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What difference could a revolution make? : food and farming in the new Nicaragua
- Title
- What difference could a revolution make? : food and farming in the new Nicaragua / by Joseph Collins, with Frances Moore Lappé and Nick Allen.
- Author
- Collins, Joseph, 1945-
- Publication
- San Francisco, CA : Institute for Food and Development Policy, ©1982.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | HD1817 .C64 1982 | Off-site |
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- Description
- x, 185 pages; 22 cm
- Summary
- Monograph on trends in land tenure and food production after the 1979 revolution in Nicaragua - examines government policies to overcome underdevelopment, agrarian reform, characteristics of state farms and the private sector (esp. Commercial farming), agricultural credit, wage policy compatible with productivity increase, the cooperative movement, food policy and price policy, etc., discusses obstacles (role of USA), and includes a chronology of political development events since 1821. Bibliography pp. 175 to 179, graphs and references.
- Subject
- Agriculture > Economic aspects > Nicaragua
- Land tenure > Nicaragua
- Land reform > Nicaragua
- Food supply > Nicaragua
- Agriculture > Economic aspects
- Food supply
- Land reform
- Land tenure
- Agrarstruktur
- trend
- land tenure
- food production
- revolution
- government policy
- underdevelopment
- agrarian reform
- State
- farm
- private sector
- commercial farming
- agricultural credit
- wage policy
- productivity
- cooperative movement
- food policy
- price policy
- obstacle
- role of USA
- chronology
- political development
- Agrarian structure > Nicaragua
- tendance
- régime foncier
- production alimentaire
- révolution
- politique gouvernementale
- sous-développement
- réforme agraire
- Etat
- exploitation agricole
- secteur privé
- agriculture commerciale
- crédit agricole
- politique des salaires
- productivité
- mouvement coopératif
- politique alimentaire
- politique des prix
- rôle des Etats-Unis
- chronologie
- développement politique
- tendencia
- tenencia de la tierra
- producción alimentaria
- revolución
- política gubernamental
- subdesarrollo
- reforma agraria
- Estado
- granja
- sector privado
- agricultura comercial
- crédito agrícola
- política salarial
- productividad
- movimiento cooperativo
- política alimentaria
- política de precios
- obstáculo
- papel de los EUA
- cronología
- desarrollo político
- Nicaragua
- Nicaragua
- Nicaragua > Revolution <1979>
- Genre/Form
- bibliography.
- graph.
- reference.
- bibliographie.
- graphique.
- référence bibliographique.
- bibliografía.
- gráfico.
- referencia.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 167-173.
- Contents
- Nicaragua is a school -- Imagine you were a Nicaraguan -- The peasants' victory -- No ownership without obligation -- Failed partnership : big growers and the state -- Spilling credit in the countryside -- The state farm : discredited model or pragmatic adaptation? -- Wage and productivity dilemmas -- Is seizing the land revolutionary? -- A conservative agrarian reform? -- Cooperative work : will it work in Nicaragua? -- Corn and beans first -- Can the market feed the poor? -- Reflections.
- ISBN
- 0935028102
- 9780935028102
- LCCN
- 82021032
- OCLC
- ocm09016445
- 9016445
- SCSB-65968
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library