations of large pelagic sharks above seamounts. Feodor Litvinov. 11 Seamounts and cephalopods. Malcolm Clarke. 12 Air-breathing visitors to seamounts. Section A: Marine mammals. Kristin Kaschner. Section B: Sea turtles. Marco A. Santos, Alan B. Bolten, Helen R. Martins, Brian Riewald and Karen A. Bjorndal. Section C: Importance of seamounts to seabirds. David R. Thompson. 13 Biogeography and biodiversity of seamounts. Karen I. Stocks and Paul J.B. Hart. 14 Raiding the larder: a quantitative evaluation framework and trophic signature for seamount food webs. Tony J. Pitcher and Cathy Bulman. 15 Modelling seamount ecosystems and their fisheries. Beth Fulton, Telmo Morato and Tony J. Pitcher. 16 Small-scale fishing on seamounts. Helder Marques da Silva and Mário Rui Pinho. 17 Large-scale distant-water trawl fisheries on seamounts. Malcolm R. Clark, Vladimir I. Vinnichenko, John D.M. Gordon, Georgy Z. Beck-Bulat, Nikolai N. Kukharev and Alexander F. Kakora. 18 Catches from world seamount fisheries. Reg Watson, Adrian Kitchingman and William Cheung. 19 Impacts of fisheries on seamounts. Malcolm R. Clark and J. Anthony Koslow. 20 Management and conservation of seamounts. P. Keith Probert, Sabine Christiansen, Kristina M. Gjerde, Susan Gubbay and Ricardo S. Santos. 21 The depths of ignorance: an ecosystem evaluation framework for seamount ecology, fisheries and conservation. Tony J. Pitcher, Telmo Morato, Paul J.B. Hart, Malcolm R. Clark, Nigel Haggan and Ricardo S. Santos

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Book SynopsisReaders of this book will encounter little-known transnational agrarian movements of the early twentieth century as well as more recent, high-profile global alliances, such as Via Campesina.Table of ContentsPreface. 1. Transnational Agrarian Movements: Origins and Politics, Campaigns and Impact (Saturnino M. Borras Jr, Marc Edelman and Cristóbal Kay). 2. Peasants Make Their Own History, But Not Just as They Please . . . (Philip McMichael). 3. Transnational Organizing in Agrarian Central America: Histories, Challenges, Prospects (Marc Edelman). 4. La Vía Campesina and its Global Campaign for Agrarian Reform (Saturnino M. Borras Jr). 5 ‘Late Mobilization’: Transnational Peasant Networks and Grassroots Organizing in Brazil and South Africa (Brenda Baletti, Tamara M. Johnson and Wendy Wolford). 6. Mobilizing Against GM Crops in India, South Africa and Brazil (Ian Scoones). 7. Trade and Biotechnology in Latin America: Democratization, Contestation and the Politics of Mobilization (Peter Newell). 8. Claiming the Grounds for Reform: Agrarian and Environmental Movements in Indonesia (Nancy Lee Peluso, Suraya Afiff and Noer Fauzi Rachman). 9. Whose Rules Rule? Contested Projects to Certify ‘Local Production for Distant Consumers’ (Harriet Friedmann and Amber Mcnair). 10. Migrant Organization and Hometown Impacts in Rural Mexico (Jonathan Fox and Xochitl Bada). 11. From Covert to Overt: Everyday Peasant Politics in China and the Implications for Transnational Agrarian Movements (Kathy Le Mons Walker). 12. Where There Is No Movement: Local Resistance and the Potential for Solidarity (Kevin Malseed). Index.

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Book SynopsisThe first book to tell the shocking story of Golden Rice, a genetically modified grain that provides essential Vitamin A and can save lives in developing countriesif only they were allowed to grow it. Ordinary white rice is nutrient poor; it consists of carbohydrates and little else. About one million people who subsist on rice become blind or die each year from vitamin A deficiency. Golden Rice, which was developed in the hopes of combatting that problem by a team of European scientists in the late '90s, was genetically modified to provide an essential nutrient that white rice lacks: beta-carotene, which is converted into vitamin A in the body. But twenty years later, this potentially sight- and life-saving miracle food still has not reached the populations most in needand tens of millions of people in India, China, Bangladesh, and throughout South and Southeast Asia have gone blind or have died waiting. Supporters claim that the twenty-year delay in Golden Rice's introduction is anTrade ReviewGolden Rice is a thoughtful and carefully documented tale of how difficult it can be to take something that works in the laboratory and get it to the people who stand to benefit from it.—Andrew J. Wight, ScienceIn just over 200 pages, Regis gives a crash course on genetic engineering and explains the messy history of Golden Rice, disabusing the reader of many popular myths along the way.—The Genetic Literacy ProjectTable of ContentsPrefaceChapter 1. Child Killer Chapter 2. Proof of ConceptChapter 3. GR 0.5 and BeyondChapter 4. The ProtocolChapter 5. What Is a GMO?Chapter 6. Safe to Eat?Chapter 7. Golden Rice 2Chapter 8. Better Than SpinachChapter 9. The MistakeChapter 10. The "Crime against Humanity"Chapter 11. The ApprovalsEpilogue. The Proactionary PrincipleAcknowledgmentsAppendix. L'affaire SchubertBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisEnlightened Zeal examines the fascinating history of the Hudson's Bay Company's involvement in scientific networks during the company's two-hundred year chartered monopoly.Trade Review'Enlightened Zeal is a quite successful combination of corporate history and the history of science.' -- Karl Davids Isis vol 106:02:2015 'This book will help change the ways specialists understand both the remarkable history of the HBC and the sustained practice of corporate-sponsored scholarship.' -- Michael F. Dove The Historian vol 78:03:2016 'Enlightened Zeal will be useful foundational reading for graduate seminars and independent research on the history of chartered trading companies, network exchange, and the appropriation of knowledge in the HBC and Rupert's Land.' -- Matthew S. Wiseman American Review of Canadian Studies vol 46:01:2016 'I recommend this book for its excellent biographical data and its chronicling of HBC interactions with scientific networks.' -- C. Stuart Houston Archives of Natural History, vol 42:01:2015 'Binnema has produced a superbly written, thoroughly researched, and highly relevant study of the HBC's role in the development of scientific networks in the modern era. The book is an enormous achievement.' -- Stephen J. Hornsby Journal of British Studies, vol 54:01:2015Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgements Preface * "Enlightened Zeal": An Introduction Part I: The Hudson's Bay Company and Science, 1670-1821 * "A Profound Secret": The Adventurers and the Fellows from the 1660s to 1768 * "Desirous to Encourage Science": The Transit of Venus of 1769 and the Hudson's Bay Company's Collaboration with the Royal Society, 1768-1774 * "Amends for the Narrow Prejudices": The Hudson's Bay Company and Science in an Era of Competitive Expansion, 1774-1821 Part II: The Hudson's Bay Company and Science, 1821-1870 * "Benevolent Intentions": The Hudson's Bay Company, the Royal Navy, and the Search for the Northwest Passage: 1818-1855 * "The Liberal Spirit": David Douglas, Edinburgh, and the Douglas Legacy, 1823-1870: 1824-1870 * "Disinterested Kindness": The Hudson's Bay Company and North American Scientists, 1821-1859 * "Knowing the Liberal Disposition": The Hudson's Bay Company and the Smithsonian Institution, 1855-68 Epilogue Conclusion Bibliography Illustrations and captions for Illustrations Notes

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Book SynopsisAmerica has never felt more divided. But in the midst of all the acrimony comes one of the most promising movements in our country’s history. People of all races, faiths, and political persuasions are coming together to restore America's natural wealth: its ability to produce healthy foods. In Food from the Radical Center, Gary Nabhan tells the stories of diverse communities who are getting their hands dirty and bringing back North America's unique fare: bison, sturgeon, camas lilies, ancient grains, turkeys, and more. These efforts have united people from the left and right, rural and urban, faith-based and science-based, in game-changing collaborations. Their successes are extraordinary by any measure, whether economic, ecological, or social. In fact, the restoration of land and rare species has provided—dollar for dollar—one of the best returns on investment of any conservation initiative. As a leading thinker and seasoned practitioner in biocultural conservation, Nabhan offers a truly unique perspective on the movement. He draws on fifty years of work with community-based projects around the nation, from the desert Southwest to the low country of the Southeast. Yet Nabhan’s most enduring legacy may be his message of hope: a vision of a new environmentalism that is just and inclusive, allowing former adversaries to commune over delicious foods.Table of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction: Conservation You Can Taste Chapter 1. A Land Divided Chapter 2. Farming in the Radical Center Chapter 3. Will Work for Dirt Chapter 4. Replenishing Water and Wealth Chapter 5. Bringing Back the Bison Chapter 6. Teach a Community to Fish Chapter 7. Plant Midwives Chapter 8. Strange Birds Flock Together Chapter 9. Herders of Many Cultures Chapter 10. Immigrant Grains Chapter 11. Urban Farmers and Rare Fruit Chapter 12. Return of the Pollinators Chapter 13. You Can Go Home Again Appendix. The Conservation Couplets Acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisEvery day, millions of people around the world sit down to a meal that includes meat. This book explores several questions as it examines the use of animals as food: How did the domestication and production of livestock animals emerge and why? How did current modes of raising and slaughtering animals for human consumption develop, and what are their consequences? What can be done to mitigate and even reverse the impacts of animal production?With insight into the historical, cultural, political, legal, and economic processes that shape our use of animals as food, Fitzgerald provides a holistic picture and explicates the connections in the supply chain that are obscured in the current mode of food production. Bridging the distance in animal agriculture between production, processing, consumption, and their associated impacts, this analysis envisions ways of redressing the negative effects of the use of animals as food.It details how consumption levels and practices have changed as the relationship between production, processing, and consumption has shifted. Due to the wide-ranging questions addressed in this book, the author draws on many fields of inquiry, including sociology, (critical) animal studies, history, economics, law, political science, anthropology, criminology, environmental science, geography, philosophy, and animal science.

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Book SynopsisCoal is the political, economic and cultural totem for debates about climate change. Yet Australian politicians have had a love affair with coal, which has helped lock our politics – and our country – into the fossil fuel age. This searing book takes apart the pivotal role of the Adani Carmichael mine in the conflict over coal. We see the rise of a fossil fuel power network linking mining companies, mining oligarchs, the big four banks, right-wing think tanks, lobby groups, the conservative media and all sides of Australian politics. On the other side, we have one of the biggest social movements ever seen in Australia in the form of #StopAdani uniting to try to save the Great Barrier Reef, native title rights and to fight the corrupt politics of coal. Looking into the social, environmental and economic elements of this big fight, as well as the background of Gautam Adani himself, this book tells the full story of one of the lightning rod issues of our time. Sales Points: The inside story of Australia’s largest and the world’s second largest proposed coal mine Reveals the insidious power and influence of the fossil fuel lobby at all levels of government. The loser is democracy. Comprehensive – covers all aspects of the political, economic and social sides of Adani Shows impact of the proposed mine and resistance to it on corporations - the big 4 banks for example The Adani campaign has had an impact on voting patterns – the recent Batman by-election in Melbourne is a good example The proposed mine is in Queensland but the story is truly national Author has interviewed key players including Bob Brown, Geoff Cousins, Adrian Burragubba to write an often gripping narrative Includes background on Gautam Adani himself, and the sorry environmental record of his company in India Combines analysis and research within a compelling – and shocking – story Up to date – author can’t see a path by which the mine could proceed, but warns we should not be complacent To be endorsed by legendary environmental campaigners Bob Brown and Bill McKibben Quentin Beresford’s previous book The Rise and Fall of Gunns Ltd won the Tasmanian Premier’s 2015 Literary Prize and was longlisted for the Walkley Book Award. He proved himself as a superb media performer and will do the same here.

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Book SynopsisOrganise or Die? Democracy and Leadership in South Africa’s National Union of Mineworkers is the first in-depth study of one of the leading trade unions in the country. Founded in 1982, the trade union played a key role in the struggle against white minority rule, before turning into a central protagonist of the ruling Tripartite Alliance after apartheid. Deftly navigating through workerist, social movement and political terrains that shape the South African labour landscape, this book sheds light on the path that led to the unprecedented 2012 Marikana massacre, the dissolution of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) federation and to fractures within the African National Congress (ANC) itself.Working with the notions of organisational agency and strategic bureaucratisation, Raphaël Botiveau shows how the founding leadership of NUM built their union’s structures with a view to mirror those of the multinational mining companies NUM faced. Good leadership proved key to the union’s success in recruiting and uniting mineworkers and NUM became an impressive school for union and political cadres, producing a number of South Africa’s top post-apartheid leaders. An incisive analysis of leadership styles and strategies shows how the fragile balance between an increasingly distant leadership and an increasingly militant membership gradually broke down.Botiveau provides a compelling narrative of NUM’s powerful history and the legacy of its leadership. It will appeal to a broad readership – including journalists, students and social sciences scholars – interested in South Africa’s contemporary politics and labour history.Table of Contents Figures And Tables Acknowledgements Acronyms And Abbreviations Chapter 1 Introduction: South African Trade Unions in Apartheid and Democracy Part I Organisational Agency In Union Bureaucracy And Politics Chapter 2 Local Weaknesses Solved through Centralisation Chapter 3 The Power of Head Office: Building National Bureaucracy Chapter 4 Doing Union Politics: The Branches as Idealised Seat of Union Power Chapter 5 The Regions as Antechambers of National Power Part II Leading Mineworkers: A Charterist Leadership School Chapter 6 The Burden of Leadership Chapter 7 The Learning Organisation Chapter 8 Trajectories of Union Leaders and NUM Leadership Ideals Chapter 9 Taking Control of NUM: The Rise of the Communist Faction Chapter 10 Conclusion: From Bureaucratic Organisation to Bureaucratic Politics Index

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Book Synopsis* Includes new chapters on climate change and international forest policy as well as expanded coverage of forest products and bioenergy production * International in coverage makes this book suitable for course use anywhere in the world as well as providing an international overview of the subject * Places world forestry in it's true social, environmental, historical and economic contextTable of ContentsChapter 1: A History of Human Interaction with Forests Chapter 2: Forests of the World Chapter 3: The Environmental Value of Forests Chapter 4: Wood and Paper Products Chapter 5: Bioenergy, Innovative Biomaterials, Non Wood Forest Products Chapter 6: Forest Dynamics in the Tropics Chapter 7: Sustainable Forest Management Chapter 8: Forestry and Climate Change Chapter 9: Plantations for Wood Production with Environmental Care Chapter 10: Social Forestry Chapter 11: International Forest Policy

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Book SynopsisDevelopments in genomics and biotechnology are opening up new avenues for accelerating the domestication of forest trees in a climate change driven world. This book presents an authoritative update of forest tree biotechnology and genomics methodologies, procedures and accomplishments, from basic biological science to applications in forestry and related sciences. It gives expert evaluation of achievements and discussion about the impact that novel forest biotechnological and genomics approaches are having on traditional breeding for improvement of forest tree species and production of forest-based products. It also describes the legal and regulatory aspects of forest biotechnology, with an emphasis on biosafety. It is a reference for forest biologists, including basic and applied scientists involved in forest tree breeding and biotechnology, bioenergy research, and biomaterial product development. Key features: Advances in tree genomic selection. Next-generation sequencing technologies. Domesticating forest-tree species via genetic engineering. Regulatory affairs related to forest biotechnology. Protecting intellectual property. This title is suitable for graduate-level students working in plant biology and forest genetics, silviculture and agroforestry, and bioenergy science and technology. It is also relevant to scientists and foresters researching genetics, genomics and biotechnology, molecular biology and physiology of forest trees, and their application to production forestry, and conservation, as well as for sustainable forestry for bioenergy and bio-based products.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Principles of Genome Sciences Chapter 2: Genomics of Conifers Chapter 3: Genomics of Hardwoods Chapter 4: Forest Tree Population Genomics Chapter 5: Quantitative Genomics of Forest Tree Breeding Chapter 6: Principles of Forest Biotechnology Chapter 7: Approaches to Genetically Engineering Flowering Control in Trees Chapter 8: Engineering for Bioenergy Chapter 9: Engineering Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses Chapter 10: Engineering Pest Tolerance Chapter 11: Regulatory Affairs Chapter 12: Protecting Intellectual Property

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Book SynopsisStates in mineral-rich jurisdictions promote mining as a development industry, and at the same time attempt to protect people and the environment from the worst excesses of extractivism and neo-extractivism. Exploring how the State's role in facilitating a developmental and sustainable mining industry has been defined, this eminent work is a world-first analysis of the principal narratives framing mining, development and sustainability in developed and developing countries. Through a global, comparative analysis, Tracy-Lynn Field illustrates how these themes are woven into the technical governance areas of property, taxation, environmental assessment and mine closure. Ultimately, this book shows how the promotional and protective role of the State constituted by the advocacy, policies and laws of international financial institutions, industry associations, activists, and mineral-rich jurisdictions supports an unsustainable system of global mining production. Progressive in its approach, the book concludes with insightful thoughts on the paradigm of post-extractivism. State Governance of Mining, Development and Sustainability is a must read for students and scholars interested in the law and governance of mining and development, as well as environmental law and governance more widely. Its practical implications will also prove informative for practitioners and policy makers working in the field.Trade Review'In a time of ecological crisis, with ever present evidence of social conflict arising from mining development, Tracy-Lynn Field's painstaking examination of the contested discourses of sustainable mining and the role of the state makes a major contribution. Going beyond critique with a detailed comparative assessment of laws relating to property, tax, and environment, Field ultimately reveals how a post-extractivist frame could underpin transformation away from the chronic environmental, social and economic externalities that continue to plague global mining.' --Sara L Seck, Dalhousie University, CanadaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction: State Governance of Mining, Development and Sustainability 2. The State, Mining, Development and Sustainability: Pro-Mining Discourses 3. The State, Mining, Development and Sustainability: Discourses of Dissent 4. The State, Mining and Property Institutions 5. The State, Mining and Taxation 6. The State, Mining and Environmental Assessment 7. The State and Mine Closure 8. Towards Post-Extractivism Index

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Book SynopsisThis book is a must read for those interested in the role cooperatives play in fostering local rural development and alleviating rural poverty. Through conceptual pieces, case studies, essays and empirical work, the papers in this volume illustrate the complex challenges facing cooperatives as they attempt to address market failures, remain cost competitive vis-à-vis transnational agribusinesses, adopt good internal governance practices, navigate the political challenges in their local environments and adapt to and influence the institutional environment in which they operate.'- Murray Fulton, University of Saskatchewan, CanadaAgricultural cooperatives and producer organizations are institutional innovations which have the potential to reduce poverty and improve food security. This book presents a raft of international case studies, from developing and transition countries, to analyse the internal and external challenges that these complex organizations face and the solutions that they have developed.The contributors provide an increased understanding of the transformation of traditional community organizations into modern farmer-owned businesses. They cover issues including: the impact on rural development and inclusiveness, the role of social capital, formal versus informal organizations, democratic participation and member relations, and their role in value chains.Students and scholars will find the book's multidisciplinary approach useful in their research. It will also be of interest to policy-makers seeking to understand the wide diversity of organizational forms and functions. NGOs, donors and governments seeking to support rural developments will benefit from the discussions raised in this book.Contributors: J. Bijman, K. Blokland, M.L. Cook, J. Duncan, A.Groot Kormelinck, M. Hanisch, J. Hellin, G. Hendrikse, Y. Hu, X. Jia, B. Losch, R. Muradian, G. Muricho, D.J. O'Brien, S. Pascucci, D. Pesche, C. Plaisier, R. Ruben, J. Schuurman, B. Shiferaw, S. Singh, K. WedigTrade Review‘This work presents a most useful source of information that -- is likely to be of value to both scholars and policymakers, aswell as those who are actively involved in constructing farmerorganisations.’David Skydmore, Food Security‘This book is a must read for those interested in the role cooperatives play in fostering local rural development and alleviating rural poverty. Through conceptual pieces, case studies, essays and empirical work, the papers in this volume illustrate the complex challenges facing cooperatives as they attempt to address market failures, remain cost competitive vis-à-vis transnational agribusinesses, adopt good internal governance practices, navigate the political challenges in their local environments and adapt to and influence the institutional environment in which they operate.’ -- Murray Fulton, University of Saskatchewan, Canada‘This book is a valuable reference for any practitioner, policy maker, researcher or student interested in the links between farmers’ organisations and rural development. The book is well written and contributes to a better understanding of farmers’ collective actions in developing and emerging economies. It also provides a strong foundation for further studies to bridge the knowledge gap between farmers’ organisations in developed and developing countries.’ -- Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource EconomicsTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Changing Nature of Farmer Collective Action: Introduction to the Book Jos Bijman PART I: PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT 2. The Progressive Participation of Rural Producer Organizations in the Policy Debate. Lessons from the Experience of West Africa Denis Pesche and Bruno Losch 3. Cooperatives in Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation Markus Hanisch 4. Smallholder Organization through Farmer (Producer) Companies for Modern Markets: Experiences of Sri Lanka and India Sukhpal Singh PART II. ECONOMIC DEMOCRATIZATION, INCLUSIVENESS AND SOCIAL CAPITAL 5. Markets Access and Agricultural Productivity Growth in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities for Producer Organizations Bekele Shiferaw, Jon Hellin and Geoffrey Muricho 6. Social Capital and Agricultural Cooperatives: Experimental Evidence from Ethiopia Annemarie Groot Kormelinck, Christine Plaisier, Roldan Muradian and Ruerd Ruben 7. Towards Inclusive Rural Development? Effects of Governance on Economic Equality in Uganda’s Coffee Cooperatives Karin Wedig 8. “Informal Virtues” and “Formal Vices”? Understanding the Implications of Producer Organizations for Pastoralists in India Stefano Pascucci and Jessica Duncan PART III. INTERNAL GOVERNANCE AND MEMBER RELATIONS 9. Centralized Versus Individual: Governance of Farmer Professional Cooperatives in China Xiangping Jia, Yamei Hu and George Hendrikse 10. Smallholder Dairy Entities in East Africa: Challenges and Opportunities David J. O’Brien and Michael L. Cook PART IV. CONCLUSIONS 11. Growth, Democracy and Income Equality. Cooperatives: The Development Impact Beyond Membership Benefits Kees Blokland and Jur Schuurman 12. Transformation, Inclusiveness and Tensions of Cooperatives; Synthesis and Further Research Jos Bijman, Roldan Muradian and Jur Schuurman Index

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Book SynopsisIf you care about food security in Asia and particularly rice and world trade, buy this book. The best authors in the business (legal, academic and private sector) have contributed to its success with 12 treatises on core issues. I complement the editors of this compendium, Michael Ewing-Chow and Melanie Vilarasau Slade, for their intellectual courage in bringing these experts to contribute to one book. The technical side of these issues have been kept at a minimum wherever possible for the general reader. Each chapter relates to the others and guides us to some conclusions and a call to action.'- Milo Hamilton, Firstgrain, US'This is a complete recipe for global food security as the most credible way forward in a world of continuously uncertain food supplies. Today the overall intact agricultural production potential appears mainly threatened by location-specific climate change challenges and by both national and international food policy governance failures. Hence, the role of trade and of trade rules is all the more important, as credibly emphasised by the authors' consequent advocacy for a removal of food trade barriers as part of a more coherent poverty strategy and towards collective food security.'- Christian Häberli, Bern University, Switzerland'Food security is one of the key challenges the world faces. The demand for food will increase as our population goes up from 7 billion to 9 billion. Global warming and an increasingly erratic weather pattern will have an impact on food production. It is in this context that I welcome this important book. The editors have rightly invited us to refocus our minds from self-sufficiency to collective food security.'- Tommy Koh, Chairman of the Governing Board Centre for International Law, National University of SingaporeFood security is one of the greatest challenges of our time. The food price crisis of 2008 exposed the vulnerabilities of the global food system. Governments across Asia acerbated the crisis by imposing export restrictions based on a policy of self-sufficiency.This book assesses whether self-sufficiency is an adequate response to the food security challenges we face. Pricing volatility drives isolationism at a time when climate change and increasingly uncertain weather patterns make it difficult for any single nation to guarantee adequate food production for itself.Through a collection of commissioned studies which draw upon the experience of leading experts and scholars in trade, investment, law, economics, and food policy, this book analyses the impact of this trend on the most essential crop in the Asian region rice.It suggests that food security policy should be reconceptualised: from the national to the regional and even the global level. It also provides its own proposals as to how this new paradigm of collective food security should be understood and developed.The book calls for a new conversation in the region, acknowledging that the challenges we face are global and the solutions must be found in collective action. This state-of-the-art study will appeal to lawyers, economists and political scientists, as well as trade and food security specialists by providing expert analyses and enlightening solutions for the future.Contributors: C. Boonekamp, R.M. Briones, R. Clarete, D. Dixit, M. Ewing-Chow, L.A. Jackson, J. Jackson Ewing, J. McVitty, E. Rogerson, J. Tijaja, C.P. Timmer, M. Vilarasau SladeTrade Review‘If you care about food security in Asia and particularly rice and world trade, buy this book. The best authors in the business (legal, academic and private sector) have contributed to its success with 12 treatises on core issues. I compliment the editors of this compendium, Michael Ewing-Chow and Melanie Vilarasau Slade, for their intellectual courage in bringing these experts to contribute to one book. The technical side of these issues have been kept at a minimum wherever possible for the general reader. Each chapter relates to the others and guides us to some conclusions and a call to action.’ -- Milo Hamilton, Firstgrain, US‘This is a complete recipe for global food security as the most credible way forward in a world of continuously uncertain food supplies. Today the overall intact agricultural production potential appears mainly threatened by location-specific climate change challenges and by both national and international food policy governance failures. Hence, the role of trade and of trade rules is all the more important, as credibly emphasised by the authors’ consequent advocacy for a removal of food trade barriers as part of a more coherent poverty strategy and towards collective food security.’ -- Christian Häberli, Bern University, Switzerland‘Food security is one of the key challenges the world faces. The demand for food will increase as our population goes up from 7 billion to 9 billion. Global warming and an increasingly erratic weather pattern will have an impact on food production. It is in this context that I welcome this important book. The editors have rightly invited us to refocus our minds from self-sufficiency to collective food security’ -- Tommy Koh, Chairman of the Governing Board Centre for International Law, National University of SingaporeTable of ContentsContents: Introduction: Setting the Stage: The Problem with Self-sufficiency and the Need for Collective Food Security for a Global Crisis Michael Ewing-Chow and Melanie Vilarasau Slade PART I 1. Food Security Issues and the Role of the Multilateral Trading System Evan Rogerson and Diwakar Dixit 2. Global Value Chains in the Food Sector Julia Tijaja 3. Food Security Initiatives in Asia and the Impact of WTO Regulation Roehlano M. Briones 4. A Case Study of Regional Food Security: APTERR Michael Ewing-Chow and Melanie Vilarasau Slade PART II 5. Managing Food Price Volatility in Asia: Why, What and How? C. Peter Timmer 6. Deepening ASEAN Rice Trade Ramon L. Clarete 7. A Private Sector View of Food Security and Pricing Volatility James McVitty PART III 8. Food Security and Limits to Resources Lee Ann Jackson 9. Environmental Change, Food Security and Trade in Southeast Asia J. Jackson Ewing 10. Is there a Role for International Law in Supporting Systemic Solutions to the Food Security Challenge? Melanie Vilarasau Slade PART IV 11. The WTO and Food Security – and a Possible Step Forward Clemens Boonekamp 12. Conclusion: Moving to Collective Food Security Michael Ewing-Chow and Melanie Vilarasau Slade Index

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Book SynopsisThis timely book provides a critical examination of the policies and laws governing EU marine fisheries and the shortcomings of the 2013 Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) reform. In particular it considers how reform is impeded by Treaty-guaranteed concessions, exemptions from general environmental legislation and the Court of the Justice's interpretation of principles unique to the sector. The author discusses how the damaging effects of fishing could be ameliorated if the Court were to align fishery values with general principles of the law, and considers the institutional and regulatory frameworks needed to encourage prudent resource use.The limited development of the CFP beyond the minimal requirements of international law is considered together with the role of the Court in sidelining scientific advice. The book provides a unique exploration of how these barriers to sustainability are compounded by regulatory capture and the public interest in fish resources being unrecognized. Ultimately, the author proposes that the incoherence of the management regime be redressed through market-based reforms and the application of the user-pays principle.This book will be of keen interest to lawyers, environmentalists, policy-makers and marine scientists who are interested in marine fishery management, marine environmental protection, and marine sector economic sustainability. It will also appeal to those involved in developing trans-disciplinary platforms to promote marine resource sustainability.Trade ReviewThis is a fascinating study in which the Common Fisheries Policy in the EU is discussed in an integrated and critical manner using an interdisciplinary approach. The book provides a critical reflection on the current structure of the Common Fisheries Policy and also proposes fundamental reforms in order to better integrate environmental protection into marine management. The book provides valuable insights not only on the structure of the current Common Fisheries Policy but also for the future policy agenda. --Michael Faure, Professor of Comparative and International Environmental Law, Maastricht University, the NetherlandsBiologists have long wondered why the EU fisheries policy and practice is in such a mess despite receiving much sound scientific advice. Jill Wakefield shows clearly and readably how this came about and how change could be made which would ensure sustainable exploitation and serve the people of the EU. Let us see whether the EU is capable of change! --Charles Sheppard OBE, Emeritus Professor, University of Warwick, UKTable of ContentsContents: 1. Introduction 2. International Treaties and Instruments: The Right to Exploit the Living Marine Resource 3. The Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy 4. The Reform of the Common Fisheries Policy: Good Governance 5. Precautionary Fishing 6. Sustainable Fishing 7. Ecosystem Management: Integrating Environmental Protection Into Marine Management 8. The EU’s Use of Market-Based Instruments to Plug a Regulatory Gap 9. Alternative Solutions 10. Change for Sustainability Index

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Book SynopsisBritish woodlands and forests are often located on sites and in regions that are marginal for agriculture; many are at high elevations and exposed, with short growing seasons. Wherever forests are located, site and climatic conditions must dictate species choice in forest management. This book provides a detailed guide to the biological suitability of different sites and soils for all important native trees and the most extensively used exotics. Apart from physical difficulties such as steepness and stoniness, forest soils also frequently have problems associated with them. They can be waterlogged or drought-prone, suffer from extremes of acidity or alkalinity, or have compacted layers. The book provides information on species' suitability for different purposes. It includes details of species' origin and introduction (where applicable), as well as their climatic and soil requirements and other silvicultural characteristics. Information about provenance, yield and timber is also provided. Fully updated throughout, this 3rd edition puts more emphasis on species suitable for changing climatic conditions, with accounts of several species that may become more prominent in British forests: including several silver firs, hickories, eucalypts, spruces, poplars and wingnuts. The book concludes with simple keys for identifying the trees most likely to be encountered in British forests. It is an essential resource for students, researchers and forestry professionals.

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Book SynopsisGuy Robinson and Doris Carson have assembled a wonderfully comprehensive and timely book that both reveals and joins together the many and varied elements of diverse contemporary agriculture and food production systems. The book stands as a valuable scan of the diverse forces and processes of change in agriculture and also makes visible, through its various and well-chosen case analyses, the abiding and sometimes colliding roles of structure , agency, power and place in shaping farm and food futures.'- John Smithers, University of Guelph, Canada'An excellent, timely and innovative contribution to the wide-ranging debates on the globalisation of agriculture. The book brings together a wide array of authors who approach agricultural globalisation issues from various angles spanning both the social and natural sciences, including key contributions on agriculture/environment issues, food security challenges, policy regimes, transnational corporations, and challenges of an increasingly globalised agriculture.'- Geoff A. Wilson, Plymouth University, UKAgriculture is becoming increasingly influenced by globalisation. The result is a more interconnected world where new forms of trade and cultural exchange can thrive on an international level. This novel Handbook provides insights to the ways in which globalization is affecting the whole agri-food system, from farms to the consumer.The expert contributors cover themes including the physical basis of agriculture, the influence of trade policies, the nature of globalised agriculture, and resistance to globalisation in the form of attempts to foster sustainability and multifunctional agricultural systems. They present a state-of-the-art summary of current debates and provide a starting point for subsequent research into solutions aimed at addressing food insecurity, global hunger and uneven development.Drawing upon studies from around the world, the Handbook will appeal to a broad and varied readership, across academics, students, and policy-makers interested in economics, trade, geography, sociology and political science.Contributors: K. Anderson, D.K. Bardsley, P. Basu, A. Blay-Palmer, S. Bringezu, L. Bryant, D. Burch, D.A. Carson, A. Dorward, J. Entwistle, S.J. Fielke, D. Fuchs, T. Gomiero, W. Grant, P. Hoppe, B. Ilbery, A. Kalfagianni, J. Klepek, I. Knezevic, G. Lawrence, T. Li, Y. Liu, H. Long, D. Maye, J. Morrison, S. Nicholson, M. O'Brien, A. Omer, C.R. Parfitt, K.E. Rickson, R.E. Rickson, D.F. Robinson, G.M. Robinson, N. Russell, B.A. Scholten, H. Schütz, S.R. Sippel, R. Taylor, B. WindersTrade Review‘Guy Robinson and Doris Carson have assembled a wonderfully comprehensive and timely book that both reveals and joins together the many and varied elements of diverse contemporary agriculture and food production systems. The book stands as a valuable scan of the diverse forces and processes of change in agriculture and also makes visible, through its various and well-chosen case analyses, the abiding and sometimes colliding roles of structure, agency, power and place in shaping farm and food futures.’ -- John Smithers, University of Guelph, Canada‘An excellent, timely and innovative contribution to the wide-ranging debates on the globalisation of agriculture. The book brings together a wide array of authors who approach agricultural globalisation issues from various angles spanning both the social and natural sciences, including key contributions on agriculture/environment issues, food security challenges, policy regimes, transnational corporations, and challenges of an increasingly globalised agriculture.’ -- Geoff A. Wilson, Plymouth University, UK‘It is clear that this handbook provides a wide and very rich overview of topics, themes, theoretical reflections and scholarly debates addressing recent transformations in global agriculture in its broadest terms. The volume excels due to a combi-nation of wide perspectives with multiple foci. In general, the chapters are clear and concise, illustrating the wealth and depth of this research area. That makes this vol-ume an excellent reference work and a sound point of departure for new research.' -- Comparativ – Zeitschrift für Globalgeschichte und vergleichende GesellschaftsforschungTable of ContentsContents: 1. The Globalisation of Agriculture: Introducing the Handbook Guy M. Robinson and Doris A. Carson PART I THE PHYSICAL BASIS OF AGRICULTURE 2. Agriculture and Environment: Fundamentals and Future Perspectives Ros Taylor and Jane Entwistle 3. Effects of Agricultural Activities on Biodiversity and Ecosystems: Organic versus Conventional Farming Tiziano Gomiero 4. Measuring and Managing the Global Agricultural Foot-print of Countries’ Consumption Stefan Bringezu, Helmut Schütz and Meghan O’Brien 5. Meeting the Food Security Challenge through Sustainable Intensification Noel Russell and Amani Omer PART II GLOBALISATION AND POLICY REGIMES 6. Agricultural Trade Wyn Grant 7. US Agricultural Policy and the Globalization of World Agriculture Bill Winders 8. Contributions of Trade Reforms to Agriculture’s Globalization Kym Anderson 9. Heroes, Villains and Victims: Agricultural Subsidies and Their Impacts on Food Security and Poverty Reduction Andrew Dorward and Jamie Morrison 10. Agricultural Production in China under Globalization Hualou Long, Yansui Liu and Tingting Li PART III GLOBALISATION AND TRANS-NATIONAL CORPORATIONS 11. Geographies and Histories of the Green Revolution: From Global Flows to Place-based Experiences Pratyusha Basu and James Klepek 12. Biotechnology and the Global Food Riots: Why Genetically Modified Foods Will Not End World Hunger Simon Nicholson 13. Private Agrifood Governance and the Challenges for Sustainability Agni Kalfagianni and Doris Fuchs 14. Trade-related Intellectual Property: Implications for the Global Seed Industry, Food Sovereignty and Farmers’ Rights Claire R. Parfitt and Daniel F. Robinson 15. The Financialization of Food and Farming Geoffrey Lawrence, Sarah Ruth Sippel and David Burch 16. All You Need is Export? Moroccan Farmers Juggling Global and Local Markets Sarah Ruth Sippel 17. Inequality Regimes in Food Processing Industries Lia Bryant 18. Global Companies and Local Community Relations: Power, Access and Partnership in Food Production and Rural Resource Development Roy E. Rickson, Kara E. Rickson, Peter Hoppe and David Burch PART IV CHALLENGES TO THE GLOBALISATION OF AGRICULTURE 19. Multifunctional Agricultural Transition: Essential for Local Diversity in a Globalised World Simon James Fielke 20. Recreating Diversity for Resilient and Adaptive Agricultural Systems Douglas K. Bardsley 21. The Changing Dynamics of Alternative Agri-food Networks: A European Perspective Brian Ilbery and Damian Maye 22. Building Sustainable Communities through Alternative Food Systems Alison Blay-Palmer and Irena Knezevic 23. The ‘White Revolution’ and Dual Dairy Economy Structures Bruce A. Scholten Index

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Book SynopsisThis thought-provoking book explores the link between animals, people and their social and physical environments in relation to livestock farming, food safety, food security and sustainability. Providing an overview of livestock farming and animal related food production systems in a one welfare context, One Welfare: Animal Health and Welfare, Food Security and Sustainability begins by considering the interconnections of animals, humans and their environment. It then expands into the food production system, and considers the integration of positive welfare, stress, use of welfare indicators and the economic perspective. Written by a team of international experts, and with a foreword by Andrea Gavinelli, Head of the Animal Welfare Unit in the Health and Food Safety Directorate General of the European Commission, it connects theory with best practice examples and case studies from both organizations and individuals that have successfully implemented a one welfare approach.Essential reading for academics and practitioners who work within farming, food systems and international development, this ground-breaking text is also an important read for veterinary and animal welfare professionals.

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Book SynopsisWe live in a world of major disruption, where the individual and the collective stand in opposition against the backdrop of globalization, digital revolution, community development, growing concerns around health and the planet, and now an unprecedented global health crisis.This book explores how these phenomena influence the social ties that surround food and the way we eat together. Extensive research is presented on institutional recommendations concerning eating together, the role of online communities in supporting weight loss, the perceived consequences of diets, the social phenomena involved in vegetarianism, market segmentation in the case of ritual and religious practices, and the rising tendency to "buy local" and to value local identity. As the Covid-19 crisis adds to the complexity of these issues, its impact is also taken into account.For both interested readers and the many players involved in the agri-food industry, these reflections shed light on the current developments in "eating together".Table of ContentsForeword xi Thibaut Nguyen Acknowledgments xv Author Biographies xvii Introduction xxi Gilles Séré De Lanauze Chapter 1 Eating Together, a PNNS Recommendation How Can it be Put Into Practice? 1 Margot DYEN and Lucie SIRIEIX 1.1 Introduction 1 1.2 Eating together, a recommendation of the National Nutrition and Health Plan 2 1.3 Understanding the emergence and maintenance of eating together 5 1.3.1 Benefits of practice theories to the study of eating together 5 1.3.2 A two-stage qualitative study to understand how consumers “eat together” 7 1.3.3 The different practices of eating together 10 1.4 Eating together: materials, meanings and skills 13 1.5 Interactions between materials, meanings and skills: particular practices or means of overcoming constraints 17 1.6 Does eating together always promote well-being? 20 1.7 What are the perspectives for promoting eating together? 21 1.8 Appendix: Sample summary 23 1.9 References 24 Chapter 2 “Eating Together” Through the Internet: The Case of Online Weight Loss Support Communities 27 Steffie GALLIN, Laurie BALBO and Marie-Christine LICHTLÉ 2.1 Introduction 27 2.2 Online weight loss support communities 28 2.3 Exchanges in these communities: informational as well as emotional social support 29 2.4 Social influence within online weight loss support communities 31 2.5 A hybrid research methodology 32 2.5.1 Step 1: Survey of health experts and community participants 33 2.5.2 Step 2: Analysis of the content shared within the weight loss support communities 34 2.6 Analysis of the results 34 2.6.1 Content exchanged in weight loss support communities 34 2.6.2 The exchange of informational support in online weight loss support communities 38 2.6.3 The exchange of emotional support in online weight loss support communities 41 2.6.4 Recipes at the heart of discussions in the communities… 44 2.6.5 Informational and normative social influence in online weight loss support communities 46 2.6.6 The degree of susceptibility to social influence 50 2.7 Conclusion 51 2.8 Appendices 52 2.8.1 Appendix 1: Characteristics of the expert sample 52 2.8.2 Appendix 2: Characteristics of the user sample 54 2.9 References 55 Chapter 3 “Eating Together”: With or Without the Dietary Constraints of Others? 59 Andréa GOURMELEN, Marie-Christine LICHTLÉ, Laurie BALBO and Steffie GALLIN 3.1 Introduction 59 3.2 Dietary constraints, whether endured or chosen 61 3.2.1 What are the possible dietary constraints? 62 3.2.2 Nutritional compliance and the role of social support in chronic disease 63 3.2.3 Selected dietary constraints: the example of consideration of future consequences (CFC) 65 3.3 Suffering from dietary constraints but eating with others: the case of meals between sick and healthy people 67 3.3.1 The difficulties of the system 69 3.3.2 Factors that explain deviations from the plan 70 3.3.3 Meals with other people: a variety of situations 71 3.4. Having dietary constraints out of conviction: How do you eat with others? 73 3.4.1 The point of view of those who impose constraints on themselves: wanting to convince without being judged 74 3.4.2 The point of view of those who do not have constraints: wanting to make an effort but not too much 77 3.4.3 Struggles, trade-offs and compromises of eating together 78 3.5 Conclusion 80 3.6 Appendix: Characteristics of the Study 2 sample 81 3.7 References 82 Chapter 4 Eating Together, Yes, But Without Meat! Social Influences Related to Vegetarianism and Veganism 85 Gilles SÉRÉ DE LANAUZE, Lucie SIRIEIX and Erick SUAREZ DOMINGUEZ 4.1 Introduction 85 4.2 Not eating meat! 87 4.2.1 What does vegetarianism mean? 87 4.2.2 Vegetarianism, the steps of a process 91 4.3 Relationships between vegetarians and non-vegetarians 94 4.3.1 From hostility to acceptance 94 4.3.2 The notion of a vegetarian community 96 4.4 Opposition between society and community, the normative dissonance 101 4.4.1 Conceptualizing forms of normative dissonance (what normative perceptions of vegetarianism?) 102 4.4.2 Perceived normative dissonance between community and society 103 4.4.3 Strategies for managing and reducing normative dissonance 105 4.5 Conclusion 107 4.6 References 108 Chapter 5 Eating Together and Differently: Halal Between Standardization and Segmentation 111 Foued CHERIET, Félix JOURDAN and M’hamed MERDJI 5.1 The halal meat market: eating together or differently? 111 5.2 Producing together AND differently: actors, complexity and differentiation: segments within the segment 116 5.2.1 Producing differently: actors and organization of halal meat production 116 5.2.2 Producing together: between standardization and differentiation 120 5.3 Consuming together and differently: credibility, trust and differentiation: more segments within segments 122 5.3.1 Eating differently: specificities of the halal meat market in France 123 5.3.2 Eating together: between standardization and hyper-differentiation 125 5.4 Conclusion: the halal meat market in France: eating together and differently 136 5.5 Appendices 138 5.5.1 Appendix 1: Secondary data on the halal meat market in France 138 5.5.2 Appendix 2: Description of the questionnaire survey 140 5.5.3 Appendix 3: Example of information collected during the semi-structured interview survey (16 respondents, Montpellier, November 2019–January 2020) 141 5.6 References 142 Chapter 6 From “Eating Together” to “Living Together Better”, the Case of Local Products 145 René Pierre BEYLIER, Fatiha FORT and Andry RAMAROSON 6.1 Introduction 145 6.2 Eating locally in a global context 147 6.2.1 Close links between local products and the local area 148 6.2.2 Food and local anchoring: the challenge of trust 156 6.3 Eating locally: from local conviviality to globalized connectivity 162 6.3.1 Attachment to a soil: the conviviality of the land and better living together 163 6.3.2 Digital technology and better living together through local consumption 173 6.4 Conclusion 181 6.5 Appendices 182 6.6 References 185 Chapter 7 By Way of an Epilogue: “Eating Together” in the Time of Covid-19 189 Gilles SÉRÉ DE LANAUZE and Guillaume LE BORGNE 7.1 Introduction 189 7.2 The change in practices 190 7.3 Irruption and trivialization of the digital in food and conviviality 192 7.4 Strengthening communities and beliefs? 194 7.5 A refocusing on the local and nearby 196 7.6 What are the possible scenarios? 197 Conclusion 199 Guillaume LE BORGNE and Gilles SÉRÉ DE LANAUZE List of Authors 217 Index 219

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Book SynopsisThis book provides industry insights and fresh ideas for the advancement of the most vital global industry - food. Drawing on their industry and academic expertise the authors have identified three controlling aspects of food business operations that can unleash long term success: consumer health and wellbeing; product and process sustainability; and harnessing advances in digitalization. If developed to their maximum potential these factors have the capability to revolutionize the food sector. Food Industry 4.0 highlights advancement opportunities for the food manufacturing sector, including innovation in products, processes and services, as it seeks to combine productive, efficient and sustainable practices. The contents address: · Mapping data, new approaches for food system applications. · The perfect meal and making a balanced global diet possible. · Industry 4.0 applications in the food sector: robotics and automation, big data, Internet of Things, cybersecurity. · Resource utilization in the food manufacturing sector. · Resilience and sustainability in food supply chains. · Environmental and social governance in our food system. It is of significant benefit to food industry practitioners working in operational and product development roles, academic researchers, policy makers, students, and food sector professionals.Table of Contents1: Our Connected Future and Global Food Markets 2: Mapping Data: New Approaches for Food System Applications 3: The Perfect Meal 4: Food 4.0: Industry 4.0 Applications in the Food Sector 5: Revealing the Value of Resource Efficiency in the Food Manufacturing Sector 6: Sustainability in the Food Supply Chains 7: Transformational Systems and Resilience in Food Manufacturing 8: Corporate Social Responsibility as a Driver for the Advancement of a Productive and Sustainable Food System

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Book SynopsisThis book demonstrates a broadly successful transformation process that has been limited by challenging political, economic and social constraints. David Turnock traces the complex issues that have influenced Romania's reform and restructuring programme since the revolution at the end of 1989. The Transition from Communism to the European Union provides an overview of economic change in Romania, and studies in detail the transformation in industry, energy and agriculture, drawing on fieldwork in all parts of the country. The monitoring of the economic press throughout the post-communist period has also yielded much source material. Although the political context is examined at some length, the prime consideration is economic restructuring, involving the establishment of a free market system after decades of government control through central planning. It is made clear that the process is still not complete since global competitiveness remains a major challenge now that many people are beginning to experience a degree of prosperity.The book will be of invaluable interest to students and researchers in the fields of regional economics and post-communism, as well as readers with a general interest in Romania, the Balkans or the EU.Trade Review'A fascinating book that will be of particular interest to economists and experts in post-Communism along, of course, with any reader wishing to learn more about Romania and the Balkans in general.' -- Agence EuropeTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. The Political Context: A Chronological Review 2. Economic Restructuring, Investment and the Labour Market 3. Restructuring Heavy Industry: Mining and Metallurgy 4. Engineering and Transport Equipment 5. The Automotive and Aerospace Industries 6. A Traditional Growth Industry: Food, Drink and Tobacco 7. The Energy Complex: Maximising Efficiency and Self-Sufficiency 8. Agriculture: The Political Imperative for Restitution Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the relationship between the land use choices of small-scale farmers and the rate of deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon. Although sustainable agriculture was introduced to the Amazon area about 10 years ago, it has been adopted by only a few farmers. Jill L. Caviglia analyses why this practice has not been more widely adopted and offers policy prescriptions to address this.The major source of deforestation in the Amazon is the use of slash-and-burn agriculture by small-scale farmers. The adoption of sustainable agriculture by these farmers could reduce the rate of deforestation dramatically. The author uses new, original case studies of farms in the area to estimate the probability of the adoption of sustainable agriculture and, once the adoption decision has been made, the intensity of adoption. The author finds that this is influenced greatly by farmer organizations and by providing the farmers with the knowledge that sustainable agriculture is a viable alternative to slash-and-burn practices.This book will be of great interest to scholars and policymakers in the areas of environmental economics, environmental policy and Latin American studies.Trade Review'Caviglia's book is a well-done and relevant piece of work, providing the reader with a clear description of variables and assumptions, thus allowing for evaluation of strengths and limitations of her research. Caviglia's conclusion reinforces her discussion throughout the book, suggesting that market failure (at the local, regional and national levels) is the most significant cause of deforestation in the region. . . . Most importantly, the author's conclusions are extremely relevant and useful for policies aimed at improving the colonist farmers' well-being and productivity, while helping to decrease deforestation rates in one of the most impacted regions of the Brazilian Amazon.' -- Eduardo S. Brondizio, Environmental ConservationTable of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Introduction 2. Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon 3. Sustainable Agriculture 4. Addressing Market Failure Which Has Led to Tropical Deforestation with Discrete Choice Models 5. Data Collection and Analysis 6. The Economic Model 7. Conclusion Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisGlobalisation of the world economy portends a wide range of benefits to citizens of all countries. However, this ground-breaking book finds that the impacts of trade liberalisation and globalisation appear to have a negative impact on agricultural sustainability in developing countries.This book explores the proposition that globalisation and trade liberalisation is an international win-win game and finds that there is substantial evidence to suggest that there could be a range of agricultural problems and negative impacts on rural communities and the environment in poorer countries. The authors use cutting-edge research from Brazil, Bolivia, Burkino Faso, Indonesia, The Philippines and Thailand to suggest that special attention needs to be paid to local issues in poor countries in the face of globalisation.Sustainable Agriculture and Environment will prove invaluable to scholars and policymakers in the areas of environmental and ecological economics.Table of ContentsContents: Preface 1. Agriculture and Sustainability 2. Trade Liberalisation Agriculture and Sustainability 3. Conditions for Sustainable Development 4. Economics, Aspects of Ecology and Sustainable Agricultural Production 5. Conservation Farming and Indicators of Agricultural Sustainability 6. Reducing the Costs of Modern Agriculture 7. Towards Sustainable Agricultural Systems 8. Landcare 9. Conservation in Germany’s Agrarian Countryside and the World Economy 10. The Implication of Carbon Dioxide Abatement Policies on Food Prices 11. Co-evolution in Asia 12. The Impact of Globalisation on Agricultural Systems of Traditional Societies 13. Asia’s Livestock Industries 14. Environmental Impacts of the Livestock Industries of Indonesia, the Philippines and Thailand 15. Family Farming 16. Trade Liberalisation Impacts for Sustainable Development 17. Development by Linking Small Farmers to Growth Markets 18. Is Trade Liberalisation the Right Policy after a Devaluation? 19. Globalisation, Agriculture and Environment Index

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Book SynopsisThroughout the 1990s, Russian households experienced a dramatic fall in their traditional sources of subsistence: wages and social benefits. Many commentators have argued that households have adopted 'survival strategies' that enable them to make ends meet, particularly taking second jobs, growing their own food and calling on the help of family and friends. This book reviews the available data to analyse the forms, scale and incidence of these phenomena. The author finds that so-called 'survival strategies' merely represent a continuation of traditional soviet practices. He demonstrates that they disproportionately benefit the better off and that they do not provide a means by which those who have suffered misfortune can compensate for a fall in their earnings. Instead, he illustrates that most Russian households have adapted simply by cutting expenditure rather than by finding new sources of income. The author concludes by arguing that the notion of a 'household survival strategy' is inappropriate for the study of post-soviet society.Based on the analysis of a wide range of qualitative and quantitative data, Making Ends Meet in Contemporary Russia provides a comprehensive analysis of the means by which Russian households have secured their subsistence in the face of a collapse in wages and employment since the end of the soviet system. It will be required reading for all students, scholars and researchers of transition studies, development studies and human geography.Trade Review'. . . this work represents an important contribution to the literature on socioeconomic responses and outcomes in Russia and goes some way toward setting the future agenda for social policy and research. . . and can be recommended to all with an interest in socioeconomic conditions in contemporary Russia.' -- C.J. Gerry, Slavonic and East European Review'The book is nicely written and contains a wealth of empirical data that makes it very interesting reading. Because of the straightforward statistical analysis used too illustrate the author's arguments the book is also very accessible to both social scientists and the general public interested in this topic.' -- Roman Novozhilov, Progress in Development Studies'I believe the book would be of great interest to students and scholars of Russia. It is well documented, very well organized, and provocative. It challenges widely-held ideas about how the Russians are surviving the current economic crisis. . . Not only does the book present a fascinating analysis of the ways Russian households are dealing with everyday economic problems in a transitioning economy, but it also familiarizes the reader with numerous studies and surveys not well known outside of Russia.' -- Alya Guseva, Contemporary Sociology'The starting point for this impressively documented survey is taken as 1985 with employment and social needs more or less in balance.' -- RusistikaTable of ContentsContents: 1. Household Subsistence in the Russian Economic Crisis 2. Secondary Employment 3. The Russian Dacha and the Myth of the Urban Peasant 4. Social Networks and Private Transfers 5. Do Russian Households Have Survival Strategies? References Index

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