Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Management of Shared Groundwater Resources: The Israeli-Palestinian Case with an International Perspective Eran Feitelson and Marwan Haddad (Eds.)
Rural planning and management Joe Morris, Alison Bailey, R. Kerry Turner and Ian J. Bateman (Eds.)
Rural Financial Markets in Asia: Policies, Paradigms, and Performance (Study of Rural Asia, Vol. 3) Richard Meyer and Geetha Nagarajan (Authors)
The Biotechnology Revolution in Global Agriculture: Invention, Innovation and Investments in the Canola Sector Peter W.B. Phillips, George G. Khachatourian (Eds.)
Agricultural Use of Groundwater: Towards Integration Between Agricultural Policy and Water Resources Management Cesare Dosi (Ed.)     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Sustainable Development in Asia, America and Europe with Global Applications: A New Approach to Land Ownership Jian-Ming Zhou (Ed.)
Agricultural Science Policy: Changing Global Agendas Julian M. Alston Philip G. Pardey, Michael J. Taylor (Eds.)
Planning Agricultural Research: A Sourcebook G. Gijsbers, W. Janssen, H. Hambly Odame, G. Meijerink (Eds.)     

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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     

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Book reviews in this article: GOLDWIN, I. and WINTERS, L. A. (eds.) (1992). Open Economies: Structural Adjustment and Agriculture HAZELL, P. B. R. and RAMASAMY, C. (eds.) (1991). The Green Revolution Reconsidered: The Impact of High-Yielding Rice Varieties in South India JODHA, N. S., BANSKOTA, M. and PARTAP, T. (1992). Sustainable Mountain Agriculture. Vol. 1 Perspectives and Issues JODHA, N. S., BANSKOTA, M. and PARTAP, T. (1992). Sustainable Mountain Agriculture. Vol. 2 Farmers' Strategies and Innovative Approaches KRUEGER, A. (1992). The Political Economy of Agricultural Pricing Policy. Volume 5. A Synthesis of the Political Development in Developing Countries LESSER, W. (1993). Marketing Livestock and Meat. New York: Food Products Press (Haworth Press) MARK, J. and STRANGE, R. (1993). The Food Industries: Review of United Kingdom Statistical Sources, Volume XXVIII. London: Chapman and Hall on behalf of the Royal Statistical Society and the Economic and Social Research Council METTRICK, H. (1993). Development Oriented Research in Agriculture: An ICRA Textbook. Wageningen: International Centre for Development Orientated Research in Agriculture (ICRA) RAYNER, A. J. and COLMAN, D. (eds.) (1993). Current Issues in Agricultural Economics SCHIFF, M. and VALDÉS, A. (1992). The Political Economy of Agricultural Pricing Policy, Volume 4, A Synthesis of the Economics in Developing Countries, Baltimore TRACY, M. (1993). Food and Agriculture in a Market Economy: An Introduction to Theory, Practice and Policy TRIPP, R. (ed.) (1992). Planned Change in Farming Systems: Progress in On-Farm Research CÉCORA, J. (ed.) (1993). Economic Behaviour of Family Households in an International Context. Bonn: Society for Agricultural Policy Research and Rural Sociology (FAA) HILL, B. and BROOKES, B. (1993). Farm Incomes in the European Community in the 1980s. Document Series     

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Book reviewed in this article:
A Comprehensive Assessment of the Role of Risk in US Agriculture Just Richard E., Rulon D. Pope (Eds.)
Providing Global Public Goods: Managing Globalization Inge Kaul, Pedro Conceicao, Katell Le Goulven and Ronald U. Mendoza (Eds.)
Agricultural Policy Reform—Politics and Process in the EU and US in the 1990s Wayne Moyer and Tim Josling (Eds.)     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Review of World Development Report 2000/2001: "Attacking Poverty", World Bank
CAP Regimes and the European Countryside F. Brouwer, P. Lowe (Eds.)
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, Income Risk Management in Agriculture
Agriculture and Economic Growth: Theory and Measurement Yair Mundlak (Ed.)     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Agricultural Landownership in Transitional Economies , Gene Wunderlich (Ed.)
Maize Technology Development And Transfer: A GIS Application For Research Planning In Kenya Rashid Hassan (Ed.)
Famine In Africa: Causes, Responses, and Prevention Joachim von Braun, Tesfaye Teklu and Patrick Webb
Agricultural Biotechnology and the Environment Sheldon Krimsky and Roger Wrubel     

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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     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Transferring Food Production Technology to Developing Countries - Economic and Social Dimensions Edited by Joseph J. Molnar and Howard A. Clonts
The Agriculture-Forest Interface: An Interface, of Land Uae Change by Michael F. Fox and Sandra L. Macenko
The Flqht for Food Edited by Harold E. Croxall and Lionel P. Smith
On-Farm Agroromic Trials in Farming Systems Research and Extension by Peter E. Hildebrand and Federico Poey
Technical Change and Social Conflict in Agriculture: Latin American Perspectives Edited by Martin Pineiro and Eduardo Trigo     

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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: Readings in Development Economics: Volumes I and II Pranab Bardhan, Christopher Udry Agriculture, Trade and the Environment: The Impact of Liberalization on Sustainable Development John M. Antle, Joseph N. Lekakis, George P. Zanias (Eds.) Tradeoffs or Synergies? Agricultural Intensification, Economic Development and the Environment David R. Lee, Christopher B. Barrett (Eds.) Multilateral trade negotiations on agriculture: a resource manual     

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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     

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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 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     

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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.     

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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.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
International Trade and Agriculture: Theory and Policy (eds.) Jimmye S. Hillman and Andrew Schmiu
Canada in the Changing World Economy by B.W. Wilkinson, Howe Research Institute, Montreal
Guide to Graduate Study in Economics and Agricultural Economics –United States of America and Canada (ed.) Wyn F. Owen, compiled and edited by The Economics Institute     

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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 reviewed in this article:
Agri-culture: Reconnecting People, Land and Nature Jules Pretty (Ed.)
World Health Report 2002: Reducing Risks, Promoting Healthy Life
FAO Papers on Selected Issues Related to the WTO Negotiations on Agriculture     

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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.