Agricultural development: New perspectives in a changing world
Explores key emerging issues facing developing-country agriculture today, from rapid urbanization to rural transformation to climate change
Explores key emerging issues facing developing-country agriculture today, from rapid urbanization to rural transformation to climate change
This book is the first comprehensive effort to bring together Water, Food Security and Nutrition (FSN) in a way that goes beyond the traditional focus on irrigated agriculture. Apart from looking at the role of water and sanitation for human well-being…
A rapid increase in aquaculture production in Bangladesh has lowered fish prices, increased protein consumption, and reduced poverty. The Making of a Blue Revolution in Bangladesh offers a valuable case study of how this transformation in the fish valu…
The most intriguing stories from the past five decades to show what works in nutrition, what does not, and the factors that contribute to success.
Fourth in an annual series that provides a comprehensive overview of major food policy developments and events.
The role of agricultural technologies
Institutions of collective action and systems of property rights shape how people use natural resources, and these patterns of use in turn affect the outcomes of people’s agricultural production systems. Together, mechanisms of collective action and pr…