The Economics of Agricultural Technology in Semiarid Sub-Saharan Africa
The Economics of Agricultural Technology in Semiarid Sub-Saharan Africa

Author: John H. Sanders

Publisher:

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13:

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This strategy is evaluated using field studies and modeling from the major agroecological zones of crop production. The authors address the higher-input, yield-increasing strategy from the perspective of risk, sustainability and the impact on women. They also consider alternative approaches to increasing output through area expansion and livestock-crop integrated systems.

Principles of Agricultural Economics
Principles of Agricultural Economics

Author: Andrew Barkley

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-03-05

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1136779000

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This book showcases the power of economic principles to explain and predict issues and current events in the food, agricultural, agribusiness, international trade, natural resources and other sectors. The result is an agricultural economics textbook that provides students and instructors with a clear, up-to-date, and straightforward approach to learning how a market-based economy functions, and how to use simple economic principles for improved decision making. While the primary focus of the book is on microeconomic aspects, agricultural economics has expanded over recent decades to include issues of macroeconomics, international trade, agribusiness, environmental economics, natural resources, and international development. Hence, these topics are also provided with significant coverage.

Agricultural Policy Analysis Tools For Economic Development
Agricultural Policy Analysis Tools For Economic Development

Author: Luther Tweeten

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-04-24

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 0429713819

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This book was written to make modem policy analysis methods accessible to policy analysts. It can improve policy decisions by combining the best analytical methods with the power of analysts' and decisionmakers' good judgment and with microcomputer hardware and software.

Environmental Amenities and Regional Economic Development
Environmental Amenities and Regional Economic Development

Author: Todd L. Cherry

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-12-04

Total Pages: 347

ISBN-13: 1135245444

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Rising U.S. income and wealth in recent decades have fueled an increase in consumption demand for environmental amenities. Many observers and researchers have argued that this at least in part underlies current differentials in economic growth across regions. This collection of key articles addresses the issues and more.