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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: 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: 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.     

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Book reviewed in this article: A Year in the Life of a Field. By Michael Allaby. David & Charles, Newton Abbot. Agricultural Marketing. By J. W. Barker. Oxford University Press. 1981. vi + 226 pages. Economics and Resources Policy. Edited by John A. Butlin. Longman Group, Harlow. The Economics of Irrigation. By Ian Carruthers and Colin Clark. Liverpool University Press. Effective Writing in Advisory Work. By Graham Cherry and Nigel Harvey. Ministry of Agriculture, A Framework for Development: The EEC and the ACP. By Carol Cosgrove -Twitchett . EEC and the Third World: A Survey. Edited by Christopher Stevens Rural Housing: Competition and Choice. By Michael Dunn , Marilyn Rawson and Alan Rogers . The New South and the ‘New Competition’. By James E. Fickle . Imperfect Markets in Agricultural Trade. Edited by Alex McCalla and Timothy Josling . Seven Decades of Rural Social Work: From Country Life Commission to Rural Caucus. By Emilia E. Martinez -Brawley . Planning African Development. Edited by Glen Norcliffe and Tom Pinfold . Aquaculture Economics: Basic Concepts and Methods of Analysis. By Yung C. Shang . No Homes for Locals? By Mark Shucksmith . Food Security for Developing Countries. Edited by Alberto Valdes .     

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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: Cereals in the United Kingdom-Production, Marketing and Distribution. By D. K. Britton. Pergamon Press, Oxford. 1969. Agrarpolilik in rler E. W.G. Festschrift for Heinrich Niehaus edited by TH. DAMS, F. GERL, H. K d m and 0. STRECKER. Bayerischer Landwirtschaftsverlag, Munchen. 1968. viiJ-456 pages. Land Reform in Principle and Practice. By DOREEN WARRINER, Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press. 1969. xx +457 pages. Irrigation Development Planning-aspects of Pakistan experience. By I. D. CARRUTHERS. Wye College, Ashford. Kent. 1968. Supply and Dernond of Selected Agricultural Products in Pakistan, 196 1–75. By S. A. ABBAS P I a/. Oxford University Press. 1969. x +236 pages. Developing Rural India: Plan and Pracrice. By JOHN W. MELLOR, THOMAS F. WEAVER, UMA J. LELE, and SHELDON R. SIMON. Cornell University Press: Oxford University Press. 1968. xxi+41 I pages. Planters and Speculators-Chinese and Eirropeatr Agriculrural Enterprise in Malaya, 1786–1921. By JAMES C. JACKSON. Oxford University Press. 1968. xix+312 pages. Agricultural Extension-Farm Extension Services in Australia. Britain and the United States of America. By DONALD B. WILLIAMS. Melbourne University Press: Cambridge University Press. 1969. xif218 pages. The European Peasantry-The Final Phase. By S. H. FRANKLIN. Methuen. London. 1969. xvif234 pages.     

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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     

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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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Book reviewed in this article: The Ecology of Agricultural Systems. By T. P. Bayliss-Smith. Of Time and the Enterprise: North American Family Farm Management in a Context of Resource Marginality. By John W. Bennett. Agriculture: The Triumph and the Shame. By Richard Body. Rural Policy Problems: Changing Dimensions. Edited by W. P. Browne and D. F. Hadwiger. Managing Agricultural Systems. By G. E. Dalton. Ireland: Land, Politics and People. Edited by P. J. Drudy. Growth and Equality in Rural China. By Keith Griffin and Ashwani Saith. An Introduction to Farming Systems. By Michael Haines. Rural Development: Theories of Peasant Economy and Agrarian Change. Edited by John Harriss. Irrigation Economics in Poor Countries. By Arthur Hazlewood and Ian Livingston. Workshop on Forecasting Milk Supplies. Applied Welfare Economics and Public Policy. By Richard Just, Darrell Hueth and Andrew Schmitz. Agricultural Research Policy. By Vernon W. Ruttan.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Farm Planning with Linear Programming: Concept and Practice. By J. B. Dent , S. R. Harrison and K. B. Woodford . Food Policy: Integrating Supply, Distribution and Consumption. Edited by J. Price Gittinger , Joanne Leslie and Caroline Hoisington . Hired Labour and Rural Labour Markets in Asia. Edited by S. Hirashima and M. Muqtada . Research Methodology for Economists: Philosophy and Practice. By Glenn L. Johnson . Investing in Rural Extension: Strategies and Goals. Edited by Gwyn E. Jones . Land and Estate Management. By John Nix , Paul Hill and Nigel Williams . National Policies and Agricultural Trade. Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. 1987.333 pages. Agricultural Mechanization and the Evolution of Farming Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. By Prabhu Pingali , Yves Bigot and Hans P. Binswanger . Alternative Uses for Agricultural Surpluses. Edited by W. F. Raymond and P. Larvor . The Competitive Firm's Response to Risk. By Lindon J. Robison and Peter J. Barry . Alternative Farm Enterprises: A Guide to Alternative Sources of Income for the Farmer. By Bill Slee . From Farming to Biotechnology. By David Goodman , Bernardo Sorj and John Wilkinson . Rural New Zealand — What Next? Edited by L. Tim Wallace and Ralph Lattimore . Recreation Economic Decisions: Comparing Benefits and Costs. By Richard G. Walsh . Adaptive Management of Renewable Resources. By Carl Walters .     

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Book reviewed in this article: Risk Uncertainty and Agricultural Development. Edited by J. A. Roumasset, J., Boussard and I. Singh Anatomy of a Peasant Economy. By Y. Hayamiin association with M. Kikuchi P.F. Moya, L. M. Bambo and E. B. Marchia Agricultural Development of India, Policy and Problems. By C. H. Shah and C. N. Vakil. Financial Management in Agriculture. By Peter. J. Barry, John A. Hopkin and C. B. Bake     

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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: 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: 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: Patterns of Poverty in the Third World. By Charles Elliott. Praeger Special Studies, Martin Robertson, London The Assault on World Poverty— problems of rural development, education and health. By The World Bank The Nature of Poverty: A Case-history of the First Quarter-Century after World War II. By Margaret Haswell Pastoralism in Tropical Africa. Edited by T. Monod. Oxford University Press for International African Institute Cocoa, Custom and Socio-Economic Change in Rural Western Nigeria. By Sara S. Berry Supply Responses of Primary Producers. By David Lim. University of Malaya Press Recreation in the Countryside: A Spatial Analysis. By J. T. Coppock and B. S. Duffield. Macmillan, London The Dynamic Structure of Household Expenditure in the Federal Republic of Germany: Analysis and Projection 1955-69/71 and 1975/77. By H. G. L. Gollnick. North-Holland, Amsterdam U.S. Agriculture In a World Context: Policies and Approaches for the Next Decade. Edited by D. Gale Johnson and John A. Schnittker From the St. Croix to the Potomac. By Sherman E. Johnson. Montana State University     

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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: 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: 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