Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin - Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture

Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture No. 2/12

Conceptualising the Effects of Seasonal Financial Market Failures and Credit Rationing in Applied Rural Household Models
Andrew Dorward, London, Great Britain

The Effectiveness of Weather-Based Index Insurance and Area-Yield Crop Insurance:
How Reliable are ex post Predictions for Yield Risk Reduction?

Raushan Bokusheva, Zurich, Switzerland
Gunnar Breustedt, Kiel, Germany

Geographical Indication for Jasmine Rice:
Applying a Logit Model to Predict Adoption Behavior of Thai Farm Households

Chuthaporn Ngokkuen and Ulrike Grote, Hannover, Germany

Book reviews

BAULCH, BOB (ed.) (2011):
Why Poverty Persists: Poverty Dynamics in Asia and Africa.
Rainer Thiele, Kiel, Germany

ALSTON, JULIAN M.; ANDERSEN, MATTHEW A.; JAMES, JENNIFER S. and PHILIP G. PARDEY (2010):
Persistence Pays. U.S. Agricultural Productivity Growth and the Benefits from Public R&D Spending.
Rolf A.E. Mueller, Kiel, Germany

TONTS, MATTHEW and M.A.B. SIDDIQUE (eds.) (2011):
Globalisation, Agriculture and Development. Perspectives from the Asia-Pacific.
Michael Kirk, Marburg, Germany

BIRNER, REGINA; GUPTA, SURUPA and NEERU SHARMA (2011):
The Political Economy of Agricultural Policy Reform in India.
Fertilizers and Electricity for Irrigation.
Volker Beckmann, Greifswald, Germany

DINAR, ARIEL and ROBERT MENDELSOHN (eds.) (2011):
PHandbook on Climate Change and Agriculture.
Andrea Lüttger, Potsdam, Germany