Farm Incomes, Wealth and Agricultural Policy
Farm Incomes, Wealth and Agricultural Policy

Author: Berkeley Hill

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 184593847X

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The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been supporting the incomes of the European Union's agricultural community for half a century. Despite this, there is still no official system in place to track the economic wellbeing of farmers and their families. This book examines the evidence on the overall wealth of farming households, and concludes that in nearly all member states, they are not generally a poor sector of society, with disposable incomes that are similar to, or exceed, the national average. In this updated edition, the author discusses the latest evidence, makes recommendations for gathering better information, and considers the implications for the CAP as we enter the second decade of the 21st century.

Reawakening the Public Research University
Reawakening the Public Research University

Author: Renée Beville Flower

Publisher: University of California eScholarship

Published: 2014-03-28

Total Pages: 647

ISBN-13: 0615970133

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A core institution in the human endeavor—the public research university—is in transition. As U.S. public universities adapt to a multi-decadal decline in public funding, they risk losing their essential character as a generator, evaluator, and archivist of ideas and as a wellspring of tomorrow’s intellectual, economic, and political leaders. This book explores the core interdependent and coevolving structures of the research university: its physical domain (buildings, libraries, classrooms), administration (governance and funding), and intellectual structures (curricula and degree programs). It searches the U.S. history of the public research university to identify its essential qualities, and generates recommendations that identify the crucial roles of university administration, state government and federal government.

Using the Agricultural, Environmental, and Food Literature
Using the Agricultural, Environmental, and Food Literature

Author: Barbara S. Hutchinson

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2002-07-17

Total Pages: 554

ISBN-13: 9780203909119

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This reference provides the groundwork, tools, and terminology required when conducting specialized searches for information and resources pertaining to traditional and emerging fields of agriculture. The editors present 16 contributions from librarians and other information workers that offer information on research resources across the academic a

Agricultural Economics
Agricultural Economics

Author: George Henry Peters

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 688

ISBN-13:

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Agriculture has been a significant source of economic and political conflict between nations during the last twenty years. This timely volume focuses on the role and operation of agriculture in developed market economies. It opens with a set of papers dealing with the basic economic organization of farming and with the market setting in which it operates. A section on agricultural policy analysis is followed by material relating to policy studies in the national and international settings. An additional dimension is supplied by a short selection of material relevant to problems of agriculture in the Third World. The emphasis throughout is on the economic analysis of policy measures which affect agriculture worldwide, including the most recent important developments.

Economic Analysis of Agricultural Markets
Economic Analysis of Agricultural Markets

Author: Vanessa Scarborough

Publisher: Hyperion Books

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13:

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Aimed particularly at economists working on problems of markets and marketing policy against a background of recent policy shifts towards liberalization in the agricultural and food sectors. Relevant to those providing advice to governments, aid agencies and non-government organizations on market policy reform.