| Description |
1 online resource : illustrations, color maps. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Global Agriculture: Developments, Issues, and Research
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Global Agriculture: Developments, Issues, and Research.
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| Note |
Some electronic issues may lack media packaged with the printed version. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This book explores the developments, issues and research outlook of global agriculture. Topics discussed in this compilation include cotton and hydropower in Central Asia; rising grain exports by the former Soviet Union region; and resources, policies, and agricultural productivity in Sub-Saharan Africa. |
| Contents |
GLOBAL AGRICULTURE: DEVELOPMENTS, ISSUES, AND RESEARCH.. VOLUME 5 (WITH ACCOMPANYING CD-ROM); GLOBAL AGRICULTURE: DEVELOPMENTS, ISSUES, AND RESEARCH. VOLUME 5 (WITH ACCOMPANYING CD-ROM); Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: COTTON AND HYDROPOWER IN CENTRAL ASIA: HOW RESOURCE COMPETITION AFFECTS TRADE; ABSTRACT; SUMMARY; INTRODUCTION; HYDROPOWER AND AGRICULTURE; CENTRAL ASIA'S WATER AND ENERGY CONFLICT; COTTON, WATER, AND ENERGY; COMMODITY TRADE MODEL; SCENARIO RESULTS; ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS; IMPLICATIONS FROM THIS STUDY; REFERENCES |
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Chapter 2: RISING GRAIN EXPORTS BY THE FORMER SOVIET UNION REGION: CAUSES AND OUTLOOKABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; THE ECONOMIC TRANSITION RESTRUCTURED KRU AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AND TRADE; RUSSIAN GRAIN PRODUCTION INCREASED DURING THE 2000S; GOVERNMENT POLICIES HAVE PROMOTED LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION RATHER THAN GRAIN EXPORTS; KRU GRAIN PRODUCTION AND EXPORTS PROJECTED TO RISE CONSIDERABLY; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX: ASSESSING PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH IN THE RUSSIAN GRAIN ECONOMY USING OUTPUT MARKET ANALYSIS; REFERENCES; Chapter 3: RESOURCES, POLICIES, AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA |
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Abstractacknowledgments; summary; introduction; agriculture in africa's economic development; agricultural production and resource use; measuring agriculture's productivity performance; policies and productivity in african agriculture; conclusion; references; index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects.
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Agriculture -- Economic aspects. |
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Agricultural industries.
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Agricultural industries. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Robertson, Marvin R.
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Schmidt, Jeffery I.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Robertson, Marvin R. Global Agriculture : Developments, Issues, and Research. Volume 5 (with accompanying CD-ROM) New York NY : Nova Science Publishers, Inc.,c1900 9781631177323 |
| ISBN |
9781631177330 (electronic book) |
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1631177338 (electronic book) |
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