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Book reviewed in this article: Struggle for the North. By J. H. Kelly. Probability and Profit: A Study of Economic Behaviour along Bayesian Lines. By W. Fellne New Guinea on the Threshold: Aspects of Social, Political and Economic Development. Edited by E. K. Fisk Accounting and Planning for Farm Management. Report of a Joint Committee on Standardization of Farm Accounting. Farm Accounting in New Zealand (with Supplement) Principles and Practice of Farm Management Accounting. By C. A. Mallyo Transforming Traditional Agriculture. By T. W. Schultz The Random Character of Stock Market Prices. Edited by P. H. Cootne Agricultural Education in Australia. By R. N. Farquhar     

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Book reviewed in this article: Agricultural Marketing Enterprises for the Developing World. By J. C. Abbott . Farm Woodland Management. By J. Blyth , J. Evans , W. Mutch and C. Sidwell Who from their Labours Rest? Conflict and Practice in Rural Tourism. Edited by M. Bouquet and M. Winter . Agriculture in England: A Survey of Farming, 1870–1947. By J. Brown . Poverty, Development and Food: Essays in honour of H. W. Singer on his 75th Birthday. Edited by E. Clay and J. Shaw International Yearbook of Rural Planning: Volume 1, 1987. Edited by A. Gilg , O. Furuseth , R. Dilley and C. Potter . Diversifying the Farm Business: A Practical Guide to the Opportunities and Constraints. By M. Haines and R. Davies . Economics for Agriculture: Food, Farming and the Rural Economy. By B. Hill and D. Ray . Rural Development: A Geographical Perspective. By K. Hoggart and H. Buller . Rural Bangladesh: Competition for Scarce Resources. By E. G. Jansen . Smallholdings under Pressure: A Review of the Cambridgeshire County Farms Estate. By H. Laxton , I. Hodge and G. Davidson . Rural Housing in Scotland: Recent Research and Past Policy. Edited by B. D. Mac Gregor , D. Robertson and M. Shucksmith . Land Reform and Democratic Government. By R. L. Prosterman and J. M. Riedinger . African Farm Management. By M. Upton .     

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Book reviewed in this article: Long Term Projections of Agricultural Supply and Demand: Australia 1965 to 1980. By F. H. GRUENan d others. Studies in the Development of Agricultural Economics in Europe. By J. Nou. Individual Freedom and the Economic Organization of US. Agriculture. By F. Breimyer. A Manual of AustraEiun Agriculture. Edited by I. MOlnar. Agricultural Policy in Britain: Selected Papers by E. F. Nash. Edited by G. McCronea and E. A. Attwood Co-operative Bargaining in Agriculture: Grower-Processor Markets for Fruits and Vegetables. By P. G. Helmberger and S. Hoos Revolving Finance in Agricultural Co-operatives. By H. E. Erdman and G. H. Larsen. Economic Development of Agriculture. Edited by E. 0. Haroldson Technological Change: Its Conception and Measurement. By L. B, Lave. Agricultural Development of Taiwan 1903-1960. By Yhi-Min Ho Capital Formation in Indian Agriculture. By T. Shukla. Atlantic Agricultural Unity: Is It Possible? By J. O. Coppock. The South-West Region of Western Australia. By A. Kerr. Land and People in the Northern Plains Transition Area. By H. W. Ottoson     

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Book reviewed in this article: Land Reform and Economic Development. By PETER DORNER. Penguin Books. Controlled Environment Agriculture: A Global Review of Greenhouse Food Production. By DANA G. DALRYMPLE. U.S.D.A. Agricultural Expansion in the United Kingdom with Declining Manual Labour Resources. By A. P. POWER and S. A. HARRIS. Government Economic Service Principles of Farm Business Analysis and Management. By ROBERT O'CONNOR. Irish University Press Linear Programming Applications to Agriculture. By R. R. BENEKE and R. WINTERBOER. Iowa State University Press Financial Management in Agriculture. By JOHN A. HOPKINS, PETER J. BARRY and C. B. BAKER. Interstate Printers and Publishers, Danville, Illinois. Cost Factors of Agriculture. By K. N. SINGH et al. National Institute of Bank Management (India), Bombay. Agricultural Product Prices. By W. G. TOMEK and K. L. ROBINSON. Cornell University Press. Agricultural Marketing and Prices. By KEITH O. CAMPBELL. Cheshire, Melbourne. Natural Rubber and the Synthetics. By P. W. ALLEN. Crosby Lockwood, London. Technical Assistance Administration in East Africa. Edited by YASHPAL TANDON. The Dag Hammarskjold Foundation, Stockholm. Joe Duncan - The Scottish Farm Servants and British Agriculture. By J. H. SMITH. Department of Politics, University of Edinburgh.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Man's Proper Study: A History of Agricultural Science Education in Aberystwyth 1878–1978. By Richard Colyer. The Business of Farming. By David Johnson. Wages and Employment in Agriculture: England and Wales, 1960–80. By P. J. Lund, T. G. Morris, J. D. Temple and J. M. Watson. Selfishness, Altruism and Rationality. By Howard Margolis. Agricultural Research and Technology in Economic Development. By Per Pinstrup-Andersen. Measurement of Agricultural Protection. By John Strak. Agriculture in Western Europe: Challenge and Response 1880–1980 (2nd edition). By Michael Tracy. Agrarian Policies in Communist Europe: Volume 1—A Critical Introduction. By Karl-Eugen Wadekin. Financial Management for Farmers. By Martyn F. Warren.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Poverty and Progress: An Ecological Model of Economic Development. By R. G. WILKINSON Land Use and Water Resources. By H. C. PEREIRA Farm Management in Africa - the principles of production and planning. By MARTIN UPTON The Common Agricultural Policy and Britain. Edited by S. J. ROGERS and B. H. DAVEY. The Agricultural Adjustment Unit Agriculture and the Common Market. By STANLEY ANDREWS The Private Sector in Soviet Agriculture. By KARL-EUGEN WÄDEKIN (edited by George Karcz. Enlarged and revised edition of Privatproduzenten in der sowjetischen Landwirtschaft translated by Keith Bush) Productivity Trends in a Sectoral Macro-Economic Model - a study of American agriculture and supporting industries, 1919–1964. By W. F. GOSSLING Operations Research Methods for Agricultural Decisions. By R. C. AGRAWAL and E. O. HEADY Agricultural Projection Techniques. O.E.C.D. Soybeans and Their Products - markets, models and policy. By J. P. HOUCK, M. E. RYAN and A. SUBOTNIK The Classical Tradition in West European Farming. By G. E. FUSSELL, David & Charles British Agriculture, 1875–1914. Edited by P. J. PERRY. Methuen     

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Book reviewed in this article: Co-operation in World Agriculture: Experiences, Problems and Perspectives. Edited by Theodor Bergmann and Takekazu B. Ogura Alternative Enterprises for Agriculture in the UK. Edited by S. P. Carruthers Confrontation or Negotiation: United States Policy and European Agriculture. By Agricultural Policy and Trade: Adjusting Domestic Programs in an International Framework. By D. Gale Johnson, Kenzo Hemmi and Pierre Lardinois Rural Development, Employment and Incomes in Kenya. By Ian Livingstone Agricultural Development in Southern Africa: Farm Household Economics and the Food Crisis. By Allan Low The Economics of Tropical Farm Management. By J. P. Makeham and L. R. Malcolm Subjective Equilibrium Theory of the Farm Household. By C. Nakajima Agricultural Household Models: Extensions, Applications, and Policy. Edited by Inderjit Singh, Lyn Squire and John Strauss The Farm Business. By Leonard Norman, Richard Turner and Kenneth Wilson World Trade in Forest Products 2. Edited by Gerard F. Schreuder Economics of Irish Agriculture. By Seamus J. Sheehy and Robert O'Connor Collective Farms which Work? By Nigel Swain Historical Farm Buildings of Wales. By Eurwen Wiliam. John Donald Range Economics. By John P. Workman     

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Book reviewed in this article: Farm Life in Northeast Scotland, 1840–1914: The Poor Man's Country. By Ian Carter The Development of Agriculture in Germany and the UK: Part I. Germany Agriculture 1870–1970. By Robert Cecil . vii+69 pages. Part II. UK Agricultureal Policy 1870–1970. By John H. Kirk . vii+110 pages. Part III. Comparative Times Series 1870–1975. By David Andrews , Mark Mitchell and Adolf Weber Agricultural Policy. Formative Influences in Britain. By T. W. Gardner World Food Prospects and Agricultural Potential. By Marylin Chou , David P. Harmon JR., Herman Kahn and Sylvan H. Wittwer Food and Population: Priorities in Decision Making. Edited by T. Dams , K. E. Hunt and G. J. Tyler Beyond the Age of Waste: a report to the Club of Rome. By D. Gabor and U. Colombo with A. King and R. Galli Drought and Irrigation in North-east Brazil. By Anthony L. Hall Agricultural Marketing for Developing Countries. Edited by Dov Izraeli , Dafna N. Izraeli and Frank Meissner Capital and Land. Landownership by Capital in Great Britain. By Doreen Massey and Aluandrina Catalano Landscape Economics. By Colinp Price The Future of Upland Britain. Edited by R. D. B. TRANTER Rural Resource Development: An Economic Approach. By M. C. WHITBY and K. G. WILLIS     

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Book reviewed in this article: Agricultural Economics. By S. J. Sheehy and R. O'Connor . Soviet Agricultural Policy— Toward the Abolition of Collective Farms. By Stephen Osofsky . Measurement of Urban Land Use. By R. C. Fordham . University of Cambridge Department of Land Economy. Agricultural Colonization in India since Independence. By B. H. Farmer . African Farmers in Rhodesia: Old and New Peasant Communities in Karangaland. By A. K. H. Weinrich . Victorian Farming— a sourcebook. Edited by C. A. Jewel .     

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Book reviewed in this article: Economie Rurale. By ROBERT BADOUIN. Armand Colin, Paris. 1971. 598 pages. Price 67.00F. Patterns and Problems in World Agriculture. By B. WATTES, K. S. WHEELER and J. A. GIGGS Structural Reform Measures in Agriculture. O.E.C.D. Land Use: an introduction to proprietary land use analysis. By D. R. DENMAN and SYLVIO PRODANO Farm Accounting and Management (6th Edition). By FORD STURROCK Farm Planning by Computer. By J. B. HARDAKER. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Tech. Bul. 19, H.M.S.O. New Commodities and Consumer Behaviour. By D. S. IRONMONGER The Demand for Food. Edited by W. J. THOMAS India and China: Studies in Comparative Development. Edited by KUAN-I CHEN and JOGINDAR S. UPPAL India's Green Revolution— economic gains and political costs. By FRANCINE R. FRANKELL     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Welsh Cattle Drovers. By J. Colyer. University of Wales Press, Cardiff Agricultural Production Economics and Resource-Use. By Martin Upton. Oxford University Press Agricultural Policy and Economic Growth in Nigeria, 1962–1968. By J. C. Wells. Oxford University Press Agriculture and the State. Edited by Brian Davey, T. E. Josling and A. MacFarquhar Food and Poverty. By Radha Sinha. Croom Helm, London. 1976. 196 pages Rice and Risk— Decision Making among Low Income Farmers. By J. A. Bournassett     

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Book reviewed in this article: Assessment of Agricultural Research Priorities: An International Perspective. By J. S. Davis, P. A. Oram and J. G. Ryan Subjective Equilibrium Theory of the Farm Household. By Chihiro Nakajim Agricultural Household Models — Extensions, Applications and Policy. By Inderjit Singh, Lyne Squire and John Strauss (eds). The Making of the AWU. By John Merritt. Introductory Statistics. By G. E. Battes Mallyon's Principles and Practices of Farm Management Accounting (3rd edition). By D. G. Neilso.     

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Books reviewed in this article. Santaniello , V., Evenson , R. E., Zilberman , D. and Carson , G. A. (eds.) Agriculture and Intellectual Property Rights: Economic, Institutional and Implementation Issues in Biotechnology. Alston , Julian M., Pardey , Philip G., and Taylor , Michael J. (Eds.). Agricultural Science Policy: Changing Global Agendas Gijsbers , G., Janssen , W., Hambly Odame , H. and Meijerink , G. (eds.) (2001). Planning Agricultural Research: a Sourcebook. Piccinini , A. and Loseby , M. (2000). Agricultural Policies in Europe and the USA—Farmers between Subsidies and the Market, (Introduction by Franz Fischler) Palgrave Piccinini , A. and Loseby , M. (2000). Agricultural Policies in Europe and the USA –Farmers between Subsidies and the Market, (Introduction by Franz Fischler) Gaisford , J.and Kerr , W. (2000). Economic Analysis for International Trade Negotiations, Edward Elgar. Hartell , J. G. and Swinnen , Johan F. M. (2000). Agriculture and East‐West European Integration. Turner , M. E., Beckett , J. V. and Afton , B. (2001). Farm Production in England, 1700‐1914 Sumberg , J. and Okali , C. (1997). Farmers' Experiments, Creating Local Knowledge. Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder/London.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Economic Development of Tropical Agriculture. Edited by W. W. McPherson. Agricultural Finance. By A. G. Nelson and W. G. Murray. Seminar on Problems of Small Farmers Best-Bet Farm Decisions. By J. P. Makeham, A. N. Halter, and J. L. Dillon.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Individual Freedom and the Economic Organisation of Agriculture. By Harold F. Breimyer The City Man's Guide to the Farm Problem. By Willard W. Cochrane Scarcity and Growth. By H. J. Barnett and Chandler Morse Soil Conservation in Perspective. By R. B. Held and M. Clawson The Earth Can Feed Us. By Hugo Osvald Land and Labor in Europe in the Twentieth Century. By Folke Dovring British Agricultural Marketing: a study in government policy. By V. S. Patvardhan The Agricultural Revolution 1750–1880. By J. D. Chambers and G. E. Mingay People in the Countryside: Studies in rural social development. Edited by John Higgs Agrarkrisen und Agrarkonjunktur. By Wilhelm Abel Agricultural Production Functions, Cost and Returns in India. By C. H. Hanumantha Rao Der Funktionelle Ablauf im Landwirtschaftlichen Betrieb. By Horst Seuster Foreign Agricultural Trade: Selected Readings. Edited by Robert L. Tontz Capital Formation in Indian Agriculture. By Tara Shukla Analysis and Assessment of the Economic Effects of the U.S. PL 480 Program in Greece. By G. Contsoumaris (Project Director) et al. A Hundred Years of Pastoral Banking: a history of the Australian Mercantile Land and Finance Company. By J. D. Bailey     

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Book reviews in this article: Modelling Farm Decisions for Policy Analysis. Edited by KENNETH H. BAUM and LYLE P. SCHERTZ Farm Management. By MICHAEL BOEHWE and Vernon R. EIDMAN Agriculture under the Common Agriculture Policy: A Geography. By IAN R. BOWLER Agricultural Development in the Third World. Edited by CARL K. EICHER and JOHN M. STAATZ British Agriculture since 1945. By B. A. HOLDERNESS Farming for Farmers? A Critique of Agricultural Support Policy. By RICHARD W. HOWARTH The Making of the Shetland Landscape. By SUSAN A. KNOX. John Donald Economics of Agricultural Development in Tropical Africa. By S. LA-ANYANE. John Wiley & Sons Agricultural Development and Nutrition. Edited by ARNOLD PACEY and PHILIP PAYNE The Energy Trap: Work, Nutrition and Child Malnutrition in Northern Nigeria. BY RICHARD LONGHURST The World Food Problem 1950–1980. By DAVID GRIGG Citizenship, Gender, and Work: Social Organisation of Industrial Agriculture. By ROBERT J. THOMAS     

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Book reviewed in this article: Anaman, K. A. (1988). African Farm Management: Principles and Applications with Examples. Grigg, D. (1989). English Agriculture — An Historical Perspective. Blunden, J. and Curry, N. (1988). A Future for our Countryside. HEDLUND , S. (1989). Private Agriculture in the Soviet Union. HITIRIS , T. (1988). European Community Economics. HOLLINGHAM , M. A. and HOWARTH , R. W. (1989). British Milk Marketing and the Common Agricultural Policy: The Origins of Confusion and Crisis. LIPTON , M. with LONGHURST , R. (1989). New Seeds and Poor People. PADMANABHAN , K. P. (1988). Rural Credit: Lessons for Rural Bankers and Policy Makers. PRICE , C. (1989). The Theory and Application of Forest Economics.. Brief Notes: BENNETT , R. M. (ed.) (1989). Brief Notes: GREENSHIELDS , B. and BELLAMY , Brief Notes: RAEBURN , J. R. and JONES Brief Notes: WHITBY , M. C. and DAWSON , P. J. (eds.) Brief Notes: WHITBY , M., ROWLINSON , P., TOPHAM , M. and YOUNGER     

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Book reviewed in this article: L'Economie Agricole. By Henri de Farcy. Éditions Sirey Farm management and Agricultural Economics. By J. B. Hardaker , J. N. Lewis and G. C. Mc Farlane. Les Relations entre Capital et Production dans l'Agriculture. By Pierre Rainelli. Dynamics of Commodity Production Cycles. By Dennis L. Meadows. Europe's Future Food and Agriculture. Edited by A. M. M. Mc Farquhar. Planning Development. By K. B. Griffin and J. L. Enos. Policies, Planning and Management for Agricultural Development. Agricultural Marketing and the E.E.C. By Michael Butterwick and Edmund Neville -Rolfe Capital and Finance in Agriculture. O.E.C.D. Horticulture in Britain. By P. G. Ellis et al. The Agrarian Origins of Modern Japan. By Thomas C. Smith.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Analysis of Future Agricultural Change: A Farm Economics Approach Applied to Dutch Arable Farming. By G. A. A. Wossink. The Farming Game Now. By J. P. Makeham and L. R. Malcolm Commodity Price Stabilisation. By C. O'Donnell Aid to African Agriculture. By Uma Lele     

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Book reviewed in this article: Tangermann, S. and Banse M, (eds) 2000. Central and Eastern European Agriculture in an Expanding European Union Antle, J. M. and Smith, V.H. (eds) 1999. The Economics of World Wheat Markets, CABI Publishing Johnson, R. W. M., with a commentary by R. Howarth. (2001). reforming EU Farm Policy: Lessons from New Zealand Grant, Wyn P. and Keller, John T. S. (eds). Agricultural Policy: Volume I – Agricultural Policy in Western Europe; Volume II – Agricultural Policy in Global Perspective OECD Agricultural Outlook 2005–2005