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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: 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: Taxation and the Rural Economy. Conference Papers prepared for the Australian Tax Research Foundation (Melbourne) Disease in Farm Livestock: Economics and Policy. By K. S. Howe and J. P. Mcinerney (eds.) Agricultural Price Policies for Developing Countries. By John W. Mellor and Raisuddin Ahmed (eds.) Economic Liberalisation in New Zealand. By Alan Bollard and Robert Buckle (eds.) Japanese Agricultural Policies: A Time of Change. By Australian Burea     

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

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Book reviewed in this article: Economics of Welfare, Rural Development and Natural Resources in Agriculture. Lee R. martin(ed.). Economic Evaluation and the Environment. By Charles Cooper Equality, the Third World and Economic Delusion. By P. T. Baue Food Security for Developing Countries. Edited by Alberto Valde. The Economics of Agricultural Policy (2nd edition). By G. Hallet. Options for Farm Policy in the European Community. By T. E. Josling, Mark Langworthy and Scott Pearson. Regional Economics: An Australian Introduction. By G. J. Butler and T. D. Mandevill.     

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

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Book reviewed in this article: Selected Writings on Agricultural Policy and Economic Analysis. By FREDERICK V. WAUGH, JAMES P. HOUCK and MARTIN E. ABEL The Pastoral Industries in Australia: Practice and Technology of Sheep, Cattle, Goat and Deer Production. By G. ALEXANDER and 0. B. WILLIAMS Development Economics on Trial: The Anthropological Case for a Prosecution. By POLLY HILL The Economics of Tropical Farm Management. By J. P. MAKEHAM and L. R. MALCOL Farm Planning with Linear Programming: Concept and Practice. By J. B. DENT, S. R. HARRISON and K. B. WOODFORD.     

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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: 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: Land for Agriculture. Centre for Agricultural Strategy, Report 1, Reading Crop Management Economics. By Allan N. Rae. Crosby Lockwood Staples, London An Agricultural Atlas of Scotland. By J. T. Coppock Agricultural Supply Response— A Survey of the Econometric Evidence. By H. Askari and J. T. Cummings Economic Models of World Agricultural Commodity Markets— Cocoa, Coffee, Tea, Wool, Cotton, Sugar, Wheat, Rice. By F. Gerhard Adams and Jere R. Behrman The Production of Fruits and Vegetables Meeting Taste-Quality Standards. By Jean Thiault The Farm Credit System: A History of Financial Self-Help. By W. G. Hoag Beyond the Furrow— Some Keys to Successful Farming in the Twentieth Century. By H. M. Drache African Agriculture: economic action and reaction in Sierra Leone. By John Levi, with contributions by Michael Havinden, Omotunde Johnson and Gerald Karr African Farmers: Labor Use in the Development of Smallholder Agriculture. By J. H. Cleave The Deferential Worker— A Study of Farm Workers in East Anglia. By H. Newby     

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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: Watershed Development in Asia: Strategies and Technologies. By JOHN B. DOOLETTE and WILLIAM B. MAGRATH (eds). Agricultural Commercialization, Nutrition, and the Rural Poor: A Study of Philippine Farm Households. By HOWARTEH E. BOUIS and LAWRENCE J. HADDAD Farmer First: Farmer Innovation and Agricultural Research. By ROBERT CHAMBERS, ARNOLD PACEY and LORI ANN THRUPP (eds).     

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Book reviewed in this article: National and Regional Self-sufficiency Goals — Implications for International Agriculture. By FRED J. RUPPEL, EARL D. KELLOGGan d LYNNE RIENNER(eds). Food Trends and the Changing Consumer. By BEN SENAUER, ELAINE ASP, and JEAN KINSEY. The Common Agricultural Policy and the World Economy: Essays in Honour of John Ashton. By CHRISTOPHER RITSON and DAVID HARVEY Agricultural Economics and Policy: International Challenges for the Nineties. Edited by K. Burger, M. De Groot, J. Post and V. Zacharias. Where Credit is Due: Income-Generating Programmes for the Poor in Developing Countries. By JOER EMENY Issues in the Pricing and Management of Natural Resources 1991. Farming and the Countryside: An Economic Analysis of External Costs and Benefits. Nick Hanley (ed.). World Agriculture in Disarray (Second Edition). By D.G. JOHNSO     

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Book reviewed in this article: Aggregate Supply Response of Crops in a Developing Region. By S. L. Bapna. Sultan Chand & Sons, Land Use and Living Space. By Robin H. Best. Methuen, Population and Technology. By ESTER Boserup. Innovation Diffusion: A New Perspective. By Lawrence A. Brown. Methuen, Science and Agricultural Development. Edited by Lawrence Busch . Data Collection in Developing Countries. By D. J. Casley and D. A. Lury . The Economic Theory of Agricultural Land Tenure. By J. M. Currie . Marketing Behaviour: Issues in Managerial and Buyer Decision-Making. By Gordon Foxall . Manufacturing Green Gold: Capital, Labor and Technology in the Lettuce Industry. By W. H. Friedland , A. E. Barton and R. J. Thomas . Rural Employment: Trends, Options, Choices. By Ian Hodge and Martin Whitby . Maidens, Meal and Money: Capitalism and the Domestic Economy. By Claude Meillassoux . Maidens, Meal and Money: Capitalism and the Domestic Economy. By Claude Meillassoux . Implications of Tractorisation for Farm Employment, Productivity and Income (volumes I and II). Performance of Futures Markets: The Case of Potatoes. By A. B. Paul , K. H. Kahl and W. G. Tomek . Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation. By Amartya Sen . Biological Efficiency in Agriculture. By C. R. W. Spedding , J. M. Walsingham and A. M. Hoxey .     

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MOIRA: Model of International Relations in Agriculture. By HANS LINNEMANNJE, JERRIE DE HOOGH, MICHIEL A. KEYZER and HENK D. J. VAN HEEMST. An Aggregative Programming Approach to Agricultural Sector Analysis. Edited by NEAL WALKER and K. A. PARTON. Building Implementable Marketing Models. By PHILIPPE A. NAERT and PETER S. H. LEEFLANG Farm Planning and Control (2nd edition). By C. S. BARNARD and J. S.NIX Landscape Economics. By COLIN PRICE. The Economics of Natural Resources. By RICHARD LECOMBER Proceedings of the Conference on Value of Meteorological Services.     

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

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

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Book 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 .     

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Book reviewed in this article: Seeds of Plenty, Seeds of Want. By ANDREW PEARSE. Micro-Economic Policy. By KEITH HARTLEY and CLEM TISDELL An Introduction to the New Zealand Economy. By B. HEASTON and N.J. THOMSON Measurement of Agricultural Protection. By JOHN STARK. Managing Agricultural Systems. By G. E. DALTON Policy and Practice in Fisheries Management. By N. H. STURGESS and T.F. MEANY Planning and Decision in Agribusiness: Principles and Experiences. By C. H. HANF and G. SCHIEFER     

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