Agricultural Economics

1986 - 2004

Edited by William Masters and Gerald Shively

from Blackwell

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Volume 29, issue 3, 2003

Returns to investment in plant genetic resource conservation and crop improvement research pp. 239-240

Michael Morris and Prabhu L. Pingali

Estimating the benefits of plant breeding research: methodological issues and practical challenges pp. 241-252

M. L. Morris and P. W. Heisey

The economic impact of productivity maintenance research: breeding for leaf rust resistance in modern wheat pp. 253-263

C. N. Marasas, Melinda Smale and R. P. Singh

The economic costs and benefits of a participatory project to conserve maize landraces on farms in Oaxaca, Mexico pp. 265-275

Melinda Smale, Mauricio R. Bellon, J. A. Aguirre, . Manuel Rosas, J. Mendoza, A. M. Solano, R. Martinez, A. Ramirez and J. Berthaud

The distribution of benefits from public international germplasm banks: the case of beans in Latin America pp. 277-286

N. L. Johnson, D. Pachico and O. Voysest

The economic costs of conserving genetic resources at the CGIAR centres pp. 287-297

B. Koo, Philip G. Pardey and Brian Davern Wright

Adoption of improved maize varieties in the hills of Nepal pp. 299-305

J. K. Ransom, K. Paudyal and K. Adhikari

Variety characteristics and maize adoption in Honduras pp. 307-317

L. H. Hintze, M. Renkow and G. Sain

The roles of public sector versus private sector in R&D and technology generation: the case of maize in Asia pp. 319-330

R. V. Gerpacio

Welfare effects of maize technologies in marginal and high potential regions of Kenya pp. 331-341

D. D. Karanja, M. Renkow and Eric Winthrop Crawford

The economic impact of bean disease resistance research in Honduras pp. 343-352

David L. Mather, Richard Haines Bernsten, J. C. Rosas, A. Viana Ruano and D. Escoto

Is research on marginal lands catching up?: The case of unfavourable wheat growing environments pp. 353-361

M. A. Lantican, P. L. Pingali and S. Rajaram

Volume 29, issue 2, 2003

Technological change and risk management: an application to the economics of corn production pp. 125-142

Kwansoo Kim and Jean-Paul Chavas

Optimal generic advertising in an imperfectly competitive food industry with variable proportions pp. 143-158

Henry W Kinnucan

Factors determining intercropping by rubber smallholders in Sri Lanka: a logit analysis pp. 159-168

P. H. M. U. Herath and Hiroyuki Takeya

Public infrastructure and productivity growth in Greek agriculture pp. 169-180

E Mamatzakis

Energy substitutability in transition agriculture: estimates and implications for Hungary pp. 181-193

Bhavani Shankar, Jenifer Piesse and Colin Thirtle

Technology and efficiency in a panel of Italian dairy farms: an SGM restricted cost function approach pp. 195-209

Pierpaolo Pierani and Pier Luigi Rizzi

Evaluation of drought management in irrigated areas pp. 211-229

Eva Iglesias, Alberto Garrido and Almudena Gomez-Ramos

Production Rights in European Agriculture: Barthelemy, Denis and Jacques David (Eds.), Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, 2001, 260 pp., US$ 127, ISBN: 0-444-50823-6 pp. 231-232

K. A. Ingersent

The Politics of Precaution: Genetically Modified Crops in Developing Countries: Robert L. Paarlberg, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, 2001, US$ 20, 181 pp., ISBN: 0801866685 pp. 233-233

Antonio Flavio Dias Avila and Levon Yeganiantz

Indian Agriculture: Four Decades of Development: G.S. Bhalla, Gurmail Singh, Sage Publications, New Delhi, 2001, 308 pp., US$ 50, ISBN 0761995005 pp. 233-235

Venugopalan Puhazhendhi

The Economic Value of Water Quality: John C. Bergstrom, Kevin J. Boyle, Gregory L. Poe (Eds.), Edward Elgar Publishers, Northampton, MA, 2002, 192 pp., Hardcover US$ 75, ISBN: 1840640472 pp. 235-236

Marc Owen Ribaudo

Transforming the Rural Asian Economy: The Unfinished Revolution: Mark W. Rosegrant, Peter B.R. Hazell, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000, 512 pp., US$ 35 (on-line, free), ISBN: 0-19-592448-7 (paperback), ISBN 0-19-592 447-9 (hardback): The Growth and Sustainability of Agriculture in Asia: Mingsarn Santikarn Kaosa-ard, Benjavan Rerkaem, with contributions by Sheller Grasty, Apichart Kaosa-ard, Sunil S. Pednekar, Kanok RerKasem, Paul Auger, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000, 303 pp., US$ 30 (on-line, free), ISBN: 0-19-592450-9 (paperback), ISBN 0-19-592450-5 (hardback): Rural Financial Markets in Asia: Paradigms, Policies, and Performance: Richard L. Meyer, Geetha Nagarajan, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000, 401 pp., US$ 30 (on-line, free), ISBN 0-19-592452-5 (paperback), ISBN 0-19-592451-7 (hardback): The Quality of Life in Rural Asia: David E. Bloom, Patricia H. Craig, Pia N. Malaney, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001, 310 pp., US$ 30 (on-line, free), ISBN 0-19-592454-1 (paperback), ISBN 0-19-592453-3 (hardback): The Evolving Roles of the State, Private, and Local Actors in Rural Asia: Ammar Siamwalla, with contributions by Alex Brillantes, Somsak Chunharas, Colin MacAndrews, Andrew Macintyre, Fred Roche, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2001, 413 pp., US$ 30 (on-line, free), ISBN 0-19-592456-8 (paperback); ISBN 0-19-592455-X (hardback): Rural Asia: Beyond the Green Revolution: Asian Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Manila, 2000, 187 pp., US$ 10 (on-line, free), ISBN: 971-561-272-5 (paperback) pp. 236-238

Randolph Barker

Volume 29, issue 1, 2003

Measuring the impacts of agricultural research on poverty reduction pp. 1-14

Jeffrey Alwang and Paul B. Siegel

Price dynamics in the Bangladesh rice market: implications for public intervention pp. 15-25

Donna Brennan

Market structure and the demand for veterinary services in India pp. 27-42

Vinod Ahuja, Dina Umali-Deininger and Cees de Haan

Productivity growth in Indian agriculture: is there evidence of convergence across states? pp. 43-53

Anit Nath Mukherjee and Yoshimi Kuroda

Biotechnology as an alternative to chemical pesticides: a case study of Bt cotton in China pp. 55-67

Jikun Huang, Ruifa Hu, Carl Pray, Fangbin Qiao and Scott Rozelle

Investment in soil conservation in northern Ethiopia: the role of land tenure security and public programs pp. 69-84

Berhanu Gebremedhin and Scott M. Swinton

Estimating the benefits of farm animal welfare legislation using the contingent valuation method pp. 85-98

Richard Mark Bennett and Ralph J. P. Blaney

Access to credit, plot size and cost inefficiency among smallholder tobacco cultivators in Malawi pp. 99-109

Gautam Hazarika and Jeffrey Alwang

Food safety and international competitiveness--the case of beef: John Spriggs, Grant Isaac, CABI Publishing, Wallingford, UK, 2001, 196 pp., Hardcover, US$ 75, ISBN: 0851995187 pp. 111-112

Tanya Roberts

The Economics of Nature: Managing Biological Assets: G. Cornelis van Kooten, Ervin H. Bulte (Eds.), Blackwell Publishers, Malden (MA), 2000, 512 pp., paperback US$ 34.95, hardback US$ 69.95, ISBN: 0631218955 (paperback), 0631218947 (hardback) pp. 113-114

Sandra S. Batie

The Microfinance Revolution: Sustainable Finance for the Poor: Marguerite S. Robinson, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/The World Bank, Washington, DC, 2001, US$ 35, Paperback, ISBN 0-8213-4524-9 pp. 114-115

Richard L. Meyer

Contracting for Agricultural Extension: International Case Studies and Emerging Practices: W.M. Rivera, W. Zijp (Eds.), CABI Publishing, New York, 2002, US$ 65, 188 pp., ISBN: 0-8199-571-3 pp. 115-117

Jochen Currle

Volume 28, issue 3, 2003

Trade policy, biotechnology and grain self-sufficiency in China pp. 173-186

Fabrizio Felloni, John Gilbert, Thomas Iver Wahl and Philip Wandschneider

Adoption of agricultural innovations as a two-stage partial observability process pp. 187-196

Efthalia Dimara and Dimitris Skuras

The impact of farm credit in Pakistan pp. 197-213

Shahidur Rahman Khandker and Rashid R. Faruqee

A model of entry-exit decisions and capacity choice under demand uncertainty pp. 215-224

Murat Isik, Keith H. Coble, Darren Hudson and Lisa O. House

Judging agricultural policies: a survey pp. 225-243

David Streed Bullock and Klaus Salhofer

Smallholder production structure and rural roads in Africa: the case of Nakuru District, Kenya pp. 245-254

G. A. Obare, S. W. Omamo and Jeffrey C. Williams

Management of Shared Groundwater Resources: The Israeli-Palestinian Case with an International Perspective: Eran Feitelson and Marwan Haddad (Eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 496 pp., 2001, US$ 135, ISBN: 0-7923-7254-9 pp. 255-257

Doug Parker

Rural planning and management: Joe Morris, Alison Bailey, R. Kerry Turner and Ian J. Bateman (Eds.), Edward Elgar Publishing, Northampton, MA, 674 pp., US$ 230, ISBN: 1-84064-220-3 pp. 258-258

Todd Michael Gabe

Rural Financial Markets in Asia: Policies, Paradigms, and Performance (Study of Rural Asia, Vol. 3): Richard Meyer and Geetha Nagarajan (Authors), published by Oxford University Press, New York, price: US$ 29.95 pbk, ISBN: 0195924525 pp. 259-260

Manohar P. Sharma

The Biotechnology Revolution in Global Agriculture: Invention, Innovation and Investments in the Canola Sector: Peter W.B. Phillips, George G. Khachatourian (Eds.), CABI Press, Wallington, UK 2001, 360 pp., US$ 100, Hardback, ISBN: 0-85199-513-6 pp. 260-261

José Benjamin Falck Zepeda

Agricultural Use of Groundwater: Towards Integration Between Agricultural Policy and Water Resources Management: Cesare Dosi (Ed.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2001, 320 pp., 115, US$ 100, [UK pound]70, ISBN 0792368053 pp. 261-262

David Abler

Volume 28, issue 2, 2003

Price and yield effects of spill-overs in international agricultural research: evidence from ICRISAT and Australia pp. 87-97

John P. Brennan and M. C. S. Bantilan

Technical efficiency and CO2 abatement policies in the Dutch glasshouse industry pp. 99-108

Alfons Oude Lansink

Genetic improvements in major US crops: the size and distribution of benefits pp. 109-119

George B. Frisvold, John Sullivan and Anton Raneses

Productivity growth in pre-1990 Mongolian agriculture: spiralling disaster or emerging success? pp. 121-137

T. Bayarsaihan and Timothy James Coelli

Expenditure on different categories of meat in Greece: the influence of changing tastes pp. 139-150

J. A. Morrison, Kelvin George Balcombe, Alastair StJohn Bailey, Stathis Klonaris and G. Rapsomanikis

Predicting technology adoption to improve research priority--setting pp. 151-164

Franz-J. Batz, Willem Janssen and Kurt J. Peters

Agricultural Technologies and Tropical Deforestation: Arild Angelsen, David Kaimowitz (Eds.), CAB International, Wallingford, UK, 2001, 384 pp., US$ 60, ISBN 0851994512 pp. 165-166

Douglas Southgate

Agricultural Policies in Europe and the USA: Farmers Between Subsidies and the Market: Antonio Piccinini, Margaret Loseby (Authors), Palgrave Publishing, New York, 2001, 268 pp., US$ 75, ISBN 0-333-77576-7 pp. 166-167

Huib Silvis

Central and Eastern European Agriculture in an Expanding European Union: S. Tangermann, M. Banse (Eds.), CABI Publishing, CAB International, Wallingford, Oxon OX10 8DE, UK, 2000, 210 pp., US$ 85.00, ISBN: 0-85199-425-3 pp. 167-169

Dieter Kirschke and Gerald Weber

Beef in China: Agribusiness Opportunities and Challenges: John W. Longworth, Colin G. Brown, and Scott A. Waldron (Eds.), University of Queensland Press, St. Lucia, Australia, 2001, 412 pp., price: US$ 39.95, ISBN: 0-70223-231-9 pp. 169-170

Frank Fuller

International Trade in Agricultural Products: Michael R. Reed, Prentice-Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2001, 235 pp., US$ 91.00, ISBN: 0-130842-09-5 pp. 170-171

Glenn C. W. Ames

Volume 28, issue 1, 2003

Welfare consequences of water supply alternatives in rural Tunisia pp. 1-12

Slim Zekri and Ariel Dinar

Determinants of spatial diversity in modern wheat: examples from Australia and China pp. 13-26

Melinda Smale, E. Meng, J. P. Brennan and Ruifa Hu

Open access harvesting of wildlife: the poaching pit and conservation of endangered species pp. 27-37

Erwin Bulte

Cash cropping and food crop productivity: synergies or trade-offs? pp. 39-50

Jones Govereh and Thomas S. Jayne

Advertising and food, drink and tobacco consumption in the United Kingdom: a dynamic demand system pp. 51-70

Martyn Duffy

Sustainable Development in Asia, America and Europe with Global Applications: A New Approach to Land Ownership: Jian-Ming Zhou (Ed.), Edward Elgar Press, Cheltenham, UK, 2001, 518 pp. + xxvii, US$ 120.00, ISBN: 1-85898-965-5 pp. 71-74

Gene Wunderlich

Agricultural Science Policy: Changing Global Agendas: Julian M. Alston, Philip G. Pardey, Michael J. Taylor (Eds.), Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, International Food Policy Research Institute, 2001, 285 pp. + xvi, US$ 21.95, ISBN: 0-8018-6603-0 (hardcover), 0-8018-6604-9 (paper) pp. 74-76

David Schimmelpfennig

Planning Agricultural Research: A Sourcebook: G. Gijsbers, W. Janssen, H. Hambly Odame, G. Meijerink (Eds.), ISNAR/CABI, Cromwell Press, Trowbridge, UK, 2001, US$ 55.00, ISBN 0851994016 pp. 76-78

Elon Gilbert