Research Catalog

Title

Agriculture and development / edited by Gudrun Kochendörfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic.

Author

Berlin Workshop (9th : 2006)

Publication

Washington, D.C. : World Bank ; [Bonn] : InWent, c2008.

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Additional Authors

• Kochendörfer-Lucius, Gudrun.
• Pleskovic, Boris.
• Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbh.
• World Bank

Description

vii, 233 p. : ill., map; 26 cm.

Summary

"This volume presents papers from the Berlin Workshop sessions on issues relating to agricultural policy, subsidies, and trade; markets and institutions; agriculture, natural resources management, and the environment; agriculture-rural nonfarm linkages and rural poverty; decentralization, local governance, and rural development; and emerging policy issues."--Jacket

Series Statement

Berlin Workshop series ; 2008

Uniform Title

Berlin Workshop series ; 2008.

Subject

• Agriculture > Economic aspects > Congresses
• Population > Congresses

Genre/Form

• Conference papers and proceedings
• Conference papers and proceedings.
• Electronic books.

Note

• "The Berlin Workshop series 2008 presents a selection of papers from meetings held on September 4-6, 2006, at the ninth annual Berlin Workshop, jointly organized by InWent-Capacity Building International, Germany, and the World Bank"--P. 1.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Agriculture and development : the perspective of a think tank on the WDR 2008 outline / Michael Brüntrup -- Market access for small farmers : the new standards challenge / Benoît Daviron, Isabelle Vagneron -- Globalization, privatization, and vertical coordination in food value chains / Johan F.M. Swinnen, Miet Maertens -- Designing improved NRM interventions in agriculture for poverty reduction and environmental sustainability in developing countries / H. Ade Freeman -- Aspects of land degradation in lagging regions : extent, driving forces, responses, and further research with special reference to Ethiopia / Gunnar Köhlin -- Agriculture and the Rio conventions / Laurence Tubiana, Sheila Wertz-Kanounnikoff -- Agricultural growth, employment, and wage rates in developing countries / Raghav Gaiha, Katsushi Imai -- Are farm-nonfarm linkages still strong enough to tackle rural poverty? / Daniel Bradley -- Agriculture : rural nonfarm linkages and poverty / Alexander Schejtman -- Decentralization, local governance, and rural development / Jean-Louis Arcand -- Decentralization, agriculture, and poverty reduction : harsh realities? / John Farrington -- Decentralization and development : emerging issues from Uganda's experience / John A. Okidi, Madina Guloba -- Decentralized rural governance in a post-socialist economy : a case of community-based agricultural marketing in Poland / Marin Petrick, Andreas Gramzow -- Opportunities for European bioethanol in a global environment (2006) / Oliver Henniges -- Nonlinear effects of weather on U.S. crop yields, implications for climate change, and why these effects matter for developing countries / Wolfram Schlenker, Michael Roberts -- Emerging policy issues within the realm of science policy for Africa / Monty Jones.

ISBN

• 9780821371275
• 0821371274

OCLC

• 182525800
• SCSB-12316471

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library