BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Food Goals, Future Structural Changes and Agricultural Policy: A National Basebook. IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Problems of Change in Australian Agriculture. Edited by J. P. MAKEHAM and J. G. BIRD Management Science in Marketing. By D. B. MONTGOMERY and G. L. URBAN A Managerial Zntroduction to Marketinp. Bv T. A. STAUDT and D. A. TAYLOR Economic Activity. By G. C. HARCOURT, P. H. KARMEL and R. H. WALLACE Australia from the Air. Edited by M. WILLIAMS Development of Co-operative Marketing: A Survey Report. RESERVE BANK OF INDIA     

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Book reviewed in this article: Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference of Agricultural Economists. By THE INSTITUTE OF AGRARIAN AFFAIRS Isolated State. By JOHANN HEINRICH VON THÜNEN. Translated by Carla M. Wartenberg Land Use Information. A critical survey of U.S. Statistics including possibilities for greater uniformity. By MARION CLAWSON with CHARLES L. STEWART An Agricultural Geography of Great Britain. By D. W. GILCHRIST SHIRLAW Geography of Population. By J. BEAUJEU-GARNIER The Unification of the World: Proposals of a Diplomatist. By PAUL DE HEVESY Estate Villages. A Historical Study of the Berkshire Villages of Ardington and Lockinge. By M. A. HAVINDEN with D. S. THORNTON and P. D. WOOD The Economy of the Israeli Kibbutz. By ELIYAHU KANOVSKY. Harvard Middle Eastern Monographs XIII Governing Soil Conservation: Thirty Years of the New Decentralization. By ROBERT J. MORGAN Studies in Utilization of Agricultural Land. By D. S. CHAUHAN Land Reclamation in Kerala. By V. R. PILLAI and P. G. K. PANIKAR The Indian Rural Problem. By SIR MANILAL B. NANAVATI and SHRI J. J. ANJARIA The Role of Agriculture, in Economic Development. A Case Study of Pakistan. By MAHMOOD HASAN KHAN Agriculture and Nigerian Economic Development. By H. A. OLUWASANMI Food and Agriculture in Communist China. By J. LOSSING BUCK, OWEN L. DAWSON and YUAN-LI WU The Production and Marketing of Pigs. Third Edition. By H. R. DAVIDSON Les Facteurs d'Evolution de la Commercialisation des Produits Agricoles en France. By HUBERT ROUSSEAU Avenir de l'Economie Fruitière. Tome 1. Produire et Vendre. By P. MAINIÉ Politique de Financement et Choix des Investissements. By P. MAINIÉ, B. VILLAIN and J. FONTAINE     

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Book reviewed in this article: Farming Systems of the World. By A. N. DUCKHAM and G. B. MASEFIELD. The Hungry Furure. By RENB DUMONT and BERNARD ROSIER Agriculrurul Development in Asia. Edited by R. T. SHAND. Agriculrural Development and Economic Inregrarion in Latin America. By MONTAGUE YUDELMAN with FREDERIC HOWARD. The Economic Prospects for Horticulture. Edited by E. D. SARGENT and S. J. ROGERS. Economics of Food Retailing, By DANIEL I. PADBERG. The Economics of Irrigation (2nd edition). By COLIN CLARK. Fuming as a Business (2nd edition). By M. UPToNand Q. B. 0. ANTHONIO. A History of Farm Buildings in England and Wales. By NIGEL HARVEY.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Readings in the Economics of Agriculture, By KARL A. Fox and D. GALE JOHNSON The Theory of Protection. By W. M. CORDE Linear Economic Theory. By D. C. VANDERMEULEN. lhe Economics of Technological Change. By NATHAN ROSENBE Cost Benefit Analysis. By M. G. KENDALL Europe's Future Food and Agriculture, By A. M. M. MCFARQUH Food Grain Marketing in India. By UMA 3. LELE The Growth and Control of World Population. By W. D. BORRI The Soil Conservation Service. By D. HARPER SIMMS Farm Management Economics. By J. P. MAKEHA Behavioural Change in Agriculture: Concepts and Strategies for Znfluencing Transition. By J. PAUL LEAGANS and CHARLES P. LOOMIS     

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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 .     

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.     

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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: Statistics for the Social Scientist: Vol. I Introducing Statistics, Vol. 11 Applied Statistics. By K. A. YEOMAN Agrarmarkrpolitik, Band I Grundlagen. By RODERICH PLATE Agricultural Development: Planning and Implementation (Israel Case Study). By RAANAN WEITZ and AVSHALOM ROKACH Economic Development in the Tropics. By B. W. HODDE Allocative Eficiency in Economic Development. By P. A. YOTOPOULOS Mobility of Farm Families-a study of occupational and residential mobility in an upland area of England. By J. S. NALSON Forest Planning. By D. R. JOHNSTON, A. J. GRAYSON and R. T. BRADLEY Milk Production and Marketing in the Tropics-A case study based on Khartoum Province, Sudan. By M. SIMPSON and A. R. EL-HADARI Agriculture in the Congo Basin. By MARVIN P. MIRACLE. Food, Farmingand the Common Marker. By MICHAEL BUITERWICK and EDMUND NEVILLE ROLE.     

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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     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Rationalising Rustic Regulation. By E. SIEPE Measuring a Country's Gains From Research: Theory and Applications to Rural Research in Australia. By G. W. EDWARDS and J. W. FREEBAIR. Science und Technology Policy. Priorities of Governrments. By C. A. TISDEL. Economics and Resources Policy. By JOHN A. BUTLIN. Salinity in Irrigation and Water Resources. By DAN YARON. Microeconomics of Markers. By C. A. TISDEL. The farming Game. By J. P. MAKEHAM and L. R. MACOLM. Managing The Farm Business. By S. B. HARSH, L. J. CONNOR and G. D. SCHWAB. Agriculfural Finance. By W. F. LEE, M. D. BOEHLJE A. G. NELSON and W. G. MURRAY. Asian Village Economy at the Crossroads. By Y. HAYAMI and M. KIKUCHI. Log Pricing in Austrcllia. Policies, Practices und Consequences. By R. N. BYRON and J. J. DOUGLAS.     

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Book reviewed in this article: BURGER, K., DE GROOT, M., POST, J. and ZACHARIASSE, V. (eds.) (1991). Agricultural Economics and Policy: International Challenges for the Nineties: Essays in Honour of Prof. Jan de Veer HINTON, W. L. (1991). The European Market for Fruit and Vegetables JUSSAUME, R. A. JR. (1991). Japanese Part-Time Farming: Evolution and Impacts PORTER, D., BRYANT, A. and THOMPSON, G. (1991). Development in Practice POTTER, C., BURNHAM, P., EDWARDS, A., GASSON, R. and GREEN, B. (1991). The Diversion of Land: Conservation in a Period of Farming Contraction ROMERO, C. (1991). Handbook of Critical Issues in Goal Programming WINTER, L. A. and SAPSFORD, D. (eds.) (1991). Primary Commodity Prices: Economic Models and Policy ANSELL, D. J., GILES, A. K. and RENDELL, J. (1991). Very Small Farms: ‘A Distinctive Role?’ Special Studies in Agricultural Economics Report No. 16 ARKLETON TRUST (RESEARCH) LTD. (1991). Rural Change in Europe: Structural Policies and Multiple Job Holding in the Rural Development Process. Papers from the second review meeting at Braemar, 1989 BOWERS, J. (1990). Agriculture and Rural Land Use: Into the 1990s CRAMER, G. L. and JENSEN, C. W. (1991). Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness GREELEY, M. (1991). Postharvest Technologies: Implications for Food Policy Analysis. EDI Development Policy Case Series, Analytical Case Studies, Number 7 MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD. (1991). Fifty Years of the National Food Survey. 1940–1990 VAN OORT, G. M. R. A., VAN DEN BERG, L. M., GROENENDIJK, J. G. and KEMPERS, A. H. H. M. (eds.) (1991) TRACY, M. (ed.) (1991). Farmers and Politics in France WARREN, D. M. (1991). Using Indigenous Knowledge in Agricultural Development. World Bank Discussion Papers No. 127 WISE, T. E. (ed.) (1991). Agricultural and Food Research - Who Benefits? CAS Paper 23 YOUNG, M. D. (ed.) (1991). Towards Sustainable Agricultural Development     

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Book reviewed in this article: Population and Food Supply: Essays on Human Needs and Agricultural Problems. Edited by Sir Joseph Hutchinson . Cambridge University Press. Farming in Britain Today. By J. G. S. and Frances Donaldson . Allen Lane, Penguin Press, Hardmondsworth, Middlesex. 1969. Environment and Land Use in Africa. Edited by M. F. Thomsas and G. W. Whittington . Methuen, London. 1969. Problems and Approaches in Planning Agricultural Development. Proceedings of the Joint German Foundation/E.C.A./F.A.O. Seminar, Addis Ababa. 1967. Cotton and the Egyptian Economy, 1820–1914. By E. R. J. Owen . Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press. 1969. The Economy of the Private Woodland in Great Britain. By R. Llorrain -Smith . Commonwealth Forestry Institute, Oxford. Institute Paper No. 40. 1969. Report on the Marketing of Scottish Seed Potatoes. By F. G. Hay . National Farmers' Union of Scotland. 1969. Agricultural and Food Statistics—A Guide to Official Sources. Studies in official statistics No. 14. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. H.M.S.O., London. 1969. Food Statistics. A Guide to the Major Official and Unofficial U.K. sources. (Compiled by A. W. Ashby ). National Economic Development Office. Die landwirtschaftlichen Betriebsgrössen in der Sowjetunion in Statistik und Theorie. (The size of agricultural undertakings in the Soviet Union in statistics and theory.) By Ivan Lon?arevi? . Otoo Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden. (No. 45, Giessen Studies of E. European agricultural and economic research.) 1969. Wörterbuch der Landwirtschaft—Ergänzungsband Russisch. By Nikolai Pas'chin . BLV Verlagsgesellschaft, Munich. 1969.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Agricultural Product Prices (3rd ed.): William G. Tomek and Kenneth L. Robinson
Choice of Technology in Industry: The Economics of Grain Milling in Tanzania M. S. D. Bagachwa
Producers and Consumers versus Agricultural and Food Policy in Africa edited by P. Campagne and J. Chataigner
The Future of Rural America: Anticipating Policies for Constructive Change edited by K. E. Pigg
Rice Science and Development Politics: IRRI's Strategies and Asian Diversity 1950–1980 R. S. Anderson, E. Levy and B. Morrison
National and Regional Self-Sufficiency Goals: Implications for International Agriculture edited by F. J. Ruppel and E. D. Kellogg     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Food for the Future. By K. O. Campbell. Food, Energy and Society. By David and Marcia Pimentel. Economics and the Design of Small-Farmer Technology. Edited by Alberto Valdécutes, Grant M. Scobie and John Dillon. An Introduction to Agricultural Systems. By C. R. W. Spedding. Systems Simulation in Agriculture. By J. B. Dent, M. J. Blackie and S. R. Harrison. Information Systems for Agriculture. Edited by M. J. Blackie and J. B. Dent. Production Economics: Theory with Applications. By John P. Doll and Frank Orazem. The Common Agricultural Policy of the European Community. By Rosemary Fennell.     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Politics of Development: Sugar Co-operatives in Rural Maharashtra. By B. S. BAVISKAR The Rural Sociology of the Advanced Societies: Critical Perspectives. Edited by FREDERICK BUTTEL and HOWARD NEWBY Meeting the Basic Needs of the Rural Poor: The Integrated Community-Based Approach. Edited by PHILIP H. COOMBS Rural Poverty Unperceived: Problems and Remedies. By ROBERT CHAMBERS Cattle, Economics and Development. By RAYMOND CROTTY Organisational Structure and Market Strategy. By GORDON R. FOXALL The European Community and the Third World: The Lomé Convention and its Impact. By ELLEN FREY-WOUTERS The Political Economy of EEC Relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific States. Edited by FRANK LONG Farming Systems Research: A Critical Appraisal. By E. H. GILBERT, D. W. NORMAN and F. E. WINCH The Food Lobbyists. By HAROLD D. GUITHER An Introduction to Economics for Students of Agriculture. By BERKELEY HILL Bioresources for Development: The Renewable Way of Life. Edited by A. KING and H. CLEVELAND Britain's Wasting Acres: Land Use in a Changing Society. By GRAHAM Moss The Theft of the Countryside. By MARION SHOARD Farm Modernisation and the Countryside. By F. G. STURROCK and J. CATHIE Agrarmarktforschung. By O. STRECKER, J. REICHERT, P. POTTEBAUM, R. WEGE and H. FROHN     

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Book reviewed in this article: Preventing Famine: Policies and Prospects for Africa. By D. Curtis, M. Hubbard and A. Shepherd Articulated Agricultural Development: Traditional and Capitalist Agricultures in Papua New Guinea. By M. Donaldson and K. Good. Aldershot The Common Agricultural Policy of the European Community: Its Institutional and Administrative Organisation. (2nd edition). By R. Fennell Disease in Farm Livestock: Economics and Policy. Edited by K. S. Howe and J. P. McInerney Agricultural Price Policy for Developing Countries. Edited by J. Mellor and R. Ahmed Appraisal of Projects in Developing Countries: A Guide for Economists. (3rd edition). Overseas Development Administration Europe's Domestic Market. By J. Pelkmans and A. Winters Reviews of United Kingdom Statistical Sources, Volume XXIII: Agriculture. By G. H. Peters Agricultural Policy Formation in the European Community: The Birth of Milk Quotas and CAP Reform. By M. Petit, M. de Benedictis, D. Britton, M. de Groot, W. Henrichsmeyer and F. Lechi Culture and Context in Sudan: The Process of Market Incorporation in Dar Masalit. By D. Tully. Modelling a Multiple Output Production System: Supply Response in the Australian Sheep Industry. By C. Wall and B. Fisher     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Agriculture in the Australian Economy. Edited by D. B. Williams. Why Growth Rates Differ: Post-War Experience in Nine Western Countries. By E. F. Denison and J. R. Poullier. Agribusiness Co-ordination. A System Approach to the Wheat, Soybean and Florida Orange Economies. By R. A. Goldberg. Australian Federalism in the Courts. By G. Sawer. An Interindustry Study of the Western Australian Economy. By M. L. Parker. Agricultural Development of African Nations. By S. C. Jain. Economic Historicism. The Historical School in Economics. By Ghalib Mohammed Ali Baqir. An Australian Bibliography of Agricultural Economics 1788-1960. Compiled by J. L. Dillon and G. C. MCfarlane. Drought: Causes, Eflects, Solutions. By D. Campbell. The Analysis of Response in Crop and Livestock Production. By J. L. Dillon     

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Book reviewed in this article: Resource Structure of Agriculture: an economic analysis. By KEITH COWLING, DAVID METCALF and A. J. RAYNER. Pergamon Press, Oxford. Thc Economics of the Common Marker. By D. SWANN. Penguin Books. 1970. 200 pages. Farm Appraisal and Valuation. By WILLIAM G. MURRAY. Iowa State University Press. 5th Edition, 1969. viii+534 pages. Milk Producrion. By C. S. BARNARD, R. J. HALLEY and A. H. SCOIT. W e Books, london. Principles of Operations Research-with applications to managerial decisions. By HARVEY M. WAGNER. Prentice-Hall. 1969. xxii+937 pages. Vertical Integration in Agriculture and the Role of the Cooperutives. By M. W. Bvrrwwclc. Central Council for Agricultural and Horticultural Cooperation, London. 1969. iv+40 pages. Agricultural Problems of Developing African Countries. By S. M. MAKINGS. Oxford University Press. 1968. viii+ 184 pages. Australia Wet or Dry? The Physical and Economic Limits to the Expansion of Irrigation. By B. R. DAVIDSON. Melbourne University Press. 1970. xiv+264 pages. Economic Approaches to Japanese Agriculture. Edited by MASANOBU KUWAHARA. Fuji Publishing Company. Tokyo. The value of the Weurher. By W. J. MAUNDER. Methuen, London. 1970. xxiv+ 388 pages.     

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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 reviewed in this article: Alexandra, N.(ed.) (1988). World Agriculture Towards 2000: An FAO Study Chambers, R. G. (1988). Applied Production Analysis: A Dual Approach Colman, D. and Young, T. (1989). Principles of Agricultural Economics: Markets and Prices in Less Developed Countries Common, M. (1988). Environmental and Resource Economics: An Introduction Haney, W. G. and Knowles, J. B. (eds.) (1988). Women and Farming: Changing Roles, Changing Structures Gasson, R. (1988). The Economics of Part-Time Farming Marks, H. F., edited by Britton, D. K. (1989). A Hundred Years of British Food and Farming: A Statistical Survey Pinstrup-Andersen, P. (ed.) (1988). Food Subsidies in Developing Countries: Costs, Benefits and Policy Options Raikes, P. (1988). Modernising Hunger: Famine, Food Surplus and Farm Policy in the EEC and Africa Spahni, P. (1988). The Common Wine Policy and Price Stabilization Stevens, R. D. and Jabara, C. L. (1988). Agricultural Development Principles: Economic Theory and Empirical Evidence Usher, J. A. (1988). Legal Aspects of Agriculture in the European Community Spedding, C. R. W. (1988). An Introduction to Agricultural Systems Tracy, M. (1989). Government and Agriculture in Western Europe 1880–1988 Harrison, A. with Tranter, R. B. (1989). The Changing Financial Structure of Farming Jones, D. (1989). Financial Vulnerability in Farming: A Study of North West Farms Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (1989). Agricultural and Environmental Policies — Opportunities for Integration Foreman, S. (1989). Loaves and Fishes: An Illustrated History of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1889–1989