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Book reviewed in this article: A Survey of Agricultural Economics Literature. Volume 1. Traditional Fields of Agricultural Economics, 1940s to 1970s. Edited by Lee R. Martin . An Economic Analysis of Agriculture. By B. E. Hill and K. A. Ingersent. The Economics of Futures Trading. Edited by B. A. Goss and B. S. Yamey . U.K. Agricultural Policy within the European Community. By J. S. MARS Special Interests and Policy making: Agricultural Policies and Politics in Britain and the United States of America. By G. K. Wilson . John Wiley, Soviet Agriculture: An Assessment of its Contribution to Economic Development. Edited by H. G. Shaffer . Agriculture in the People's Republic of China: Structural Changes and Technical Transformation. By Leslie T. C. Kuo . The Gezira Scheme: An Illusion of Development. By Tony Barnett . Growing Out of Poverty. Edited by Elizabeth Stamp .     

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Book reviewed in this article: A Survey of Agricultural Economics Literature. Volume 2. Quantitative Methods in Agricultural Economics, 1940s to 1970s. Edited by George G. Judge, Richard H. Day, S. R. Johnson, Gordon C. Rausser, and Lee R. Martin. The Economic Growth Debate-An Assessment. By E. J. Mishan. Nontariff Agriculturul Trade Barriers. By J. S. Hillman The Agricultural Bureau: A Sociological Study. Sociology Research Monograph No. 1. By Alan W. Black and Russell A. Craig     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Costs of the Common Agricultural Policy. By Allan Buckwell, David Harvey, Kenneth Thomson and Kevin Parton. The Political Economy of Food Aid. By John Cathie. Resource and Environmental Economics. By Anthony C. Fisher. Rural Society in Southeast India. By Kathleen Gough. Grassland in the British Economy. Edited by J. L. Jollans. Progress in Rural Extension and Community Development, volume 1. Edited by Gwyn E. Jones and Maurice Rolls. A Survey of Agricultural Economics Literature,/Volume 3: Economics of Welfare, Rural Development and Natural Resources in Agriculture, 1940s to 1970s. Edited by Lee R. Martin. Agricultural Co-operation. By Malcolm Sargent. The Political Economy of Underdevelopment. By S. B. de Silva.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Agricultural Economics and Marketing in the Tropics. By J. C. Abbott and J. P. Makeham. Strategy for the LIK Dairy industry. Rural Employment and Adminktration in the Third World. By Charles Harvey, Jake Jacobs, Geoff Lamb and Bernard Schaffer. Agricultural Marketing Boar: An Zn fernationol Perspective. Edited by Sidney Hoos. The Economics of Pastoralism: A Case Study of Sub-Saharan Africa. By Z. A. Konczacki. A Survey of Agricultural Economics Literature. Volume 2. Quantitative Methods in Agricultural Economics, 1940s to 1970s. Edited by Lee R. Martin. .And the Desert Shall Rejoice. Conflict, Growth and Justice in Arid Environments. By Arthur Maass and Raymond L. Anderson. The Plant Protection Discipline. Problems and Possible Development Strategies. By Webster H. Sill Economics and Design of Small-Farmer Technology. Edited by Alberto Valdes, Grant M. Scobie and John L. Dillon.     

BOOK REVIEWS

A Survey of Agricultural Economics Literature. Volume I. Traditional Fields of Agricultural Economics, 1940s to 1970s. Edited by LEE R. MARTIN. Agriculture and the State-British Policy in a World Context. Edited by B. DAVEY, T. E. JOSLING and A. MCFARQUHAR. Agriculture in Development Theory. Edited by LLQYD G. REYNOLDS. Socialist Agriculture in Hungary. By E. CSIZMADIA. Crop Management Economics. By ALLAN N. RAE.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Agricultural Policy in Britain. By E. F. NASH, late Professor of Agricultural Economics at University College of Wales. Edited by Gavin McCrone and E. A. Attwood The Economics of Agricultural Development. By JOHN W. MELLOR Methods for Land Economics Research. Edited by W. L. GIBSON, JR., R. J. HILDRETH, and GENE WUNDERLICH Agriculture: The Cost of Joining the Common Market. By T. K. WARLEY Agricultural Geography. By DR. LESLIE SYMONS Agricultural Insurance: Principles and Organisation and Application to Developing Countries. By P. K. RAY Food Marketing. By L. B. DARRAH Beet Sugar in the West. A History of the Utah-Idaho Sugar Company, 1891–1966. By L. J. ARRINGTON Economic Development and Social Change in a South Gujarat Village. By V. H. JOSHI Economic Development: Issues and Policies. A Commemoration Volume presented to Dr. P. S. Lokanathan on his 72nd Birthday. Twenty-four contributors. Editors D. H. BUTANI and PRITAM SINGH Irish Agricultural Production-Its Volume and Structure. By RAYMOND D. CROTTY Agricultural Production and the Economic Development of Japan, 1873–1922 By JAMES I. NAKAMURA The Egyptian Agarian Reform 1952-62. By GABRIEL S. SAAB, R.I.I.A. Claus Spreckels: The Sugar King in Hawaii. By JACOB ADLER Agricultural Financing in India. By S. N. GHOSAL     

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Book reviewed in this article: Investment Projects in Agriculture. By McDONALD P. BENJAMIN. Longman Group, Harlow. A Rural Policy for fhe EEC? By HUGH CLOUT. Methuen A Theory of Adaptive Economic Behaviour. By JOHN G. CROSS Agriculture and Economic Development. By SUBRATAG HATAK and KEN INGERSENT. Rural Land Uses and Planning: A Comparative Study of the Netherlands and the United Stales. By R. BURNELLH ELDa nd DIRK W. VISSER. An Introduction to Agricultural Geography. By DAVID GRIGG. Rural Britain: A Social Geography. By DAVIDP HILLIPS and ALLAN WILLIABM. The Common Agricultural Policy; Past, Present and Future. By BRIAN E. HILL. Economics of African Agriculture. By JOHNL EVI and MICHAELH AVINDEN Beef in Japan: Politics, Production, Marketing and Trade. By JOHN W. LONGWORTH Issues in Third World Development. Edited by KENNETH C. NOBE and RAJAN K. SAMPATH Agricultural Trade with Developing Countries International Finance for Food Security. By BARBARAH UDDLESTOND,. GALE JOHNSONS, HLOMOR EUTLINGER and ALBERTOV ALDES Agriculture: Foundations, Principles and Development. By J. R. RAEBURN Protecting Farmlands. Edited by FREDERICRK. STEINER and JOHN E. THEILAC Price and Market Policies in European Agriculture. Edited by K. J. THOMSON and R. M. WARREN Selected Writings on Agricultural Policy and Economic Analysis. By FREDERICVK. WAUCH. Edited by JAMES P. HOUCK and MARTIN E. ABEL The Common Fisheries Policy of the European Community. By MARK WISE     

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Book reviewed in this article: BOSERUP, E. (1990). Economic and Demographic Relationships in Development: (essays selected and introduced by T. Paul Schultz) BRYANT, C. R. and JOHNSTON, T. R. R. (1991). Agriculture in the City's Countryside CHOPRA, K., KADEKODI, G. K. and MURTY, M. N. (1990). Participatory Development: People and Common Property Resources SENGUPTA, N. (1991). Managing Common Property - Irrigation in India and the Philippines CHRISTY, R. D. and WILLIAMSON, L. (eds.) (1992). A Century of Service: Land-Grant Colleges and Universities 1980–1990 DUNCAN, A. and HOWELL, J. (eds.) (1992). Structural Adjustment and the African Farmer HALLBERG, M. C. (1992). Policy for American Agriculture: Choices and Consequencies KOFMAN, P. (1990). Managing Primary Commodity Trade: On The Use of Futures Markets. Bickersgracht 60 LELE, U. (ed.) (1992). Aid to African Agriculture: Lessons From Two Decades of Donors' Experience MARTIN, L. R. (ed.) (1992). A Survey of Agricultural Economics Literature, Volume 4. Agriculture in Economic Development 1940s to 1990s SINGH, I. (1990). The Great Ascent: The Rural Poor in South Asia     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Economic Theory and Practice in the Asian Setting. Economics for Agriculturists: A Beginning Text in Agricultural Economics. By JOHN SJO. Externalities in the Transformation of Agriculture: Distribution of Benefits and Costs from Development. Edited by EARL O. HEADY and LARRY R. WHITING. Study of Agricultural Systems. Edited by G. E. DALTON. Rural Development in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Edited by R. D. STEVENS, H. ALAVI and P. J. BERTOCCI.     

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Book reviews in this article: GOLDWIN, I. and WINTERS, L. A. (eds.) (1992). Open Economies: Structural Adjustment and Agriculture HAZELL, P. B. R. and RAMASAMY, C. (eds.) (1991). The Green Revolution Reconsidered: The Impact of High-Yielding Rice Varieties in South India JODHA, N. S., BANSKOTA, M. and PARTAP, T. (1992). Sustainable Mountain Agriculture. Vol. 1 Perspectives and Issues JODHA, N. S., BANSKOTA, M. and PARTAP, T. (1992). Sustainable Mountain Agriculture. Vol. 2 Farmers' Strategies and Innovative Approaches KRUEGER, A. (1992). The Political Economy of Agricultural Pricing Policy. Volume 5. A Synthesis of the Political Development in Developing Countries LESSER, W. (1993). Marketing Livestock and Meat. New York: Food Products Press (Haworth Press) MARK, J. and STRANGE, R. (1993). The Food Industries: Review of United Kingdom Statistical Sources, Volume XXVIII. London: Chapman and Hall on behalf of the Royal Statistical Society and the Economic and Social Research Council METTRICK, H. (1993). Development Oriented Research in Agriculture: An ICRA Textbook. Wageningen: International Centre for Development Orientated Research in Agriculture (ICRA) RAYNER, A. J. and COLMAN, D. (eds.) (1993). Current Issues in Agricultural Economics SCHIFF, M. and VALDÉS, A. (1992). The Political Economy of Agricultural Pricing Policy, Volume 4, A Synthesis of the Economics in Developing Countries, Baltimore TRACY, M. (1993). Food and Agriculture in a Market Economy: An Introduction to Theory, Practice and Policy TRIPP, R. (ed.) (1992). Planned Change in Farming Systems: Progress in On-Farm Research CÉCORA, J. (ed.) (1993). Economic Behaviour of Family Households in an International Context. Bonn: Society for Agricultural Policy Research and Rural Sociology (FAA) HILL, B. and BROOKES, B. (1993). Farm Incomes in the European Community in the 1980s. Document Series     

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Book reviewed in this article: Agrarian Reform and Rural Poverty: A Case Study of Peru. By T. Alberts The Food Industry: Economics and Policies. Edited by Jim Burns, John McInerney and Alan Swinbank Agriculture, Poverty and Freedom in Developing Countries. By Eric Clayton An Empirical Study of Food Consumption in Rural and Urban Households of the Philippines. By Myrna C. de Vega and Brian S. Fisher Agrarian Policies and Rural Poverty in Africa. Edited by Dharam Ghai and Samir Radwan Agriculture in China's Modern Economic Development. By Nicholas R. Lardy Agrarian Policies and Institutions in China after Mao. By Azizur Rahman Khan and Eddy Lee A Wealth of Wild Species: Storehouse for Human Welfare. By Norman Myers A Review of the Common Agricultural Policy and the Implications of Modified Systems for Ireland. By R. O'Connor, C. Guiomard and J. Devereux Migration, Mechanization and Agricultural Labor Markets in Egypt. Edited by Alan Richards and Philip L. Martin Agriculture in the Twenty-first Century. Edited by John W. Rosenblum Technology and Social Change in Rural Areas. A Festschrift for Eugene A. Wilkening. Edited by Gene F. Summers Food Policy Analysis. By C. Peter Timmer, Walter P. Falcon and Scott R. Pearson     

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Book reviewed in this article: A Survey of the Agriculture of Yorkshire. By W. HARWOOD LONG. Royal Agricultural Society of England. 1969. x+256 pages. New Lives, New Landscapes. By NAN FAIRBROTHER. The Architectural Press. London. 1970. viiiS397 pages. The Development of Farm Business Analysis and Planning in Britain. By D. H. LLOYD. University of Reading, Department of Agriculture. 1970. I53 pages. Economic Aspects of Agricultural Development in Africa - a selective annotated Reading List. Compiled by E. NEVILLE-ROLFE. University of Oxford, Agricultural Economics Research Institute. 1969. Growth and Development of the Nigerian Economy. Edited by C. K. EICHER and C. LIEDHOLM. Michigan State University Press. 1970. viii +456 pages. Settlement Schemes in Tropical Africa - a study of organisations and development. By ROBERT CHAMBERS. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London. 1969. xxvf 294 pages. Agriculture and Economic Growth: Japans Experience. Edited by KAZUSHI OHKAWA, B. F. JOHNSTON andHrRoMITsU KANEDA. 1970. Princeton University Press. London: Oxford University Press. xxiiS433 pages. AgricuIturaI Co-operatives and Markets in Developing Countries. Edited by K. R. ANSCHEL, R. H. BRANNON and E. D. SMITH. Praeger Special Studies in International Economics and Development, New York, 1969. xxiii+ 373 pages. Economics of Irrigation Rates - a study in Punjab and Uttar Pradesh. By NASIM ANSARI. Asia Publishing House, London, 1969. xvf360 pages. Modernizarion Among Peasants: the impact of communication. By EVERETT M. ROGERS and LYNNE SVENNING. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. New York, 1969. xiiiS-429 pages. Change in Agriculture: the Northern United States, 1820–1870. By CLARENCE H. DANHOF. Harvard University Press. London: Oxford University Press. 1969. xf3.22 pages.     

Government and Agriculture: A Spatial Perspective

Book reviewed in this article: Information Systems for Agriculture. Edited by M. J. BLACKIE and J. B. Dem. Government and Agriculture: A Spatial Perspective. By IAN BOWLER. Strategy for the UK Forest Industry. Centre for Agricultural Strategy Critical Food Issues of the Eighties. Edited by MARILYN CHOU and DAVID P. HARMON Jr. Pergamon Agricultural Modernisation, Poverty and Inequality. By D. S. GIBBONS, R. DE KONINCK and I. HASAN. Water Production Functions for Irrigated Agriculture. By ROGER W. HEXEM and EARL 0. HEADY. Unpriced Values: Decisions wirhour Market Prices. By J. A. SINDEN and A. C. WORRELL. Food Policies. By JOHN R. TARRANT. Problems of the Agricultural Development of Less Favoured Areas in Europe. Disadvantaged Rural Europe: Development Issues and Approaches. An Aggregative Programming Approach to Agricultural Sector Analysis. Edited by NEAL WALKER and KEVIN PARTON.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Fundamentals of Modern Agriculture. Edited by C. D. Blake. Distribution of Groceries. Economic Aspects of the Distribution of Groceries, with Special Reference to Western Australia. By D. H. Briggs and R. L. Smyth. Marketing and Economic Development. Edited by C. J. Miller. Agricultural Producers and Their Markets. Edited by T. K. Warley. Agricultural Development in Tropical Africa. By J. D. DE Wilde et. al. Wool? Modern Myths and New Horizons, By G. S. LE Couteur. Agricultural Economics in Tangunyiku. By H. Ruthenberg. Back of Bourke. By R. L. Heathcote. Shearing Shed Management. By H. S. Woodbridge. Tax Burden on Indian Agriculture. By V. P. Gandhi. A General Theory of Tax Structure Change During Economic Development. By H. H. Hinricks. The Economics of Agricultural Development. By J. W. Mellor.     

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Book reviewed in this article: World Trade in Forest Products. Edited by JAMES S. BETHEL. Aid for the Development of Irrigation. Edited by IAN D. CARRUTHERS. Monitoring Systems for Agricultural and Rural Development Projects: volumes I and 2. Edited by E. CLAYTON and F. PETRY. Production Economics: Theory with Applications (2nd edition). By JOHN P. DOLL and FRANK ORAZEM. Pastoral and Social Problems in a Semi-arid Environment: A Simulation Model. Edited by T. G. FREEMAN and P. R. BENYON. Countryside Planning Yearbook 1984. Edited by ANDREW W. GILL Geo Books. Land Policy in Fiji. By D. T. LLOYD. University of Cambridge, Department of Land Economy. The Spatial Organisation of New Land Sertlement in Latin America. By JACOB 0. MAOS. Planning for Agricultural Development. By J. A. MOLLETT. Croom Helm, The Politics of Agriculture in the European Community. By EDMUND NEVILLE-ROLFE. Issues and Challenges for OECD Agriculture in the 1980s. By ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT. Farmers of Five Continents. By DON PAARLBERG. Strategies for Family- Worked Farms in the UK. Edited by R. B. TRANTER. Food Grain Procurement and Consumption in China. By KENNETH R. WALKER.     

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Book reviews in this article: BOURKE, A. (ed. Hill, J. and ÓGráda, C.) (1993). The Visitation of God? - The Potato and the Great Irish Famine BUSCH, L., LACY, W. B., BURKHARDT, J. and LACY, L. R. (1991). Plants, Power and Profit: Social, Economic and Ethical Consequences of the New Biotechnologies CONSTANZA, R. (ed.) (1991). Ecological Economics: The Science and Management of Sustainability FOSTER, P. (1992). The World Food Problem: Tackling the Causes of Undernutrition in the Third World FRIMPONG-ANSAH, J. H. (1991). The Vampire State in Africa: The Political Economy of Decline in Ghana HERMANN, R., BURGER, K. and SMITH, P. (1993). International Commodity Policy: A Quantitative Analysis LORRAIM-SMITH, R. (1993). Computers in Forestry: Use of Spreadsheets. Taunton: Research Studies Press and Chichester: James Wiley NOBLE, D. H. and COURSE, C. (1993). Spreadsheets for Agriculture. Harlow, Essex, UK: Longman Scientific and Technical ANDERSON, J. R. and DE HAAN, C. (eds.) (1992). Public and Private Roles in Agricultural Development: Proceedings of the Twelfth Agricultural Sector Symposium BELLAMY, M. and GREENSHIELDS, B. (eds.) (1992). Issues in Agricultural Development: Sustainability and Cooperation. International Association of Agricultural Economists Occasional Paper No. 6. Aldershot GILES, A. K. (1993). The Provincial Agricultural Economics Service 1945–1968: Its Origins, Form, Demise and Legacy HILL, P., GREEN, B. and EDWARDS, A. (1992). The Costs of Care: The Costs and Benefits of Environmentally Friendly Farming Practices MILLER, F. A. (ed). (1993). Eastern Europe: Opportunities and Needs for Food and Agriculture. CAS Paper 27 OECD (1993) Agricultural and Environmental Policy Integration: Recent Progress and New Directions. Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD (1993) Agricultural Policies, Markets and Trade: Monitoring and Outlook 1993. Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development     

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Book reviewed in this article: Food for the Future. By KEITH 0. CAMPBELL. University of Nebraska Press Co-operative and Commune. Group Farming in the Economic Development of Agriculture. Edited by PETER DORNER The Common Agricultural Poky of the European Community. By ROSEMARY FENNELL The Role of US Agriculture in Foreign Policy. By R. M. FRAENKEL, D. F. HADWICER AND W. P. BROWNE The Political Economy of Collectivised Agriculture. A Comparative Study of Communist and Non-communist Systems. Edited by R. A. FRANCISCO, B. A. LAIRD and R. D. LAIRD The Economics of World Grain Trade. By T. GRENNES, P. R. JOHNSON and M. C. THURSBY. The New Politics of Food. Edited by D. F. HADWIGER and W. P. BROWNE The Global Political Economy of Food. Edited by R. F. HOPKINS and D. J. PUCHALA. Natural Resource Economics. Isues, Analysis and Policy. By CHARLES W. HOW. John Wiley and Sons Agricultural Commodities Index. Edited by JANE BUZBY MCFALL. Green and Pleasant Land? Social Change in Rural England. By HOWARD NEWBY An Introduction to Agricultural System. By C. R. W. SPEDDING     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Role 01 Agriculture in Economic Development. Edited by E. THORBECKE The Farm Business. By L. NORMAN and R. B. COOTE. Longman, London Crop Production: Cereals and Legumes. By B. F. BLAND. Academic Press, London Taxing Personal Wealth - an analysis of capital taxation in the United King-dom - history, present structure and future possibilities. By C. T. SANDFORD A Theoretical Approach to Rural Land-Use Patterns. By WILLIAM C. FOUND. Edward Arnold Agricultural Geography. By W. B. MORGAN and R. J. C. MUNTON. Methuen. London Man and Land - the fundamental issue in development. By E. H. JACOBY with CHARLOTTE F. JACOBY. A Century of Russian Agriculture - from Alexander I1 to Krushchev. By LAZAR VOLIN The Soviet Rural Community. Edited by J. R. MILLAR Men versus Systems - agriculture in the U.S.S.R. Poland and Czechoslovakia. By ARTHUR E. ADAMS and JAN S. ADAMS Socio-Economic Results of Land Reform in Taiwan. By M. M. C. YANG. East-West Center Press Farming Systems in the Tropics. By H. RUTHENBERG. Clarendon Press Agricultural Development in Indiaapos;s Districts. By DORRIS D. BROWN. Harvard University Press Reference Materials and Periodicals in Economics: Volume I: Agriculture. By E. L. FLTNDABURK     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: The Innovator's Situation: Upper-Middle-Class Conservatism in Agricultural Communities. By FRANK CANCIAN The Efficiency of British Agriculture. By CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL STRATEGY The Development of American Agriculture: A Historical Analysis. By WILLARD W. COCHRANE Agricultural Policies in the USSR and Eastern Europe. Edited by R. A. FRANCISCO, B. A. LAIRD and R. D. LAIRD India's Rural Development: An Assessment of Alternatives. By MARCUS FRANDA Optimal Stockpiling of Grain. By BRUCE L. GARDNER Political Investment in Food Production. National and International Case Studies. Edited by BARBARA HUDDLESTON and JON McLiN Farm and Food Policy: Issues of the 1980s. By DON PAARLBERG Part Time Family Farming. By RYOHEI KADA Food and Agriculture in Global Perspective: Discussion in the Committee of the Whole of the United Nations. Edited by Toivo MILJAN Radioscopie des Communes de France, Ruralite et Relations Villes-Campagnes. By ANDRE PIATIER Livestock and Equality in East Africa. By HAROLD K. SCHNEIDER Peasants of Costa Rica and the Development of Agrarian Capitalism. By MITCHEL; A. SELIGSON The Economics of Town and Country Planning. By K. G. WILLIS     

Book Reviews

Book reviews in this article:
Ecological Integrity and the Management of Ecosystems Edited by Stephen Woodley, James Kay and George Francis
North-South Grain Markets and Trade Policies Edited by D. Blandford, C. A. Carter and R. Piggott
Aquaculture, Models and Economics Edited by Upton Hatch and Henry Kinnucan
The Development of American Agriculture A Historical Analysis (Second Edition) Cochrane, Willard W.
Deep Disagreement in U.S. Agriculture: Making Sense of Policy Conflict Christopher Hamlin and Philip T. Shepard
Applications of Dynamic Programming to Agricultural Decision Problems Edited by C. Robert Taylor