Redefining Government's Role in Agriculture in the Nineties
Redefining Government's Role in Agriculture in the Nineties

Author: John Nash

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 1990

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13:

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The legitimate roles of government in agriculture--especially investment and research--have often been subordinated to roles for which government has shown little competence, such as price setting and intervention in markets. These priorities must be reversed.

The Global Restructuring of Agro-Food Systems
The Global Restructuring of Agro-Food Systems

Author: Philip D. McMichael

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2019-05-15

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 1501736035

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Across the world, food systems and agricultural systems are changing at a phenomenal rate. Widespread restructuring has not been confined to the production and distribution of food, though; many regions and even nations are undergoing social, political, and economic transformation as well. Bringing together twelve essays by scholars from a number of disciplines, I this timely book documents the interdependence of food systems, nation states, and the world economy. Stressing the political foundations of global agro-food systems, it sheds light on such complex questions as whether today's changes in food and agrarian systems anticipate a new world order, or are merely efforts to preserve an old order in crisis.

Economic Outlook for Southeast Asia, China and India 2020 Rethinking Education for the Digital Era
Economic Outlook for Southeast Asia, China and India 2020 Rethinking Education for the Digital Era

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2019-12-11

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 9264788387

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The Economic Outlook for Southeast Asia, China and India is a bi-annual publication on regional economic growth, development and regional integration in Emerging Asia. It focuses on the economic conditions of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member countries: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao PDR, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam. It also addresses relevant economic issues in China and India to fully reflect economic developments in the region.

Reluctant Partners? Non-Governmental Organizations, the State and Sustainable Agricultural Development
Reluctant Partners? Non-Governmental Organizations, the State and Sustainable Agricultural Development

Author: Anthony Bebbington

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-07-15

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 1134880219

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Reluctant Partners? combines comprehensive empirical insights into NGOs' work in agriculture with wider considerations of their relations with the State and their contribution to democratic pluralism. This overview volume for the Non-Governmental Organizations series contextualizes and synthesizes the case study material in the three regional volumes on Africa, Asia and Latin America, where over sixty specially commissioned case studies of farmer-participatory approaches to agricultural innovation are presented. Specific questions are raised. How good/bad are NGOs at promoting technological innovation and addressing contraints to change in peasant culture? How effective are NGOs at strengthening local organizations? How do/will donor pressures influence NGOs and their links to the State?

International Agricultural Development
International Agricultural Development

Author: Carl K. Eicher

Publisher: JHU Press

Published: 1998-11-20

Total Pages: 636

ISBN-13: 9780801858796

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Other topics include market failures, food insecurity, rural poverty, environmental degradation, income and asset inequality, fiscally sustainable organizations, the changing roles of the public and private sector in research, input delivery systems, marketing and low rates of agricultural growth in much of sub-Saharan Africa.