Earthscan Food and Agriculture: Earthscan Food and Agriculture
About the Book Series
This series includes a wide range of inter-disciplinary approaches to food and agriculture, integrating perspectives from both social and natural sciences. It includes textbooks, research monographs and titles aimed at professionals, NGOs and policy-makers. Authors or editors of potential new titles should contact Hannah Ferguson, Editor ([email protected]).
Transforming Agriculture in Southern Africa: Constraints, Technologies, Policies and Processes
1st Edition
Edited
By Richard A. Sikora, Eugene R. Terry, Paul L.G. Vlek, Joyce Chitja
June 30, 2021
This book provides a synthesis of the key issues and challenges facing agriculture and food production in Southern Africa. Southern Africa is facing numerous challenges from diverse issues such as agricultural transformations, growing populations, urbanization and climate change. These challenges ...
A Global Corporate Trust for Agroecological Integrity: New Agriculture in a World of Legitimate Eco-states
1st Edition
By John W. Head
March 31, 2021
This book examines global environmental governance and how legal, institutional, and conceptual reform can facilitate a transformation to a new ‘natural-systems’ form of agriculture. Profound global climate disruption makes it essential that we replace our current agricultural system – described in...
Agri-environmental Governance as an Assemblage: Multiplicity, Power, and Transformation
1st Edition
Edited
By Jérémie Forney, Chris Rosin, Hugh Campbell
March 31, 2021
In recent decades, the governance of the environment in agri-food systems has emerged as a crucial challenge. A multiplicity of actors have been enrolled in this process, with the private sector and civil society progressively becoming key components in a global context often described as ...
Farmers' Cooperatives and Sustainable Food Systems in Europe
1st Edition
By Raquel Ajates Gonzalez
March 31, 2021
Farmers' cooperatives are very prevalent in the European Union, where they account for approximately half of agricultural trade and thus are key to articulating rural realities and in shaping the sustainability credentials of European food and farming. This book analyses to what extent farmers' ...
Geographical Indication and Global Agri-Food: Development and Democratization
1st Edition
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By Alessandro Bonanno, Kae Sekine, Hart N. Feuer
March 31, 2021
This book addresses the relevance of geographical indication (GI) as a tool for local and socio-economic development and democratization of agri-food, with case studies from Asia, Europe and the Americas.A geographical indication is a sign used on products that have a specific geographical origin ...
Multifunctional Land Uses in Africa: Sustainable Food Security Solutions
1st Edition
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By Elisabeth Simelton, Madelene Ostwald
March 31, 2021
This book presents contemporary case studies of land use, management practices, and innovation in Africa with a view to exploring how multifunctional land uses can alleviate food insecurity and poverty.Food security and livelihoods in Africa face multiple challenges in the form of feeding a growing...
Consumers, Meat and Animal Products: Policies, Regulations and Marketing
1st Edition
By Terence J. Centner
December 18, 2020
This book addresses the production practices employed in the production of food animals and animal products that enable marketers to sell a variety of products to meet consumer demand. Food animal production practices have come under increased scrutiny by consumers who object to inputs and ...
Gender, Agriculture and Agrarian Transformations: Changing Relations in Africa, Latin America and Asia
1st Edition
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By Carolyn E. Sachs
December 18, 2020
This book presents research from across the globe on how gender relationships in agriculture are changing. In many regions of the world, agricultural transformations are occurring through increased commodification, new value-chains, technological innovations introduced by CGIAR and other ...
Governing Sustainable Seafood
1st Edition
By Simon Bush, Peter Oosterveer
September 30, 2020
Taking a social science approach, this book explores the governance of sustainable seafood, which is fundamental to food and nutrition security as well as being an important source of income and employment in many regions. Due to the importance of protein and other fishery and aquaculture...
The Green Revolution: Narratives of Politics, Technology and Gender
1st Edition
By Patrick Kilby
September 30, 2020
This book reviews the Green Revolution, starting with its inception and development from the 1940s to the 1970s, and leading to what is commonly referred to as a second Green Revolution in the 2000s. Building on the historical assessment, it draws insights for contemporary policy debates and ...
The Good Farmer: Culture and Identity in Food and Agriculture
1st Edition
By Rob J.F. Burton, Jérémie Forney, Paul Stock, Lee-Ann Sutherland
September 14, 2020
Developed by leading authors in the field, this book offers a cohesive and definitive theorisation of the concept of the 'good farmer', integrating historical analysis, critique of contemporary applications of good farming concepts, and new case studies, providing a springboard for future research....
Agricultural Development and Sustainable Intensification: Technology and Policy Challenges in the Face of Climate Change
1st Edition
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By Udaya Sekhar Nagothu
August 14, 2020
Sustainable Intensification (SI) has recently emerged as a key concept for agricultural development, recognising that yields must increase to feed a growing world population, but it must be achieved without damage to the environment, on finite land resources and while preserving social and ...