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Contested Agronomy

Author : James Sumberg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136450254
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (364 download)

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Download or read book Contested Agronomy written by James Sumberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dramatic increases in food prices experienced over the last four years, and their effects of hunger and food insecurity, as well as human-induced climate change and its implications for agriculture, food production and food security, are key topics within the field of agronomy and agricultural research. Contested Agronomy addresses these issues by exploring key developments since the mid-1970s, focusing in particular on the emergence of the neoliberal project and the rise of the participation and environmental agendas, taking into consideration how these have had profound impacts on the practice of agronomic research in the developing world especially over the last four decades. This book explores, through a series of case studies, the basis for a much needed ‘political agronomy’ analysis that highlights the impacts of problem framing and narratives, historical disjunctures, epistemic communities and the increasing pressure to demonstrate ‘success’ on both agricultural research and the farmers, processors and consumers it is meant to serve. Whilst being a fascinating and thought-provoking read for professionals in the Agriculture and Environmental sciences, it will also appeal to students and researchers in agricultural policy, development studies, geography, public administration, rural sociology, and science and technology studies.

Contesting Agriculture

Author : Hans C. Buechler
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791489094
Total Pages : 371 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book Contesting Agriculture written by Hans C. Buechler and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 371 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This analysis of the privatization of agriculture in eastern Germany captures the turbulent times after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the subsequent reunification of the two Germanies. Based in large part on oral histories provided by cooperative managers, newly independent family farmers, and westerners who established farms in the east, the authors examine the competitive struggle involved in the transformation from communism to capitalism. Linking the personal to the local, regional, national, and global, they develop a theory of the construction of identities out of past experiences and new challenges, in order to account for the ambiguities and contradictions inherent in the core relations and ideas that constitute the new Germany.

Food, Farms, and Solidarity

Author : Chaia Heller
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 0822351277
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Food, Farms, and Solidarity written by Chaia Heller and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chaia Heller follows one of France's largest farmers' unions as it joins with peasants internationally to contest the hegemony of genetically modified foods, free trade, and industrial agriculture.

Landholding and Commercial Agriculture in the Middle East

Author : Caglar Keyder
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791405505
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (55 download)

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Book Synopsis Landholding and Commercial Agriculture in the Middle East by : Caglar Keyder

Download or read book Landholding and Commercial Agriculture in the Middle East written by Caglar Keyder and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the evolution of Ottoman agriculture from commercialization of the rural peasant households into global networks of production and trade. It re-evaluates the significance attached to large-scale agricultural units as catalysts of this transformation, and assesses structures of authority and control invested in large landlords, local notables, and the rural producers. The essays in this volume offer different perspectives on the transformation of an important agrarian society in the Middle East.

Betting on the Farm

Author : Patricia L. Maclachlan
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501762141
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Betting on the Farm written by Patricia L. Maclachlan and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA), a nationwide network of farm cooperatives, is under increasing pressure to expand farmer incomes by adapting coop strategies to changing market incentives. Some coops have adapted more successfully than others. In Betting on the Farm, Patricia L. Maclachlan and Kay Shimizu attribute these differences to three sets of local variables: resource endowments and product-specific market conditions, coop leadership, and the organization of farmer-members behind new coop strategies. Using in-depth case studies and profiles of different types of farmers, Betting on the Farm also explores the evolution of the formal and informal institutional foundations of postwar agriculture; the electoral sources of JA's influence; the interactive effects of economic liberalization and demographic pressures (an aging farm population and acute shortage of farm successors) on the propensity for change within the farm sector; and the diversification of Japan's traditional farm households and the implications for farmer ties with JA.

Rethinking Food and Agriculture

Author : Amir Kassam
Publisher : Woodhead Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0128164115
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (281 download)

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Download or read book Rethinking Food and Agriculture written by Amir Kassam and published by Woodhead Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-18 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Given the central role of the food and agriculture system in driving so many of the connected ecological, social and economic threats and challenges we currently face, Rethinking Food and Agriculture reviews, reassesses and reimagines the current food and agriculture system and the narrow paradigm in which it operates. Rethinking Food and Agriculture explores and uncovers some of the key historical, ethical, economic, social, cultural, political, and structural drivers and root causes of unsustainability, degradation of the agricultural environment, destruction of nature, short-comings in science and knowledge systems, inequality, hunger and food insecurity, and disharmony. It reviews efforts towards 'sustainable development', and reassesses whether these efforts have been implemented with adequate responsibility, acceptable societal and environmental costs and optimal engagement to secure sustainability, equity and justice. The book highlights the many ways that farmers and their communities, civil society groups, social movements, development experts, scientists and others have been raising awareness of these issues, implementing solutions and forging 'new ways forward', for example towards paradigms of agriculture, natural resource management and human nutrition which are more sustainable and just. Rethinking Food and Agriculture proposes ways to move beyond the current limited view of agro-ecological sustainability towards overall sustainability of the food and agriculture system based on the principle of 'inclusive responsibility'. Inclusive responsibility encourages ecosystem sustainability based on agro-ecological and planetary limits to sustainable resource use for production and livelihoods. Inclusive responsibility also places importance on quality of life, pluralism, equity and justice for all and emphasises the health, well-being, sovereignty, dignity and rights of producers, consumers and other stakeholders, as well as of nonhuman animals and the natural world. - Explores some of the key drivers and root causes of unsustainability , degradation of the agricultural environment and destruction of nature - Highlights the many ways that different stakeholders have been forging 'new ways forward' towards alternative paradigms of agriculture, human nutrition and political economy, which are more sustainable and just - Proposes ways to move beyong the current unsustainable exploitation of natural resources towards agroecological sustainability and overall sustainability of the food and agriculture system based on 'inclusive responsibility'

Fighting for Farming Justice

Author : Terri R. Jett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429684533
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (296 download)

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Download or read book Fighting for Farming Justice written by Terri R. Jett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a detailed discussion of four class-action discrimination cases that have recently been settled within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and have led to a change in the way in which the USDA supports farmers from diverse backgrounds. These settlements shed light on why access to successful farming has been so often limited to white men and/or families, and significantly this has led to a change for opportunities in the way the USDA supports famers from diverse backgrounds. With chapters focusing on each settlement Jett provides an overview of the USDA before diving into a closer discussion of the four key settlements, involving African American farmers (Pigford), Native Americans (Keepseagle), Woman famers (Love) and Latino(a) farmers (Garcia), and the similarities between each. This title places and emphasis on what is happening in farming culture today, drawing connections between these four settlements and the increasing attention on urban farming, community gardens, farmers markets, organic farming and the slow food movement, through to the larger issues of food justice and access to food. Fighting for Farming Justice will be of interest to scholars of food justice and the farming arena, as well as those in the fields of Agricultural Economics, Civil Rights Law and Ethic Studies.

Farmer's Tax Guide

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Farmer's Tax Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Challenge of Agriculture

Author : Melville H. Staples
Publisher : Morang
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Challenge of Agriculture written by Melville H. Staples and published by Morang. This book was released on 1921 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Food, Agriculture and Social Change

Author : Stephen Sherwood
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1315440075
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Food, Agriculture and Social Change written by Stephen Sherwood and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-05-22 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through grounded case studies in seven Latin American countries, each of which seeks to explain development as it uniquely unfolds, this book explores how social change in food and agriculture is fundamentally experiential, contingent and unpredictable.

Farmer's Tax Guide - Publication 225 (For Use in Preparing 2020 Returns)

Author : Internal Revenue Service
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781678085070
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (85 download)

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Download or read book Farmer's Tax Guide - Publication 225 (For Use in Preparing 2020 Returns) written by Internal Revenue Service and published by . This book was released on 2021-03-04 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: vate, operate, or manage a farm for profit, either as owner or tenant. A farm includes livestock, dairy, poultry, fish, fruit, and truck farms. It also includes plantations, ranches, ranges, and orchards and groves. This publication explains how the federal tax laws apply to farming. Use this publication as a guide to figure your taxes and complete your farm tax return. If you need more information on a subject, get the specific IRS tax publication covering that subject. We refer to many of these free publications throughout this publication. See chapter 16 for information on ordering these publications. The explanations and examples in this publication reflect the Internal Revenue Service's interpretation of tax laws enacted by Congress, Treasury regulations, and court decisions. However, the information given does not cover every situation and is not intended to replace the law or change its meaning. This publication covers subjects on which a court may have rendered a decision more favorable to taxpayers than the interpretation by the IRS. Until these differing interpretations are resolved by higher court decisions, or in some other way, this publication will continue to present the interpretation by the IRS.

Contesting Precarity in Japan

Author : Saori Shibata
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 1501749951
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Contesting Precarity in Japan written by Saori Shibata and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2020-07-15 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contesting Precarity in Japan details the new forms of workers' protest and opposition that have developed as Japan's economy has transformed over the past three decades and highlights their impact upon the country's policymaking process. Drawing on a new dataset charting protest events from the 1980s to the present, Saori Shibata produces the first systematic study of Japan's new precarious labour movement. It details the movement's rise during Japan's post-bubble economic transformation and highlights the different and innovative forms of dissent that mark the end of the country's famously non-confrontational industrial relations. In doing so, moreover, she shows how this new pattern of industrial and social tension is reflected within the country's macroeconomic policymaking, resulting in a new policy dissensus that has consistently failed to offer policy reforms that would produce a return to economic growth. As a result, Shibata argues that the Japanese model of capitalism has therefore become increasingly disorganized.

Food Sovereignty, Agroecology and Biocultural Diversity

Author : Michel. P. Pimbert
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317354974
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Food Sovereignty, Agroecology and Biocultural Diversity written by Michel. P. Pimbert and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-01 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contestations over knowledge – and who controls its production – are a key focus of social movements and other actors that promote food sovereignty, agroecology and biocultural diversity. This book critically examines the kinds of knowledge and ways of knowing needed for food sovereignty, agroecology and biocultural diversity. ‘Food sovereignty’ is understood here as a transformative process that seeks to recreate the democratic realm and regenerate a diversity of autonomous food systems based on agroecology, biocultural diversity, equity, social justice and ecological sustainability. It is shown that alternatives to the current model of development require radically different knowledges and epistemologies from those on offer today in mainstream institutions (including universities, policy think tanks and donor organizations). To achieve food sovereignty, agroecology and biocultural diversity, there is a need to re-imagine and construct knowledge for diversity, decentralisation, dynamic adaptation and democracy. The authors critically explore the changes in organizations, research paradigms and professional practice that could help transform and co-create knowledge for a new modernity based on plural definitions of wellbeing. Particular attention is given to institutional, pedagogical and methodological innovations that can enhance cognitive justice by giving hitherto excluded citizens more power and agency in the construction of knowledge. The book thus contributes to the democratization of knowledge and power in the domain of food, environment and society. Chapters 1 and 8 of this book are freely available as downloadable Open Access PDFs at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Contesting Rurality

Author : Michael Woods
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351948911
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Contesting Rurality written by Michael Woods and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rural issues have gained national prominence in Britain in recent years. The future of hunting, the Foot and Mouth outbreak, farm income and agricultural reform and housing development have all claimed political and media attention, promoted by a vocal rural lobby and headline-grabbing protests and demonstrations. Combining detailed empirical research and case studies with theoretically informed critical analysis, this book provides an overview of the contemporary politics of the British countryside. It explores how and why rural issues have suddenly achieved such political prominence, by examining the changing politics and governance of rural Britain from the local to the national scale over the past century. It investigates the social, economic and institutional restructuring of rural communities and argues that we are witnessing not so much a rural politics, but a 'politics of the rural' in which the definition and representation of rurality itself has become the key focus of conflict.

Agroecology

Author : Peter Rosset
Publisher : Practical Action
ISBN 13 : 9781853399947
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (999 download)

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Download or read book Agroecology written by Peter Rosset and published by Practical Action. This book was released on 2017 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction : why agroecology? -- The scientific principles of agroecology -- The scientific evidence for agroecology : can it feed the world? -- Scaling up agroecology : social process and organization -- The politics of agroecology -- Conclusions : conform or transform?

Communist Pigs

Author : Thomas Fleischman
Publisher : University of Washington Press
ISBN 13 : 0295747315
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (957 download)

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Download or read book Communist Pigs written by Thomas Fleischman and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pig played a key role in the German Democratic Republic's attempts to create a modern, industrial food system built on communist principles. By the mid-1980s, East Germany produced more pork per capita than West Germany and the UK, while also suffering the unintended consequences of manure pollution, animal disease, and rolling food shortages. The pig is a highly adaptive animal, and Thomas Fleischman uncovers three types of pig that played roles in this history: the industrial pig, remade to suit the conditions of factory farming; the wild boar, whose overpopulation was a side effect of agricultural development; and the garden pig, reflective of the regime's growing acceptance of private farming within the planned economy. Fleischman chronicles East Germany's journey from family farms to factory farms, explaining how communist principles shaped the adoption of industrial agriculture practices. More broadly, Fleischman argues that agriculture under communism came to reflect the practices of capitalist agriculture, and that the pork industry provides a clear illustration of this convergence. His analysis sheds light on the causes of the country's environmental and political collapse in 1989 and offers a warning about the high cost of cheap food in the present and future. Communist Pigs was a finalist for the Turku Book Award, European Society for Environmental History.

The Collectivization of Agriculture in Communist Eastern Europe

Author : Arnd Bauerkämper
Publisher : Central European University Press
ISBN 13 : 9633860482
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (338 download)

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Download or read book The Collectivization of Agriculture in Communist Eastern Europe written by Arnd Bauerkämper and published by Central European University Press. This book was released on 2014-02-20 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the interrelated campaigns of agricultural collectivization in the USSR and in the communist dictatorships established in Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe. Despite the profound, long-term societal impact of collectivization, the subject has remained relatively underresearched. The volume combines detailed studies of collectivization in individual Eastern European states with issueoriented comparative perspectives at regional level. Based on novel primarysources, it proposes a reappraisal of the theoretical underpinnings and research agenda of studies on collectivization in Eastern Europe.The contributions provide up-to-date overviews of recent research in the field and promote new approaches to the topic, combining historical comparisons with studies of transnational transfers and entanglements.