Author: Publisher: CIMMYT
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Seed Business Management in Africa
Author: Harvesting Prosperity
Author: Keith FugliePublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 9781464813931
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This book documents frontier knowledge on the drivers of agriculture productivity to derive pragmatic policy advice for governments and development partners on reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity. The analysis describes global trends and long-term sources of total factor productivity growth, along with broad trends in partial factor productivity for land and labor, revisiting the question of scale economies in farming. Technology is central to growth in agricultural productivity, yet across many parts of the developing world, readily available technology is never taken up. We investigate demand-side constraints of the technology equation to analyze factors that might influence producers, particularly poor producers, to adopt modern technology. Agriculture and food systems are rapidly transforming, characterized by shifting food preferences, the rise and growing sophistication of value chains, the increasing globalization of agriculture, and the expanding role of the public and private sectors in bringing about efficient and more rapid productivity growth. In light of this transformation, the analysis focuses on the supply side of the technology equation, exploring how the enabling environment and regulations related to trade and intellectual property rights stimulate Research and Development to raise productivity. The book also discusses emerging developments in modern value chains that contribute to rising productivity. This book is the fourth volume of the World Bank Productivity Project, which seeks to bring frontier thinking on the measurement and determinants of productivity to global policy makers.
Neglected Crops
Author: J. Esteban Hernández BermejoPublisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251032176
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
About neglected crops of the American continent. Published in collaboration with the Botanical Garden of Cord�ba (Spain) as part of the Etnobot�nica92 Programme (Andalusia, 1992)
Insect Pollination of Cultivated Crop Plants
Author: Samuel Emmett McGregorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Abeille
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
The Rural New-Yorker
Author: Gardeners' Chronicle
Author: The American Rose Annual
Author: National Horticultural Magazine
Author: The Gardeners' Chronicle
Author: A Flowering of Quilts
Author: Patricia Cox CrewsPublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803215139
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Features nineteenth-century floral applique quilts, a description of each quilt's historical and botanical influences, and an explanation of women's interest in botany and flower garden designs as reflected in their quilts.