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Publisher: Odile Jacob
ISBN: 2738191045
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Languages : en
Pages : 646

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Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9251390800
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Languages : en
Pages : 55

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Author: Jan Douwe van der Ploeg
Publisher: Earthscan
ISBN: 1849773165
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 385

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This book explores the position, role and significance of the peasantry in an era of globalization, particularly of the agrarian markets and food industries. It argues that the peasant condition is characterized by a struggle for autonomy that finds expression in the creation and development of a self-governed resource base and associated forms of sustainable development. In this respect the peasant mode of farming fundamentally differs from entrepreneurial and corporate ways of farming. The author demonstrates that the peasantries are far from waning. Instead, both industrialized and developing countries are witnessing complex and richly chequered processes of 're-peasantization', with peasants now numbering over a billion worldwide. The author's arguments are based on three longitudinal studies (in Peru, Italy and The Netherlands) that span 30 years and provide original and thought-provoking insights into rural and agrarian development processes. The book combines and integrates different bodies of literature: the rich traditions of peasant studies, development sociology, rural sociology, neo-institutional economics and the recently emerging debates on Empire.

Author: Pascal Bonnet
Publisher: Editions Quae
ISBN: 2876143070
Category : Bactrian camel
Languages : en
Pages : 318

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Author: Christian Tomuschat
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004189653
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 432

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The right to life stands at the heart of human rights protection. Individuals cannot enjoy any of the rights guaranteed to them unless their physical existence is ensured. All human rights instrument list the right to life as the first one of their safeguards. Nonetheless, in many situations human life finds itself under structural threat. Although obligated by law to protect the right to life, State authorities time and again engage in deliberate acts of killing. Fortunately, international review bodies have devised many imaginative counter-strategies. Another one of those structural threats is global warming. Obviously, armed conflict puts human life inevitably at risk; the limits of the ‘license to kill’ given by the laws of war must be scrupulously observed.

Author: Conférence européenne des ministres responsables de l'aménagement du territoire. (11 : 1998 : Limassol), Council of Europe
Publisher: Council of Europe
ISBN: 9789287135759
Category : Fresh water
Languages : fr
Pages : 154

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Author: Emile G. McAnany
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292788207
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 444

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As United States television programs, movies, music, and other cultural products make their way around the globe, a vigorous debate over "cultural imperialism" is growing in many countries. This book brings together experts in economics, sociology, anthropology, the humanities, and communications to explore what effects the North American Free Trade Agreement will have on the flow of cultural products among Mexico, the United States, and Canada. After an overview of free trade and the cultural industries, the book covers the following topics: dominance and resistance, cultural trade and identity in relation to Mexico and to French Canada, and intellectual property rights. Based on present trends, the contributors predict that there will be a steadily increasing flow of cultural products from the United States to its neighbors. This book grew out of a 1994 conference that brought together leaders of the cultural industries, policy makers, and scholars. It represents state-of-the-art thinking about the global influence of U.S. cultural industries.

Author: Andrew Marble
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
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Category : Social Science
Languages : fr
Pages : 49

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Ce Rapport 2013 sur les politiques alimentaires mondiales est le troisième d’une série annuelle qui examine en détail les principaux développements et événements politiques alimentaires dans le monde. Créée afin de répondre à un regain d’intérêt pour la sécurité alimentaire et nutritionnelle, cette série dresse un bilan annuel de l’évolution des politiques qui ont contribué – ou mis un frein – aux progrès réalisés dans la sécurité alimentaire. Elle passe en revue et explique ce qui s’est passé en matière de politique alimentaire, analyse les principaux défis à relever et les diverses opportunités à saisir, met à disposition de ses lecteurs de nouveaux éléments probants et des connaissances, et fait ressortir les nouveaux enjeux.

Author: Vanessa Casadella
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1786309157
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 308

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Innovation is a major challenge for economic development and social progress. Faced with the ecological and food problems that the world is currently experiencing, the legitimacy of innovation takes on its full meaning, particularly in developing countries. As emphasized by international organizations (UN, FAO), building skills and abilities in the agricultural and food sectors are necessary when launching innovation processes for the benefit of suffering populations. This book deals with different experiences launched in many developing countries in these sectors and shows how local initiatives can provide answers to the pessimism of experts and the media. Multidisciplinary analysis and practices explain how collective work creates value chains that can foster local and national economic development. The authors revisit the innovation agri-food models that contribute to economic development. Agri-Innovations and Development Challenges is composed of general presentations of innovations applied in developing countries, as well as specific studies on the joint valorization of knowledge and experience in agri-food engineering

Author: G. Grassi
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 0203216016
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 1535

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Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomass for Energy, Industry and Environment held in Athens, Greece, 22-26 April 1991.