Book Reviews

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: VAN DEN Ban , A. W. and Hawkins , H. S. (1988). Colman , D. and Lee , Cooper , A. F. (1989). British Agricultural Policy 1912-36: A Study in Conservative Politics. Dooney , S. (1988). Irish Agriculture: Lee , R. D., Arthur , W. B., Kelley , A. C., Rodgers , G., and Srinivasan , T. N. (eds.) (1988). Nadkarni , M. V. with Syed Ajmal Pasha and Prabhakar , L. S. (1989). Repetto , R. and Gillis , M. (eds.) (1988). Public Policies and the Misuse of Forest Resources. Sagoff , M. (1988). The Economy of the Earth: Philosophy, Law and the Environment. Tarditi , S., Thomson , K. J., Pierani , P. and Croci -Angelini , E. (eds.) (1989). Brief Note: Anderson , J. R. and Hazell , P. B. R. (eds.) (1989). Variability in Grain Yields: Implications for Agricultural Research and Policy in Developing Countries. Brief Note: Crittenden , R. and Lea , D. A. M. (1989). Integrated Rural Development Programmes in Papua New Guinea. Brief Note: Longworth , J. W. (ed.) (1989). China's Rural Development Miracle, With International Comparisons. Brief Note: OECD (1989). Agricultural Policies, Markets and Trade: Monitoring and Outlook 1989.     

Book Rviews

Books reviewed in this article. CLARKE, R., DAVIES, S., DOBSON, P. and WATERSON, M. 2002 Buyer Power and Competition in European Food Retailing. KENNEDY, P. L. and KOO, W. K. (eds). 2002 Agricultural Trade Policies in the New Millennium SCHMITZ, A., SPREEN, T.H., MESSINA, W.A., and MOSS, C.B. (2002). Sugar and Related Sweetener Markets: International Perspectives. JUST, R.E., and POPE, R.D. (eds) A Comprehensive Assessment of the Role of Riskin US Agriculture.     

REVIEWS*

Book reviewed in this article: BROW, J. and WEERAMUNDA, J. (eds.) (1992). Agrarian Change in Sri Lanka COKER, A. and RICHARDS, C. (eds.) (1992). Valuing the Environment CARTER, C. A., MCCALLA, A. F., and SHARPLES, J. A. (eds.) (1990). Imperfect Competition and Political Economy: The New Trade Theory in Agricultural Trade Research ELLIS, F. (1992). Agricultural Policies in Developing Countries. Wye Studies in Agricultural and Rural Development GILG, A. (ed.) (1992). Restructuring the Countryside: Environmental Policy in Practice HAZELL, P. B. R. and RAMASAMY, C. (eds.) (1992). The Green Revolution Reconsidered: the Impact of High-Yielding Rice Varieties in South India LIBBY, R. T. (1992). Protecting Markets: US Policy and the World Grain Trade MCINTIRE, J., BOURZAT, D. and PINGALI, P. (1992). Crop-Livestock Interaction in Sub-Saharan Africa OZANNE, A. (1992). Perverse Supply Response in Agriculture: The Importance of Produced Means of Production and Uncertainty PARDEY, P. G., ROSEBOOM, J. and ANDERSON, J. R. (eds.). Agricultural Research Policy: International Quantitative Perspectives. Published for the International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR) by Cambridge University Press TIMMER, P. (ed.) (1991). Agriculture and the State: Growth, Employment and Poverty in Developing Countries BROWN, M. and GOLDIN, I. (1992). The Future of Agriculture: Developing Country Implications. Development Centre Studies GILG, A. W., BRIGGS, D., DILLEY, R., FURUSETH, O. and MCDONALD, G. (eds.) (1992). Progress in Rural Policy and Planning. Volume 2 OECD (1992). Economic Accounts for Agriculture 1977–1990 OECD (1992). Business and Jobs in the Rural World OECD (1990). Partnerships in Rural Development WORLD BANK AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY (1992). An Agricultural Strategy for Albania     

Book Reviews

GARDNER, B.L. and RAUSSER, G.C. (Eds) (2002). Handbook of Agricultural Economics: Volume 2A. Agriculture and its External Linkages. ROMERO, C. AND REHMAN, T. (2003). Multiple Criteria Analysis for Agricultural Decision FAFCHAMPS, M. Rural Poverty, Risk and Development VAN HUYLENBROECK. G. and DURARD G. (eds.) (2003) Multifunctional Agriculture: a New Paradigm for European Agriculture and Rural Development. The Welfare Economics of Public Policy. ANDREOSSO‐O'CALLAGHAN, B. (2003). The Economics of European Agriculture.     

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Book reviews in this article: ALEXANDRATOS, N. (1990). European Agriculture: Policy Issues and Options to 2000. London BARDHAM, P. K. (ed.) (1989). The Economic Theory of Agrarian Institutions. Oxford: Clarendon Press BRENT, R. J. (1990). Project Appraisal for Developing Countries. New York: New York University Press GOLDIN, I. and KNUDSEN, O. (eds.) (1990). Agricultural Trade Liberalisation: Implications for Developing Countries. Washington GRENNES, T. (ed.) (1990). International Financial Markets and Agricultural Trade. Boulder HALLAM, D. (1990). Econometric Modelling of Agricultural Commodity Markets. London: Routledge LAMPKIN, N. (1990). Organic Farming. Ipswich: Farming Press MOYER, H. W. and JOSLING, T. E. (1990). Agricultural Policy Reform: Politics and Process in the EC and USA. PLUCKNETT, N., SMITH, J. H. and OZGEDIZ, S. (1990). Networking in International Agricultural Research. ROBINSON, G. M. (1990). Conflict and Change in the Countryside. STOECKEL, A. B., VINCENT, D. and CUTHBERTSON, S. (eds.) (1989). Macroeconomic Consequences of Farm Support Policies. TSAKOK, I. (1990). Agricultural Price Policy - A Practitioner's Guide to Partial-Equilibrium Analysis. ARNOLD, R. and VILLAIN, C. (1990). New Directions for European Agricultural Policy. KNUDSEN, O. and NASH, J. with contributions by BOVARD, J., GARDNER, B. and WINTERS, L. A. (1990). Redefining the Role of Government in Agriculture for the 1990s. OECD (1990). Modelling the Effects of Agricultural Policies. OECD Economic Studies No. 13, Winter 1989–1990. Paris OECD (1990). Reforming Agricultural Policies: Quantitative Restrictions on Production-Direct Income Support. Paris OECD (1990). Economic Accounts for Agriculture, 1974–1987. Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development REES, J. (1990). Natural Resources: Allocation, Economics and Policy. Second Edition. Andover: Routledge, Chapman and Hall EICHER, C. K. and STAATZ, J. M. (eds.) (1990). Agricultural Development in the Third World. Second Edition. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press SAITO, K. A. and WEIDEMANN, C. J. (1990). Agricultural Extension for Women Farmers in Africa. PLUCKNETT, D. L., SMITH, N. J. H. and OZGEDIZ, S. (1990). International Agricultural Research: A Database of Networks.     

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Book reviewed in this article: CAMPBELL, B. M. S. and OVERTON, M. (eds.) (1991). Land, Labour and Livestock: Historical Studies in European Agricultural Productivity CHAMPION, T. and WATKINS, C. (eds.) (1991). People in the Countryside: Studies of Social Change in Rural Britain DOORNBOS, F., VAN DORSTEN, F., MITRA, M. and TERHAL, P. (1990). Dairy Aid and Development: India's Operation Flood. Indo-Dutch Studies on Development Alternatives, Volume 3 DOORNBOS, M. and NAIR, K. N. (eds.) (1990). Resources, Institutions and Strategies: Operation Flood and Indian Dairying. Indo-Dutch Studies on Development Alternatives, Volume 4 GRANT, W. (1991). The Dairy Industry: An International Comparison MARSDEN, T. and LITTLE, J. (eds.) (1990). Political, Social and Economic Perspectives on the International Food System MARSH, J., GREEN, B., KEARNEY, B., MAHE, L., TANGERMANN, S. and TARDITI, S. (1991). The Changing Role of the Common Agricultural Policy: The Future of Farming in Europe NISBET, E. G. (1991). Leaving Eden: To Protect and Manage the Earth SIMON, J. L. (1989). Population Matters: Resources, Environment and Irrigation SMITH, M. J. (1990). The Politics of Agricultural Support in Britain. Aldershot: Dartmouth/Gower ANDERSON, K. and TYERS, R. (1991). Global Effects of Liberalising Trade in Farm Products. Trade Policy Research Centre, Thames Essay No. 55 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT, UNIVERSITY OF READING (1991). Management Matters in 1991. Study No. 26 ERRINGTON, A. and TRANTER, R. (1991). Getting Out of Farming? Part Two: The Farmers. Study No. 27. Department of Agriculture and Department of Agricultural Economics and Management GASSON, R. and HILL, G. P. (1990). An Economic Evaluation of the Farm Woodland Scheme. FBU Occasional Paper No. 17. Ashford: Farm Business Unit, Department of Agricultural Economics HAVERKORT, B., VAN DER KAMP, J. and WALTERS-BAYER, A. (eds.) (1991). Joining Farmers' Experiments: Experiences in Participatory Technology Development HUDSON, R. J.? DREW, K. R. and BASKIN, L. M. (eds.) (1989). Wildlife Production Systems: Economic Utilisation of Wild Ungulates. Cambridge Studies in Applied Ecology and Resource Management HYDE, W. F. and NEWMAN, D. H. (1991). Forest Economics and Policy Analysis: An Overview. World Bank Discussion Papers 134 JENKINS, T. N. (1990). Future Harvests: The Economics of Farming and the Environment: Proposals for Action. Report to the Council for the Protection of Rural England and the World-Wide Fund for Nature (UK) ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (1991). The Apple Market in OECD Countries ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT (1991). Changes in Cereals and Dairy Policies in OECD Countries: A Model-Based Analysis TEKLU, T., VON BRAUN, J. and ZAKI, E. (1991). Drought and Famine Relationships in Sudan: Policy Implications. Research Report 88. Washington: International Food Policy Research Institute WORLD BANK (1991). World Development Report 1991: The Challenge of Development     

Books Reviewed

Books reviewed:
Julian M. Alston, Philip G. Pardey and Vincent H. Smith, (eds.) Paying for Agricultural Productivity
P.K. Rao, The Economics of Global Climatic Change
Bernard Salanie, The Economics of Contracts: A Primer
Raisuddin Ahmed, Steven Haggblade and Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, (eds.) Out of the Shadow of Famine: Evolving Food Markets and Food Policy in Bangladesh
Lyle P. Schertz and Otto C. Doering III, The Making of the 1996 Farm Act
Joseph A. Herriges and Catherine L. Kling, Valuing Recreation and the Environment
James R. Prescott, Paul Van Moeseke and Jati Sengupta, (eds.) Urban-Regional Economics, Social System Accounts, and EcoBehavioural Science, Selected Writings of Karl A. Fox
Brent M. Haddad, Rivers of Gold: Designing Markets to Allocate Water in California
J. M. Antle, J. N. Lekakis and G. P. Zenias, (eds.) Agriculture, Trade and the Environment: The Impact of Liberalization on Sustainable Development
J. Barkley Rosser Jr., From Catastrophe to Chaos: A General Theory of Economic Discontinuities: Mathematics, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, and Finance     

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Book reviews in this article: BRITTON, D. K. (1990). Agriculture in Britain: Changing Pressures and Policies COHN, T. H. (1990). The International Politics of Agricultural Trade: Canadian - American Relations in a Global Agricultural Context. Vancouver SCHMITZ, A. (ed.) (1989). Free Trade and Agricultural Diversification - Canada and the United States PARIKH, A. (1990). The Economics of Fertiliser Use in Developing Countries - A Case Study in Bangladesh PILE, S. (1990). The Private Farmer: Transformation and Legitimation in Advanced Capitalist Agriculture VAN DER MEER, C. L. J. and YAMADA, S. (1990). Japanese Agriculture: A Comparative Economic Analysis WHATMORE, S. (1991). Farming Women: Gender, Work and Family Enterprise AMERENA, P. (1990). Agriculture and Natural Resources: A Manual for Development Workers CARRUTHERS, S. P. (ed.) (1991). Farm Animals: It Pays to be Humane. CAS Paper 22 ECONOMIST, THE (1991). Style Guide HODGE, I. D. and MONK, S. (1991). In Search of a Rural Economy: Patterns and Differentiation in Non-Metropolitan England. Monograph 20. Cambridge MAUNDER, A. and VALDES, A. (eds.) (1990). Agriculture and Governments in an Interdependent World: Proceedings of the Twentieth International Conference of Agricultural Economists OECD (1991). Agricultural Policies, Markets and Trade: Monitoring and Outlook 1991 POPPE, K. J. (1991). Information Needs and Accounting in Agriculture WILLIAMS, D. B. (ed.) (1991). Agriculture in the Australian Economy. Third edition WORLD BANK (1990). Agricultural Extension: The Next Step WORLD BANK (1990). An Agricultural Strategy for Poland. The Polish, European Community, World Bank Task Force WORLD BANK (1991). Agricultural Biotechnology: The Next ‘Green Revolution?’. World Bank Technical Paper No. 133     

Books Reviewed

Books Reviewed:
Arun Agrawal, Greener Pastures: Politics, Markets and Community among a Migrant Pastoral People
Gerald C. Nelson, Genetically Modified Organisms in Agriculture: Economics and Politics
Christiane Kraus, Import Tariffs as Environmental Policy Instruments
Vandana Shiva, Stolen Harvest
Gerald M. Meier and James E. Rauch, Leading Issues in Economic Development
Amitrajeet A. Batabyal (ed.), The Economics of International Environmental Agreements     

Books Reviewed

Books reviewed:
Brack, Duncan, Michael Grubb and Craig Windram, International Trade and Climate Change Policies
Challen, Ray, Institutions, Transaction Costs and Environmental Policy: Institutional Reform for Water Resources
Dragun, Andrew K. and Clem Tisdell, (eds.) Sustainable Agriculture and Environment: Globalisation and the Impact of Trade Liberalisation
Sen, Amartya, Development as Freedom
Grabowski, Richard, Pathways to Economic Development
Koutstaal, Paul, Economic Policy and Climate Change: Tradable Permits for Reducing Carbon Emissions     

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Books reviewed:
David Pearce, Corin Pearce, and Charles Palmer (eds), Valuing the Environment in Developing Countries
S. Hayden Lesbirel and Daigee Shaw (eds), Managing Conflict in Facility Siting
Kym Anderson and Will Martin (eds), Agricultural Trade Reform & the Doha Development Agenda
Joseph Cooper (ed.), Global Agricultural Policy Reform and Trade: Gains and Losses     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Farm Planning and Control. By C. S. Barnard and J. S. Nix. Cambridge University Press The United Kingdom Cereal Market— an econometric investigation into the effects of pricing policies. By David Colman International Trade in Temperate Zone Products. By F. O. Grogan. Oliver and Boyd (for the Agricultural Adjustment Unit, University of Newcastle upon Tyne) World Sugar Markets in a State of Flux. By Simon Harris and Ian Smith. Trade Policy Research Centre The World Tea Economy. By G. K. Sarkar. Oxford University Press Policy Integration in Canadian Agriculture. By R. W. Crown and E. O. Heady. Iowa State University Press Behavioral Change in Agriculture— Concepts and Strategies for Influencing Transition. Edited by J. P. Leagans and C. P. Loomis Inducing Technological Change for Economic Growth and Development. Edited by R. A. Solo and Everett M. Rogers. Michigan State University Press     

Book Reviews

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     

Books Reviewed

Vosti, Stephen A., and Thomas Reardon, eds. Sustainability, Growth, and Poverty Alleviation: A Policy and Agroecological Perspective.
Swinbank, Alan, and Carolyn Tanner. Farm Policy and Trade Conflict: The Uruguay Round and CAP Reform.
Frisvold, George, and Betsey Kuhn, eds. Global Environmental Change and Agriculture: Assessing the Impacts.     

Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: National Farmers' Union (1998). Farming Economy 1998: Is UK Agriculture Competitive? A European Perspective. Pearson, S., Monke, E., Argwings-Kodhek, G., Avillez, F., Mukumbu, M., Pagiola, S., Sellen, D. and Winter-Nelson, A. (1995). Peet, R. and Watts, M. (eds.) (1996). Liberation Ecologies: Environment, Development, Social Movements. Sanders, J. H., Shapiro, B. I and Ramaswamy, S. (1996). The Economics of Agricultural Technology in Semi-arid Sub-Saharan Africa. Sereni, E. (1997). History of the Italian Agricultural Landscape (translated with an introduction by R. Burr Litchfield). Swinnen, J. F. M. (1997). Political Economy of Agrarian Reform in Central and Eastern Europe.     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Bollman, R. D. and Bryden, J. M. (eds.) (1997). Rural Employment: An International Perspective. Dantwala, M. L. (edited and with an introduction by Visaria, P., Mujumdar, N. A. and Sundaram, T. R.) (1996). Dilemmas of Growth: The Indian Experience. Hardaker, J. B., Huirne, R. B. M. and Anderson, J. R. (1997). Coping with Risk in Agriculture. Koukoulakis, P. H. (ed.) (1994). Agriculture and Human Health. Longworth, J. W. and Williamson, G. J. (1993). China's Pastoral Region: Sheep and Wool. Minority Nationalites, Rangeland Degradation and Sustainable Development. Tracy, M. (1996). Agricultural Policy in the European Union and Other Market Economies.     

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Robert G. Chambers and John Quiggin, Uncertainty, Production, Choice, and Agency: The State-Contingent Approach
James D. Gaisford and William A. Kerr, Economic Analysis for International Trade Negotiations: The WTO and Agricultural Trade
Julian M. Alston, Philip G. Pardey and Michael J.Taylor, (eds.) Agricultural Science Policy: Changing Global Agendas
Jerry Ellig, (ed.) Dynamic Competition and Public Policy:Technology,Innovation,and Anti-trust Issues     

Reviews

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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Books reviewed: Colin G. Brown, John W. Longworth and Scott A. Waldron, Regionalisation and Integration in China: Lessons from the Transformation of the Beef Industry Kevin J. Fox (ed.), Efficiency in the Public Sector R.E. Evenson, V. Santaniello and D. Zilberman (eds), Economic and Social Issues in Agricultural Biotechnology Anil Markandya, Patrice Harou, Lorenzo Giovanni Bellù and Vito Cistulli, Environmental Economics for Sustainable Growth: A Handbook for Practitioners Carlos Montalvo Corral, Environmental Policy and Technological Innovation: Why do Firms Adopt or Reject New Technologies? B. Mak Arvin (ed.), New Perspectives on Foreign Aid and Economic Development Inge Kaul, Pedro Conceição, Katell Le Goulven and Ronald U. Mendoza (eds), Providing Global Public Goods: Managing Globalisation Vittorio Santaniello, Robert E. Evenson and David Zilberman (eds), Market Development for Genetically Modified Foods