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Hardback. Food security is defined as the ability of countries, regions, or households to meet their required levels of food consumption at all times. This book addresses the roles of trade, policy development, and economic cooperation in creating sustainable food security in the West African region. Editor(s): Okyere, W. Asenso; Benneh, E. Y.; Tims, W. Num Pages: 307 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1HFD; KCN; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 307
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792399193
- ISBN
- 9780792399193
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.96
€ 191.96
Hardback. The purpose of this volume is to shed light on the linkages between incentives and restrictions set by governmental actions which managers of food industry firms encounter in their search for profits. Editor(s): Wallace, L.Tim; Schroder, William R. Num Pages: 421 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KC; KNAC; TV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 791.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 421
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792399797
- ISBN
- 9780792399797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.32
€ 194.32
paperback. This collection of fascinating historical case studies reveals the remarkable inner workings of the modern food provisioning system and the complex web of institutions that move food from the farm to the dinner table. Editor(s): Belasco, Warren; Horowitz, Roger. Series: Hagley Perspectives on Business and Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 26 illus. BIC Classification: HBTK; KNAC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812221343
- ISBN
- 9780812221343
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.03
€ 37.99
€ 34.03
Hardcover. With Asia as its backdrop, this book investigates the role played by the World Bank Group (WBG) in conceptualising and promoting new mining regimes tailored for resource-rich country clients. It details a particular politics of mining in the Global South characterised by the transplanting, hijacking and contesting of the WBG's mining agenda. Series: Studies in the Political Economy of Public Policy. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1F; KCM; KCP; KFFK; KNAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137031310
- ISBN
- 9781137031310
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Condition: New
€ 63.71
€ 63.71
Hardback. Analyses quantitatively in a comprehensive, consistent, and integrated manner the production structure and productivity of post-war Japanese agriculture for the latter half of the twentieth century, more specifically, 1957-97. Num Pages: 403 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; KCN; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 403
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137287601
- ISBN
- 9781137287601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.68
€ 123.68
Hardback. Analyzes quantitatively in a comprehensive, consistent, and integrated manner the production structure and productivity of postwar Japanese agriculture for the latter half of the 20th century, more specifically, 1957-97. Num Pages: 181 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; KCL; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 347.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 181
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137287632
- ISBN
- 9781137287632
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Condition: New
€ 63.70
€ 63.70
Hardcover. This book is a one-stop reference for practitioners and academics in finance, business and economics, providing a holistic reference to the international agriculture business. It takes a multidisciplinary approach, looking at the issues, opportunities and investable themes in the global agricultural space, combining research and practical tools. Num Pages: 603 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCL; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 235 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1044.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137302335
- ISBN
- 9781137302335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.71
€ 125.71
Hardback. The contributors argue that rare earths are essential to the information technology revolution on which humans have come to depend for communication, commerce, and, increasingly, engage in conflict. They demonstrate that rare earths are a strategic commodity over which political actors will and do struggle for control. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KCM; KCN; KCP; KNAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 435.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137364234
- ISBN
- 9781137364234
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.39
€ 122.39
Making Markets More Inclusive: Lessons from CARE and the Future of Sus...
McKague, Kevin, Siddiquee, Muhammad
Hardcover. Making Markets More Inclusive bridges the management literature with work on agricultural value chains in developing and emerging economies. Num Pages: 242 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFG; KCM; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137382917
- ISBN
- 9781137382917
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.57
€ 63.57
Economics, Governance, and Politics in the Wine Market: European Union...
Gaeta, Davide, Corsinovi, Paola
Hardcover. The global wine industry is a continually modifying market impacted by financing, culture, and politics. Economics, Governance, and Politics in the Wine Market analyzes recent developments in European Agriculture policies on wine legislation and market trend orientation between political power and market structure. Num Pages: 268 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCC; KCS; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137398499
- ISBN
- 9781137398499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.99
€ 121.99
Hardcover. Some vanguard companies have evolved to a higher level of decentralization originating in the enabling-and-autonomy paradigm. A new kind of deep leadership is practiced by these spirit-driven organizations. This book brings together theory and case studies to cover historical origins and developments of both types of decentralization. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: KJM; KJU; KNAT; KNGT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137414700
- ISBN
- 9781137414700
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.41
€ 142.41
The Economics of Biofuel Policies: Impacts on Price Volatility in Grai...
De Gorter, Harry, Drabik, Dusan, Just, David ...
Hardcover. The Economics of Biofuel Policies focuses on the role of biofuel policies in creating turmoil in the world grains and oilseed markets since 2006. Series: Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy. Num Pages: 282 pages, 45 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCC; KCD; KNAC; KNBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137414847
- ISBN
- 9781137414847
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.84
€ 142.84
The Politics of Resource Extraction. Indigenous Peoples, Multinational...
. Ed(S): Sawyer, Suzana; Gomez, Edmund Terenc...
Paperback. International institutions (United Nations, World Bank) and multinational companies have voiced concern over the adverse impact of resource extraction activities on the livelihood of indigenous communities. This volume examines mega resource extraction projects in Australia, Bolivia, Canada, Chad, Cameroon, India, Nigeria, Peru, the Philippines. Editor(s): Sawyer, Suzana; Gomez, Edmund Terence. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 329 pages, biography. BIC Classification: GTF; JFSL9; KNAT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 329
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137463210
- ISBN
- 9781137463210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.83
€ 63.83
hardcover. Series: Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy. Num Pages: 370 pages, 110 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KCP; KCT; KNAC; RNFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 28. Weight in Grams: 642.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137471680
- ISBN
- 9781137471680
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Condition: New
€ 144.43
€ 144.43
Hardback. In this book, Po-Yi Hung uses tea production as a lens to investigate the tension between nature and society under the market economy in frontier China. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; JFSL9; JHMC; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137494078
- ISBN
- 9781137494078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.43
€ 63.43
The Politics of Agrarian Reform in Brazil: The Landless Rural Workers ...
Robles, Wilder, Veltmeyer, Henry
Hardcover. The Politics of Agrarian Reform in Brazil examines the interrelationships among peasant mobilization, agrarian reform and co-operativism in contemporary Brazil. Series: Social Movements and Transformation. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; JFFA; JHB; JPWF; KNAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137517197
- ISBN
- 9781137517197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.86
€ 63.86
Paperback. Through his ethnographic study of the fishermen and their religious beliefs, Webster speaks to larger debates about religious radicalism, materiality, economy, language, and the symbolic. These debates also call into question assumptions about the decline of religion in modern industrial societies. Series: Contemporary Anthropology of Religion. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; HRCC9; JHMC; KNAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137527295
- ISBN
- 9781137527295
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.91
€ 62.91
Hardback. The Global Diamond Industry: Economics and Development brings together a collection of papers covering various aspects of the diamond industry including economics, law, history, sociology and development across two volumes. Editor(s): Grynberg, Roman; Mbayi, Letsema. Num Pages: 317 pages, 19 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: KC; KNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 317
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137537607
- ISBN
- 9781137537607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.42
€ 123.42
Hardback. Series: International Political Economy Series. Num Pages: 254 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1H; KCM; KCN; KCP; KNAT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137563538
- ISBN
- 9781137563538
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.05
€ 122.05
Multi-Industrial Linkages Approach to Cluster Building in East Asia
. Ed(S): Kuchiki, Akifumi; Mizobe, Tetsuo; Go...
Hardback. Editor(s): Kuchiki, Akifumi; Mizobe, Tetsuo; Gokan, Toshitaka. Num Pages: 295 pages, 41 black & white illustrations, 24 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FP; KCM; KNAC; KNDF; KNSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137571274
- ISBN
- 9781137571274
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.90
€ 153.90