Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture

Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture No. 1/09


Food security under volatile markets and economic depression
Joachim von Braun, Washington, DC, USA

Combining principal component analysis and logistic regression models to assess household level food security among smallholder cash crop producers in Kenya
Elizabeth Kabura Nyaga and Werner Doppler, Stuttgart, Germany

Agroholding membership:
does that make a difference in performance?

Heinrich Hockmann, Halle (Saale), Germany
Raushan Bokusheva, Zurich, Switzerland
Irina Bezlepkina, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Technological bias in Indonesian rice production:
why does agrochemical use increase over time?

Joko Mariyono, Tegal, Indonesia

The value of yam diversity in the transition Guinea Sudan zone of Benin:
market evidence

Afio Zannou, Abomey-Calavi, Benin
Paul C. Struik and Paul Richards, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Book reviews

POLAK, PAUL (2008):
Out of Poverty. What works when traditional approaches fail.
Rolf A.E. Mueller, Kiel, Germany

MARSHALL, KATHERINE (2008):
The World Bank: From Reconstruction to Development to Equity.
Franz Heidhues, Stuttgart, Germany

RAY, SHOVAN (ed.) 2007:
Handbook of Agriculture in India.
Uwe Jens Nagel, Berlin, Germany

ANDERSEN, REGINE (2008):
Governing Agrobiodiversity. Plant Genetics and Developing Countries.
Eric Tollens, Leuven, Belgium

THE WORLDWATCH INSTITUTE (2007):
Biofuels for Transport: Global Potential and Implications for Sustainable Energy and Agriculture.
Martin Grass, Stuttgart, Germany

BISWAS, ASIT K., RACHED, ELGAL and CECILIA TORAJADA (eds.) (2008):
Water as a Human Right for the Middle East and North Africa.
Heinz-Peter Wolff, Stuttgart, Germany