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The coming famine: The global food crisis and what we can do about it
It is estimated that food production needs to increase 70 per cent by 2050, to meet demand; the current rate of increase is just 1 per cent per year. To avert the prospect of famine within a generation, Julian Cribb presents the case for food production, including agricultural research, to be given the highest priority.
Date published: September 2010
Agricultural value chain finance: Tools and lessons
A review of approaches to provide finance within agricultural value chains, from around the developing world. Such approaches are essential if smallholder farmers are to meet the demands of a global food supply industry that is increasingly dominated by large-scale agribusiness.
Date published: September 2010
Food politics: What everyone needs to know
In a bid to explain food politics and rebalance some of the debates, Paarlberg examines the politics of famines, food prices, food aid, obesity, subsidies, agribusiness, food safety, organic food and the controversies surrounding the green revolution.
Date published: September 2010
Biocultural diversity conservation: A global sourcebook
Forty-five projects that take an integrated approach to protecting biodiversity and maintaining cultural diversity are reviewed. The authors draw out lessons and recommendations, stressing the need for policies that value cultural diversity and creativity, in order to meet biodiversity conservation targets.
Date published: September 2010
Livestock sector policies and programmes in developing countries: A menu for practitioners
This book has been designed to help policymakers and development practitioners formulate and implement plans for institutional reforms and policies that will benefit not only smallscale livestock farmers but all stakeholders along the value chain.
Date published: August 2010
This practical guide is designed to help farmers groups and small exporters in developing countries enter organic and fair-trade markets.
Date published: August 2010
Promising African plants: A selection from the PROTA programme
This book highlights 25 highly promising African plant species, including vegetables, cereals, oils, timber and medicinal plants - certainly enough to whet the appetite of the researcher or student looking for a new subject of study.
Date published: August 2010
Making the most of agricultural investments examines a variety of inclusive agricultural investment business models and considers their opportunities and constraints, and options for scaling up.
Date published: August 2010
Dead planet, living planet: Biodiversity and ecosystem restoration for sustainable development
This colourful and informative paperback documents over 30 successful case studies of ecosystem restoration ranging from deserts and rainforests to rivers and coasts.
Date published: July 2010
The rational optimist - How prosperity evolves
With population exceeding resources and greenhouse gas emissions fueling climate change, Matt Ridley argues that while the future looks bleak, rational optimism holds that the world will pull out of the current crisis.
Date published: July 2010
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