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Book reviewed in this article: Dorwood , A., Kydd, J. and Poulton , C. (eds.) (1998). Smallholder Cash Crop Production Under Market Liberalization Pinto , V. (1998). Gandhi's Vision and Values: The Moral Quest for Change in Indian Agriculture. London Potter , C. (1998). Against the Grain: Agri-environmental Reform in the United States and the European Union. Shoard , M. (1999). A Right to Roam: Should We Open Up Britain's Countryside? Oxford University Press     

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Book reviewed in this article: Alexandra, N.(ed.) (1988). World Agriculture Towards 2000: An FAO Study Chambers, R. G. (1988). Applied Production Analysis: A Dual Approach Colman, D. and Young, T. (1989). Principles of Agricultural Economics: Markets and Prices in Less Developed Countries Common, M. (1988). Environmental and Resource Economics: An Introduction Haney, W. G. and Knowles, J. B. (eds.) (1988). Women and Farming: Changing Roles, Changing Structures Gasson, R. (1988). The Economics of Part-Time Farming Marks, H. F., edited by Britton, D. K. (1989). A Hundred Years of British Food and Farming: A Statistical Survey Pinstrup-Andersen, P. (ed.) (1988). Food Subsidies in Developing Countries: Costs, Benefits and Policy Options Raikes, P. (1988). Modernising Hunger: Famine, Food Surplus and Farm Policy in the EEC and Africa Spahni, P. (1988). The Common Wine Policy and Price Stabilization Stevens, R. D. and Jabara, C. L. (1988). Agricultural Development Principles: Economic Theory and Empirical Evidence Usher, J. A. (1988). Legal Aspects of Agriculture in the European Community Spedding, C. R. W. (1988). An Introduction to Agricultural Systems Tracy, M. (1989). Government and Agriculture in Western Europe 1880–1988 Harrison, A. with Tranter, R. B. (1989). The Changing Financial Structure of Farming Jones, D. (1989). Financial Vulnerability in Farming: A Study of North West Farms Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (1989). Agricultural and Environmental Policies — Opportunities for Integration Foreman, S. (1989). Loaves and Fishes: An Illustrated History of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 1889–1989     

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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: 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: 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: Agricultural Economics. By S. J. Sheehy and R. O'Connor . Soviet Agricultural Policy— Toward the Abolition of Collective Farms. By Stephen Osofsky . Measurement of Urban Land Use. By R. C. Fordham . University of Cambridge Department of Land Economy. Agricultural Colonization in India since Independence. By B. H. Farmer . African Farmers in Rhodesia: Old and New Peasant Communities in Karangaland. By A. K. H. Weinrich . Victorian Farming— a sourcebook. Edited by C. A. Jewel .     

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Book reviews in this article: BOURKE, A. (ed. Hill, J. and ÓGráda, C.) (1993). The Visitation of God? - The Potato and the Great Irish Famine BUSCH, L., LACY, W. B., BURKHARDT, J. and LACY, L. R. (1991). Plants, Power and Profit: Social, Economic and Ethical Consequences of the New Biotechnologies CONSTANZA, R. (ed.) (1991). Ecological Economics: The Science and Management of Sustainability FOSTER, P. (1992). The World Food Problem: Tackling the Causes of Undernutrition in the Third World FRIMPONG-ANSAH, J. H. (1991). The Vampire State in Africa: The Political Economy of Decline in Ghana HERMANN, R., BURGER, K. and SMITH, P. (1993). International Commodity Policy: A Quantitative Analysis LORRAIM-SMITH, R. (1993). Computers in Forestry: Use of Spreadsheets. Taunton: Research Studies Press and Chichester: James Wiley NOBLE, D. H. and COURSE, C. (1993). Spreadsheets for Agriculture. Harlow, Essex, UK: Longman Scientific and Technical ANDERSON, J. R. and DE HAAN, C. (eds.) (1992). Public and Private Roles in Agricultural Development: Proceedings of the Twelfth Agricultural Sector Symposium BELLAMY, M. and GREENSHIELDS, B. (eds.) (1992). Issues in Agricultural Development: Sustainability and Cooperation. International Association of Agricultural Economists Occasional Paper No. 6. Aldershot GILES, A. K. (1993). The Provincial Agricultural Economics Service 1945–1968: Its Origins, Form, Demise and Legacy HILL, P., GREEN, B. and EDWARDS, A. (1992). The Costs of Care: The Costs and Benefits of Environmentally Friendly Farming Practices MILLER, F. A. (ed). (1993). Eastern Europe: Opportunities and Needs for Food and Agriculture. CAS Paper 27 OECD (1993) Agricultural and Environmental Policy Integration: Recent Progress and New Directions. Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development OECD (1993) Agricultural Policies, Markets and Trade: Monitoring and Outlook 1993. Paris: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development     

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Book reviewed in this article: Ritson, C. and Harvey, D. (1997). The Common Agricultural Policy, Second Edition. Simpson, J. R., Kojima, Y., Kada, R., Miyazaki, A. and Yoshida, T. (1996). Japan's Beef Industry: Economics and Technology for the Year 2000.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Hulme, D. and Mosley, P. (1996). Finance Against Poverty. Volume 1 Walford, N., Everitt, J. and Napton, D. (eds.) (1999). Reshaping the Countryside: Perceptions and Processes of Rural Change     

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Book reviewed in this article: Asenso‐Okyere, W. K., Benneh, G. and Tims, W. (eds.) (1997). Sustainable Food Security in West Africa Cathie, J. (1997). European Food Aid Policy Von Braun, J., Teklu, T. and Webb, P. (1998). Famine in Africa     

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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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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: Understanding Green Revolutions: Agrarian Change and Development Planning in South Asia. Edited by TIM-BAYLTSS-SMITH and SUDHTR WANMALIC Family, Servants and Vkitors: The Farm Household in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Devon. By MARY BOUQUET Food Economics. By ANNAB URGERA The Economics of Coffce. By J de GRAFF Agricultural Gco ra hy:A Social and Economic Analysis. By BRIAN W. ILBERY Countryside Conjlicrs: The Politics of Farming, Forestry and Conservation. By PHILIP LOWE Food Policy: Frameworks for Analysis and Action. Edited by CHARLES K. MANN and BARBARA HUDDLESTON Agricultural Change and Rural Poverty: Variations on a Theme by Dharm Narain. Edited by JOHN W. MELLOR and GUNVANT M. DESAI     

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Book reviews in this article: BIL, A. (1990). The Shieling - 1600–1840: The Case of the Central Scottish Highlands BULLER, H. and WRIGHT, S. (1990). Rural Development: Problems and Practices BURRELL, A. (ed.) (1989). Milk Quotas in the European Community CHAMBERS, R., PACEY, A. and THRUPP, L. A. (eds.) (1989) COLLIER, P., RADWAN, S. and WANGWE, S. with WAGNER, A. (1990.) Labor and Poverty in Rural Tanzania: Ujamaa and Rural Development in the United States Republic of Tanzania COLLINS, E. J. T., GILES, A. K. and MALLESON, J. G. K. (eds.) Innovation and Conservation JOHNSON, P. M. (1989) Redesigning the Communist Economy: The Politics of Economic Reform in Eastern Europe KRUEGER, A. O., MICHALOPOULOS, C. and RUTTAN, V. W. (1989). Aid and Development Baltimore: Johns Hopkins CHATHIE, J. (1989) Food Aid and Industrialisation. Aldershot: Gower LOWE, P. and BODIGUEL, M. (eds.) (1990). Rural Studies in Britain and France ROMERO, C. and REHMAN, T. (1989). Multiple Criterion Analysis for Agricultural Decisions. Amsterdam: Elsevier ADAMOLEKUN, L. (1989). Issues in Development Management in Sub-Saharan Africa. EDI Policy Seminar Report, No. 19 Economic Development Institute of the World Bank CURRAN, T. (1990). The Theory and Practice of Agricultural Policy. EDI Policy Seminar Report, No. 24. Economic Development Institute of The World Bank ISLAM, N. (1990). Horticultural Exports of Developing Countries: Past Performance, Future Prospects, and Policy Issues. Research Report 80. Washington, D. C NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (1989). Investing in Research: A Proposal to Strengthen the Agricultural Food, and Environmental System. Washington, D.C NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL (1989). Food Aid Projections for the Decade of the 1990s. Washington D.C.: National Academy Press (marketed and distributed by John Wiley VAN DEN NOORT, P. C. (1990). Costs and Benefits of Agricultural Policies and Projects. Proceedings of the 22nd Symposium of the European Association of Agricultural Economics, October 1989, Amsterdam, The Netherlands PLUSQUELLEC, H. (1990). The Gezira Irrigation Scheme in Sudan: Objectives, Design and Performance SHAWKI, B. and LE MOIGNE, G. (eds.) (1990): Irrigation in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Development of Public and Private Systems WORLD BANK (1990). Agricultural Marketing: The World Bank's Experience, 1974–85. Washington: The World Bank, Operations Evaluation Department     

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Book reviewed in this article: Economie Rurale. By ROBERT BADOUIN. Armand Colin, Paris. 1971. 598 pages. Price 67.00F. Patterns and Problems in World Agriculture. By B. WATTES, K. S. WHEELER and J. A. GIGGS Structural Reform Measures in Agriculture. O.E.C.D. Land Use: an introduction to proprietary land use analysis. By D. R. DENMAN and SYLVIO PRODANO Farm Accounting and Management (6th Edition). By FORD STURROCK Farm Planning by Computer. By J. B. HARDAKER. Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Tech. Bul. 19, H.M.S.O. New Commodities and Consumer Behaviour. By D. S. IRONMONGER The Demand for Food. Edited by W. J. THOMAS India and China: Studies in Comparative Development. Edited by KUAN-I CHEN and JOGINDAR S. UPPAL India's Green Revolution— economic gains and political costs. By FRANCINE R. FRANKELL     

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Book reviewed in this article: Agriculture, the Countryside and Land Use: An Economic Critique. By J. K. Bowers and Paul Cheshire Planning and Decision in Agribusiness: Principles and Experiences. Edite by C-H. Hanf and G. W. Schiefer The Farm and Food Policies of the European Community. By Simon Harris, Alan Swinbank and Guy Wilkinson Prospects for Soviet Agriculture in the 1980s. By D. Gale Johnson and Karen McConnell Brooks Agriculture and Human Health. Edited by J. L. Jollans Rural Development and the State. Edited by David A. M. Lea and D. P. Chaudhri Cocoa and Kinship in Ghana: The Matrilineal Akan of Ghana. By Christine Okali Land Market: Theory and Practice in Rural Indian. By Baldev Singh Global Deforestation and the Nineteenth Century World Economy. Edited by Richard P. Tucker and J. F. Richards     

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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: The International Grain Trade: Problems and Prospects. By Nick Butler The State and Rural Economic Transformation: The Case of Punjab 1950–85. By G. K. Chadha The Harvest of Sorrow. By Robert Conquest Agriculture: People and Policies. Edited by Graham Cox, Philip Lowe and Michael Winter The Green Revolution Revisited: Critique and Alternatives. Edited by Bernhard Glaeser The Industrialization of the Countryside. Edited by Michael J. Healey and Brian W. Ilbery Land at the Centre: Choices in a Fast Changing World. By John C. Holliday Dynamic Programming: Applications to Agriculture and Natural Resources. By John O. S. Kennedy Accelerating Food Production in Sub-Saharan Africa. Edited by J. W. Mellor, C. L. Delgado and M. J. Blackie American Green Power. By Alain Revel and Christophe Riboud. Translated by Edward W. Tanner     

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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: Economics in Horticulture. By M. J. SARGENT. Macmillan, London. Rural Resource Development. By M. C. WHITBY, D. L. J… ROBINS, A. W. TANSEY and K. G. WLLIIS. Nutrition and Food in an Afiican Economy. Edited by V. F. AMANN, D. G. R. BEISHAW and J. P. STANFIELD. Indian Food Grain Marketing. By J. R. MOORE, S. S. JOHL and A. M. KHUSRO.