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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: 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: Agricultural Economics and Rural Land-Use. By M. J. Stabler . Macmillan, London Agriculture in Development Theory. Edited by L. G. Reynolds Farming Finance. By Peter Clery . Farming Press, Ipswich The Man/Food Equation. Edited by F. Steele and A. Bourne . Academic Press, London Agricultural Research and Productivity. By Robert E. Evenson and Yoav Kislev . Yale University Press The Development of Tropical Lands: Policy Issues in Latin America. By Michael Nelson The Biology of Agricultural Systems. By C. R. W. Spedding . Academic Press, London Study of Agricultural Systems. Edited by G. E. Dalton . Applied Science Publishers     

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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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: British Farming in the Great Depression: 1870–1914. By P. J. PERRY. David & Charles, Newton Abbot Agricultural Resources— an introduction to the farming industry of the U.K. Edited by ANGELA EDWARDS and ALAN ROGERS. Faber and Faber Agricultural Geography. By J. R. TARRANT. David and Charles, Newton Abbot The Organic Resources of Scotland: their nature and evaluation. Edited by JOY TIVY. Oliver and Boyd, Edinburgh. The Value of Agricultural Land. By COLIN CLARK. Pergamon Press, Oxford. Terrain Evaluation. By C. W. MITCHELL. Longman, London. Land Reform — the Italian experience. By RUSSELL KING. Butterworth, London. 1973 The King's Vista. By D. R. DENMAN. Geographical Publications, Berkhamsted Tropical Farming Economics. By M. R. HASWELL. Longman, London. Intensive Crop Economics. By R. R. W. FOLLEY. Heinemann, London. Milk to Market— Forty Years of Milk Marketing. By STANLEY BAKER. Heinemann, London. Rural Life— patterns and processes. By GWYN E. JONES. Longman, London. RASAR: a Resource Allocation System for Agricultural Research. By D. G. RUSSELL. University of Stirling, Department of Industrial Science.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Agricultural Policies in 1966. Organisation for Economic Co-operatoion and Development, Paris. 1967. Land and People. By Howick , Denman , Beresford , Pilcher , Nugent , Hofstee and Black , Leonard Hill. 1967. Agricidtural Producers and their Markets. Edited by T. K. Warley . Basil Blackwel. Oxford. 1967. Alternatives for Balancing World Food Prodution and Needs. Iowa State University Center for Agricultural and Economic Development. Iowa State University Press. 1967. Agriculture and Economic Development: The Relevance of the Japanese Experience. By Brucef F. Johnston Food Research Institute Studies. VI, No. 3. 1966. The Economics of Irrigation. By Colin Clark Pergamon Press, Oxford. 1967. Experiences with Agricultural Development in Tropical Africa. Vol. 1. The Synthesis. Vol. II. The Case Studies. John C. de Wilde et al. Published for The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development by John Hopkins Press. 1967. Rural Land Administration iil New Zealand. By J. Bruce Brown (Editor) et al. Oxford University Press for New Zealand Institute of Public Administration. 1966. Britain and A ristrnlia 1831–1855: a Study in Iniperiul Relations and Crown Lands Administration. By Peterb Burroughs . Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press. Trained Manpower for To-morrow's Agriculture. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris, 1966. Farm Policies arid Po1icies in the Triiriiaii Yeurs. By Allen J. Matusow . Harvard University Press. Cambridge. Massachusetts. 1967. Selected Readings to Accompany Getting Agriciiltiire Moving; essentials for development and modernization. Edited by Raymond E. Borton Published by the Agricultural Development Council, New York, 1966. Cotton Kingdom of the New South: A History of the Yazoo Mississippi Delta from reconstruction to the Twentieth Century. By Robert L. Brandfon . Harvard University Press. 1967. The Co-operative Movement in India. By E. M. Hough . 5th Edition revised by K. Madhava Das . Oxford University Press. 1966. Khartoum's Food Supplies: A Study in Production and Marketing of Six Basic Food St?iffs By M. C. Simpson Department of Rural Economy. University of Khartoum. Research Bulletin No. 2. 1966.     

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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: 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     

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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: Food Economy in Hungary. By Ernö Csizmadia and Magda Székely Corporate Innovation: Marketing and Strategy. By Gordon R. Foxall The Economic Mind: The Social Psychology of Economic Behaviour. By Adrian Furnham and Alan Lewis Mathematical Programming for Economic Analysis in Agriculture. By Peter B. R. Hazell and Roger D. Norton Development Economics on Trial: The Anthropological Case for a Prosecution. By Polly Hill Elements of Agricultural Trade Policies. By James P. Houck World Food Marketing Systems. Edited by Erdener Kaynak Creating Rural Employment. By B. H. Kinsey Measuring the Benefits of Clean Air and Water. By Allen V. Kneese The Economics of Natural Environments: Studies in the Valuation of Commodity and Amenity Resources (2nd edition). By John V. Krutilla and Anthony C. Fisher World Recession and the Food Crisis in Africa. Edited by Peter Lawrence The Victorian Countryside (2 vols). Edited by G. E. Mingay Economics of Crop Insurance with Special Reference to the Needs and Situations in Developing Countries. By P. K. Ray Calcutta Crop Insurance for Agricultural Development: Issues and Experience. Edited by Peter Hazell, Carlos Pomareda and Alberto Valdes. Agricultural Insurance: A New Policy for Developing Countries. By Syed M. Ahsan. Aldershot Hoofprints on the Forest: Cattle Ranching and the Destruction of Latin America's Tropical Forests. By Douglas R. Shane Getting Prices Right: The Scope and Limits of Agricultural Price Policy. By C. Peter Timmer     

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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: 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: 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 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.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Seasonal Dimensions to Rural Poverty. Edited by Robert Chambers , Richard Longhurst and Arnold Pacey . The Effects of Tax Policy on American Agriculture. By Charles Dport , Michael Boehlje and David Martin . European Farming in Australia: An Economic History of Australian Farming. By Bruce R. Davidson . Australian Agriculture: Reconciling Change and Tradition. By Keith O. Campbell . India's Export Performance. By K. S. Dhindsa . Marxism and the Agrarian Question: volume 1, German Social Democracy and the Peasantry 1890–1907; volume 2, Russian Marxism and the Peasantry 1861–1930. By Athar Hussain and Keith Tribe From Peasant to Proletarian: Capitalist Development and Agrarian Transitions. By David Goodman and Michael Redclift . National Parks. Conservation or Cosmetics? By Ann and Malcolm Mac Ewen . The Economy of Rural Communities in the National Parks of England and Wales. By Tourism and Recreation Research Unit . Agriculture and the European Community. By John S. Marsh and Pamela J. Swanney . The Common Agricultural Policy: Prospects for Change. By Joan Pearce . Options for Farm Policy in the European Community. By T. E. Josling , Mark Langworthy and Scott Pearson . The Theory of Commodity Price Stabilisation: A Study in the Economics of Risk. By David Newbery and Joseph Stiglitz Food Policy. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Food and Agricultural Policy for the 1980s. Edited by D. Gale Johnson . Small Farmers' Development Programme. By S. M. Pandey and J. S. Sodhi . Rice in West Africa: Policy and Economics. By S. R. Pearson , J. D. Stryker and C. P. Humphreys . Grain Export Cartels. By Andrew Schmitz , Alex F. McCalla , Donald O. Mitchell and Colin A. Carter . Science and Technology Policy: Priorities of Governments. By C. A. Tisdell . Co-operatives and Development. Agricultural Politics in Ghana and Uganda. By Crawford Young , Neal Sherman and Tim Rose .