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Zusatztext "How do agriculture and rural development practices need to adapt to meet the needs of a world experiencing rapid globalisation and urbanisation? Such a broad but timely question demands in-depth and wide-ranging analysis! and this volume in Earthscan's Food and Agriculture series provides just that." - Spore (the newsletter of CTA)! number 185 Informationen zum Autor Prabhu Pingaliis a professor in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University! New York!with a joint appointment in the Division of Nutritional Sciences. He is Founding Director of the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI). Gershon Feder is Chair of the Publications Review Committee atthe International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)! Washington DC. Previously heheld various positions at the World Bank! most recentlySenior Research Managerat the Development Research Group. Klappentext "Rapid structural transformation and urbanization are transforming agriculture and food production in rural areas across the world. This textbook provides a comprehensive review and assessment of the multi-faceted nature of agriculture and rural development! particularly in the developing world where the greatest challenges occur." -- Zusammenfassung This textbook provides a comprehensive review and assessment of the multi-faceted nature of agriculture and rural development, particularly in the developing world where the greatest challenges occur. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. IntroductionPrabhu Pingali and Gershon FederPart 1: Agricultural Intensification and Technical Change2. Modern Agricultural Technology Adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Four-Country AnalysisGershon Feder and Sara Savastano3. Revisiting the Farm Size-Productivity Relationship: New Evidence from Sub-Saharan African Countries Pasquale Lucio Scandizzo and Sara Savastano4. From Land Grabs to Land Development: The Past and Potential of Private Investment in Frontier AgricultureDerek Byerlee! William A. Masters! and Daniel S. Robinson5. Staples Production: Efficient "Subsistence" Smallholders Are Key to Poverty Reduction! Development! and TradeMichael LiptonPart 2: Political Economy of Agricultural Policies6. Transforming African Economies and the Evolving Structure of African AgricultureJohann Kirsten and Frikkie Liebenberg7. Origins and Some Empirical Tests of Theories of Agricultural EvolutionJohn Murray McIntire8. Toward More Evidence-based Decision-making in the Land Sector: Can It Help to Close Implementation Gaps?Klaus Deininger9. Food Price Changes! Domestic Price Insulation! and Poverty (When All Policymakers Want to Be Above Average)Kym Anderson! William J. Martin! and Maros Ivanic10. Institutional Constraints and Options for Expanding the Biotechnology Revolution in Developing CountriesGreg TraxlerPart 3: Community and Rural Institutions11. Beyond Hype: Another Look at Index-based Agricultural InsurancePeter Hazell and Ulrich Hess12. Beyond Water Markets: Second-best Water Allocation Policy?Mark W. Rosegrant! Man Li! and Wenchao Xu13. Reflections on Community-Driven DevelopmentJacomina de RegtPart 4: Agriculture! Nutrition! and Health14. Agricultural Change and Health and Nutrition in Emerging EconomiesJoachim von Braun15. Understanding the Multidimensional Nature of the Malnutrition Problem in IndiaPrabhu Pingali and Tanvi RaoPart 5: Future Relevance of International Institutions16. Structural Transformation and the Transition from Concessional Assistance to Commercial Flows: The Past and Possible Future Contributions of the World BankUma Lele! Sambuddha Goswami! and Gianluigi Nico17. The Relevance of the CGIAR in a Modernizing World: Or Has It Been Reformed ad infinitum into Dysfunctionality?Alex F. McCalla ...
