Tin and Global Capitalism, 1850-2000, 

Автор: Nijs Luc
Название: Handbook of Global Agricultural Markets
ISBN: 113730233X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137302335
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: 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.

Автор: Thottathil Sapna E.
Название: India`s Organic Farming Revolution: What It Means for Our Global Food System
ISBN: 1609382773 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781609382773
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Описание: Should you buy organic food? Is it just a status symbol, or is it really better for us? Is it really better for the environment? What about organic produce grown thousands of miles from our kitchens, or on massive corporately owned farms? Is “local” or “small-scale” better, even if it’s not organic? A lot of consumers who would like to do the right thing for their health and the environment are asking such questions.Sapna Thottathil calls on us to rethink the politics of organic food by focusing on what it means for the people who grow and sell it—what it means for their health, the health of their environment, and also their economic and political well-being. Taking readers to the state of Kerala in southern India, she shows us a place where the so-called “Green Revolution” program of hybrid seeds, synthetic fertilizers, and rising pesticide use had failed to reduce hunger while it caused a cascade of economic, medical, and environmental problems. Farmers burdened with huge debts from buying the new seeds and chemicals were committing suicide in troubling numbers. Farm labourers suffered from pesticide poisoning and rising rates of birth defects. A sharp fall in biodiversity worried environmental activists, and everyone was anxious about declining yields of key export crops like black pepper and coffee.In their debates about how to solve these problems, farmers, environmentalists, and policymakers drew on Kerala’s history of and continuing commitment to grassroots democracy. In 2010, they took the unprecedented step of enacting a policy that requires all Kerala growers to farm organically by 2020. How this policy came to be and its immediate economic, political, and physical effects on the state’s residents offer lessons for everyone interested in agriculture, the environment, and what to eat for dinner. Kerala’s example shows that when done right, this kind of agriculture can be good for everyone in our global food system.

Автор: Bamberg
Название: British Petroleum and Global Oil 1950–1975
ISBN: 0521259517 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521259514
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: This book combines dramatic narrative, arresting analysis and original research. It assesses BP`s comparative performance, and focuses on how BP responded to the rise of new competitors, the decline of Britain`s imperial power, and the determination of nation states to assert national sovereignty over oil.

Автор: Timmerman Kelsey
Название: Where Am I Eating an Adventure Through the Global Food Economy
ISBN: 111896652X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781118966525
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: A deeply human-centered perspective on the origins of America`s food Where Am I Eating? bridges the gap between global food producers and the American consumer, providing an insightful look at how our eating habits affect farmers and fishermen around the world.

Автор: Kym Anderson
Название: Agricultural Trade, Policy Reforms, and Global Food Security
ISBN: 1137471689 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781137471680
Издательство: Springer
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Описание: This book explores the potential for policy reform as a short-term, low-cost way to sustainably enhance global food security. It argues that reforming policies that distort food prices and trade will promote the openness needed to maximize global food availability and reduce fluctuations in international food prices.

Автор: The World Bank
Название: The World Bank Group And The Global Food Crisis
ISBN: 146480091X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781464800917
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
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Цена: 23100.00 T
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Описание: The unanticipated spike in international food prices in 2007–08 hit many developing countries hard. International prices for food and other agricultural products increased by more than 100 percent between early 2007 and mid–2008. Prices for food cereals more than doubled; and those for rice doubled in the space of just a few months. The food price increases were particularly hard on the poor and near–poor in developing countries, many of whom spend a large share of their income on food and have limited means to cope with price shocks. An estimated 1.29 billion people in 2008 lived on less than $1.25 a day, equivalent to 22.4 percent of the developing world population. In addition, the Food and Agriculture Organization estimated that 923 million people were undernourished in 2007. Simulation models suggested that poverty rose by 100–200 million people and the undernourished increased by 63 million in 2008.The World Bank organized rapidly for short-term support in the crisis, launching a fast-track program of loans and grants, the Global Food Crisis Response Program (GFRP). The GFRP mainly targeted low-income countries, and provided detailed policy advice to governments and its own staff on how to respond to the crisis. The Bank also scaled up lending for agriculture and social protection to support the building of medium-term resilience to future food price shocks. The International Finance Corporation responded by sharply increasing access to liquidity for agribusinesses and agricultural traders in the short and medium term, as well as new programs to improve incentives for agricultural market participants.This evaluation assesses the effectiveness of the World Bank Group response in addressing the short-term impacts of the food price crisis and in enhancing the resilience of countries to future shocks.