Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Caqueza: Living Rural Development by Herbert Zandstra, Kenneth Swanberg, Carlos Zulberti, and Berry Nestel, International Development Research Centre
Applied Economics: Resource Allocation in Rural America by Rueben A. Buse and Daniel W. Bromley, Iowa State University Press     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Canadian Policies for Rural Adjustment: A Study of The Economic Impact of ARDA, PFRA and MMRA: by H. Buckley and E. Tihanyi.
Report of the Royal Commission on Consumer Problems and inflation: by Mary J. Batten, Chairman.
Mathematical Economics: by Kelvin Lancaster, Collier Macmillan Ltd.
Economic Change and Agriculture: Edited by J. Ashton and S. J. Rogers.
Alternatives for Balancing World Food Production Needs: Iowa State University Center for Agricultural and Economic Development.     

REVIEWS*

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.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Development Plan for the Pilot Region: Lower St. Lawrence, Gaspé and Îles-de-la-Madeleine
A Summary, by Bureau d'Aménagement de 1'Est du Québec, and Rural Development Branch.
Report of the Royal Commission on Taxation, 1966
by Kenneth LeM. Carter, et al . Ottawa: Queen's Printer, 1966, Six Volumes.
Food Marketing
L. B. Darrah, New York: The Ronald Press Company.
Marketing of Agricultural Products.
R. L. Kohls, New York: The MacMillan Company, 1967.
Market Structure of the Agricultural Industries
edited by J. R. Moore and R. G. Walsh, Iowa State University Press.
Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth of Canadian Farm Operators 1935–64.
by M. L. Lerohl, Agricultural Economics Research Council of Canada.
Agricultural Finance (Fifth Edition)
Aaron G. Nelson and William G. Murray.
The Role of Planning and Management on Family Farms.
N. Westermarck, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
JOINT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS VENTURES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: Case Studies and Analysis of Recent Trends by Wolfgang G. Friedman and Jean Pierre Beguin with collaboration of James Peterson and Allain Pellit, Columbia University
POLICY INTEGRATION IN CANADIAN AGRICULTURE by Robert W. Crown and Earl O. Heady, The Iowa State University     

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     

Improving the accuracy of outlook price forecasts

This study investigates the predictive ability of outlook hog price forecasts released by Iowa State University relative to alternative time‐series and market forecasts. Under root mean squared error (RMSE), the futures market forecast is most accurate at the first and second horizon but less accurate than Iowa outlook and the other forecast methods at the third horizon. In terms of the individual time‐series models, some vector autoregressions (VARs) and Bayesian VARs flexible in specification and estimation and model averaging tend to perform better than Iowa outlook forecasts. Evidence from encompassing tests, more stringent tests of forecast performance, indicates that many price forecasts can add incremental information to the Iowa forecast. Simple combinations of these models and outlook forecasts are able to reduce forecast errors by economically significant levels. Overall, the results indicate that it is possible to provide more accurate forecasts than Iowa outlook at every horizon.     

REVIEWS*

Book reviewed in this article: BURTON, M. P. (1992). An Agricultural Policy Model for the UK GALATY, J. G. and JOHNSON, D. L. (eds.) (1991). Herding Systems in Comparative Perspective HALLBERG, M. C., FINDEIS, J. L. and LASS, D. A. (1991). Multiple Job-Holding Among Farm Families TISDELL, C. A. (1991). Economics of Environmental Conservation. Developments in Environmental Economics 1 BIGGS, S. and FARRINGTON, J. (1991). Agricultural Research and the Rural Poor: A Review of Social Science Analysis BRUN, A. H. and FULLER, A. M. (1992). Farm Family Pluriactivity in Western Europe: Partial Results of a Research Programme Funded by the EC Commission and National Agencies. Enstone, Oxford: Arkleton Trust (Research) Ltd. with assistance from the Ministere de l'Agriculture et de la Forêt COLMAN, D., CRABTREE, B., FROUD, J. and O'CARROL, L. (1992). Comparative Effectiveness of Conservation Mechanisms. Manchester: Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Economic and Social Studies, University of Manchester OLSEN, W. C. (1991). Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology: The Contemporary Core Literature. With contributions by Bellamy, M. A. and Stanton, B. F SAFADI, R. and PLUSQUELLEC, H. (1991). Research on Irrigation and Drainage Technologies: Fifteen Years of World Bank Experience WORLD BANK (1992). World Development Report 1992     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
Ray Bush, Class, State and Agricultural Productivity in Egypt: Study of the Inverse Relationship between Farm Size and Land Productivity
Ray Bush, Rural Labor Movements in Egypt and their Impact on the State, 1961–1992
M. E. Bratchel, Creating the Florentine State: Peasants and Rebellion, 1348–1434
Subir Sinha, Democracy at Work in an Indian Industrial Cooperative: The Story of Kerala Dinesh Beedi
Samuel K. Cohn Jr, Community and Clientele in Twelfth-Century Tuscany: The Origins of the Rural Commune in the Plain of Lucca
Liana Vardi, Fraternity Among the French Peasantry: Sociability and Voluntary Associations in the Loire Valley, 1815–1914
Jonathan Pattenden, Peasants Against Globalization: Rural Social Movements in Costa Rica     

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     

Reviews

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     

REVIEWS

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.     

REVIEWS

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 .     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Production Rights in European Agriculture Barthelemy, Denis and Jacques David (Eds.)
The Politics of Precaution: Genetically Modified Crops in Developing Countries Robert L. Paarlberg
Indian Agriculture: Four Decades of Development G.S. Bhalla, Gurmail Singh
The Economic Value of Water Quality John C. Bergstrom, Kevin J. Boyle, Gregory L. Poe (Eds.)
Transforming the Rural Asian Economy: The Unfinished Revolution Mark W. Rosegrant, Peter B.R. Hazell
The Growth and Sustainability of Agriculture in Asia Mingsarn Santikarn Kaosa-ard, Benjavan Rerkaem, with contributions by Sheller Grasty, Apichart Kaosa-ard, Sunil S. Pednekar, Kanok RerKasem, Paul Auger
Rural Financial Markets in Asia: Paradigms, Policies, and Performance Richard L. Meyer, Geetha Nagarajan
The Quality of Life in Rural Asia David E. Bloom, Patricia H. Craig, Pia N. Malaney
The Evolving Roles of the State, Private, and Local Actors in Rural Asia Ammar Siamwalla, with contributions by Alex Brillantes, Somsak Chunharas, Colin MacAndrews, Andrew Macintyre, Fred Roche
Rural Asia: Beyond the Green Revolution     

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.     

Book Reviews

Books Reviewed: Daniel Arghiros, Democracy, Development and Decentralization in Provincial Thailand Ruth McVey (ed.), Money and Power in Provincial Thailand Gregory Eliyu Guldin, What’s a Peasant to Do? Village Becoming Town in Southern China Ben Crow, Markets, Class and Social Change: Trading Networks and Poverty in Rural South Asia Wen S. Chern, Colin A. Carter and Shun–Yi Shei (eds), Food Security in Asia: Economics and Policies Merle L. Bowen, The State Against the Peasantry: Rural Struggles in Colonial and Postcolonial Mozambique     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed:
David McDermott Hughes, From Enslavement to Environmentalism: Politics on a Southern African Frontier
Edmund Abaka, Kola is God's Gift: Agricultural Production, Export Initiatives & the Kola Industry of Asante & the Gold Coast c.1820–1950
David Hall-Mathews, Peasants, Famine and the State in Colonial Western India
Linda Whiteford and Scott Whiteford (eds), Globalization, Water and Health
Penelope Francks, Rural Economic Development in Japan: From the Nineteenth Century to the Pacific War
Him Chung, China's Rural Market Development in the Reform Era     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
The Analysis of Response in Crop and Livestock Production by John L. Dillon.
Cooperation and Integration in Agricultural Production by Otto Schiller.
Economics of Agricultural Production, Markets and Policy by John P. Doll, James V. Rhodes and Jerry G. West.
A Hundred Years of the Dairy Industry by Veronica McCormick.
A North American Common Market Iowa State Center for Agricultural and Economic Development.
Regional Policies in Canada by T. N. Brewis.     

Book Reviews

Book Reviews
Neil Davidson, Discovering the Scottish Revolution 1692–1746 .
Benno Teschke, The Myth of 1648. Class, Politics and the Making of Modern International Relations .
Amanda Hammar, Zimbabwe's Unfinished Business: Rethinking Land, State and Nation in the Context of Crisis .
Yunxiang Yan, Private Life Under Socialism: Love, Intimacy and Family Change in a Chinese Village, 1949–1999 .
A. E. Luloff and R. S. Krannich (eds), Persistence and Change in Rural Communities: A 50 Year Follow Up to Six Classic Studies .