Agriculture
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From IntroductionAgrarian Change and the Politics of Control |
The Politics of Control: An Analytical Framework Agrarian Dynamics in Bolivia: A Brief Overview Organization of the Argument | Ben M. McKay | 18 | 2020 | $1.80 Add |
From Production and Productivity |
- | Henry Bernstein | 12 | 2010 | $1.44 Add |
From The Two Main Balances Identified by Chayanov |
- | Jan Douwe van der Ploeg | 25 | 2013 | $2.75 Add |
From Understanding ExposureFrom: Resilient Agriculture |
This chapter explores the ways that climate change impacts different regions and different crops, and outlines the effects that environmental changes will have on the highly delicate balance that … | Laura Lengnick | 24 | 2015 | $2.40 Add |
From NEW! 1. Earth for AllFive Extraordinary Turnarounds for Global Equity on a Healthy Planet From: Earth for All |
Chapter 1 begins the book by examining the present challenges of the 21st century, and how this turbulence presents a unique moment in time where humanity can work together to create a better … | Jørgen Randers; Jayati Ghosh; Johan Rockström; Owen Gaffney; Per Espen Stoknes; Sandrine Dixson-Declève | 26 | 2022 | $2.60 Add |
From A Wider Array of Interacting Balances |
- | Jan Douwe van der Ploeg | 30 | 2013 | $3.30 Add |
From NEW! Chapter 2: FoundationPART I: RED HORIZONS From: Dinner on Mars |
Chapter 2 focuses on setting up the foundations for a Martian city. Discussing the establishment of a BaseTown, power, self-sufficiency, food sovereignty, self-reliance, solar energy, … | Evan D. G. Fraser; Lenore Newman | 18 | 2022 | $1.80 Add |
From GerminationPart II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada From: Good Crop / Bad Crop |
Chapter 3 explores the germination process, discussing the history of agricultural practice in Canada from pre-colonization, the adoption of Indigenous crops by white settlers, agricultural … | Devlin Kuyek | 3 | 2007 | $0.30 Add |
From Getting to Food SovereigntyGrassroots Perspectives from the National Farmers Union Interviews with Terry Boehm and Hilary Moore, conducted by Naomi Beingessner |
- | Hilary Moore; Terry Boehm | 16 | 2010 | $2.24 Add |
From NEW! Growing Up Rural |
Topics covered in this chapter include: households, the generational division of labour, education, pluriactivity, and plurilocality. | Ben White | 24 | 2020 | $2.40 Add |
From NEW! Jamaican Peasants in Slavery, Semi-slavery and Freedom |
Chapter 3 examines Jamaica in the decades following slave emancipation in the 1830s, when Jamaica was often put forward as exemplifying the calamitous results of a prosperous peasantry. Topics … | Jim Handy | 23 | 2022 | $2.30 Add |
From Origins and Early Development of Capitalism |
- | Henry Bernstein | 13 | 2010 | $1.56 Add |
From The Corporate Food Regime |
- | Philip McMichael | 21 | 2013 | $2.10 Add |
From The Soy Complex in Latin America |
Commodification and Concentration Upstream Control and “Flexing” Downstream (Trans-)Latin American Capital, Pools de Siembra and Contract Farming Conclusion | Ben M. McKay | 14 | 2020 | $1.40 Add |
From NEW! Understanding ExposurePART 1 |
This chapter talks about exposure and dealing with climate change, offering some climate change adaptation concepts that help to clarify options that reduce climate risk and cultivate the climate … | Laura Lengnick | 16 | 2022 | $1.60 Add |
From Understanding SensitivityFrom: Resilient Agriculture |
This chapter explores the concept of sensitivity as it relates to agriculture. Sensitivity is the degree to which agricultural systems are effected by changes in their environment. Crops can be … | Laura Lengnick | 30 | 2015 | $3.00 Add |