Routledge Library Editions: Agribusiness and Land Use
Agribusiness and Rural Enterprise
1st Edition
By B. H. Kinsey
April 01, 2025
Originally published in 1987 and now reissued with a new Preface by the author, this book is written primarily for planners, public administrators and project managers in countries or international agencies considering a development strategy in which agribusiness and rural enterprise projects are ...
Agricultural Geography
1st Edition
By W. B. Morgan, R. J. C. Munton
April 01, 2025
Originally published in 1971, this book is a systematic study of the major features and factors of the location and distribution of global agricultural enterprises. Special emphasis is given to approaches to the subject developed by economists and economic geographers, but all aspects of ...
Agricultural Marketing and the EEC
1st Edition
By Michael Butterwick, Edmund Neville-Rolfe
April 01, 2025
Originally published in 1971, this book resulted from a 2-year study of the implications of the Common Market agricultural policy in relation to agricultural marketing in Britain. It provides the background to agricultural policies and explains why marketing developed differently in Britain and ...
Agriculture and Economic Growth in England 1650-1815
1st Edition
By E. L. Jones
April 01, 2025
Originally published in 1967, this was the first book to discuss why agricultural supply became more ‘responsive’ and to provide broadly based evidence of the ways in which that ‘responsiveness’ may have influenced the growth of the economy. The editor chose 7 essays, reprinted in full, to ...
Coping with Hunger: Hazard and Experiment in an African Rice-Farming System
1st Edition
By Paul Richards
April 01, 2025
Originally published in 1986, Coping with Hunger demonstrates that effective agricultural development in resource-poor regions must be based in a respect for the indigenous farmer’s understanding of the environment. Based on participant-observation of rice farming in Sierra Leone, the book ...
Creating Rural Employment
1st Edition
By B. H. Kinsey
April 01, 2025
Originally published in 1987, this book discusses the problem of rural employment in developing countries. It puts forward strategies for action and is intended as an applied development manual to assist those organising rural public works programmes. It draws on the experiences of over 20 ...
Environment and Land Use in Africa
1st Edition
Edited
By M. F. Thomas, G. W. Whittington
April 01, 2025
Originally published in 1969, the contributors to this volume examine the natural and social environments of selected areas in Africa and study in detail some particular problems and their solutions. Climate, landforms, soils and vegetation are discussed as fundamental aspects of the physical ...
Estate Capital: The Contribution of Landownership to Agricultural Finance
1st Edition
By D. R. Denman
April 01, 2025
Originally published in 1957, this book introduces the term ‘estate capital’ to distinguish investment in land and buildings, in which agriculture rests, from investment in agricultural machinery and other forms of capital which are essentially agricultural. The book provides a general review of ...
Family Agriculture: Tradition and Transformation
1st Edition
By David G. Francis
April 01, 2025
Originally published in 1994, this book examines the importance of family agricultural systems in both the developed and the developing worlds. Throughout the world, and throughout history, the family unit has been at the heart of agricultural systems. Working together, families not only furnish ...
Farm Rents: A Comparison of Current and Past Farm Rents in England and Wales
1st Edition
By D. R. Denman, V. F. Stewart
April 01, 2025
Originally published in 1959, this post-war study of farm rents marshals the evidence from a nation-wide survey. Not since the National Farm Survey of 1941-3 had similar information about the national average level of farm rents been available. In certain details and aspects of its scope, this ...
Indigenous Agricultural Revolution: Ecology and Food Production in West Africa
1st Edition
By Paul Richards
April 01, 2025
Originally published in 1985, this book argues forcefully and practically for new relationship between science and the small farmer. It advocates scientific research seeking out changes which are already taking place within the smallholder farming sector and building on local initiatives. Drawing ...
Land Use: An Introduction to Proprietary Land Use Analysis
1st Edition
By D. R. Denman, S. Prodano
April 01, 2025
Originally published in 1972, this work shed new light on the study of land use. The key to the analysis was the proprietary land unit, within which all positive decisions touching land use are made. The analysis has a universal relevance, irrespective of social order, economic philosophy and ...