"An eye-opening memoir of working-class poverty in the American Midwest. During Sarah Smarsh's turbulent childhood in Kansas in the 1980s and 1990s, the forces of cyclical poverty and the country's changing economic policies solidified her family's place among the working poor. …
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During Sarah Smarsh's turbulent childhood in Kansas in the 1980s and 1990s, the forces of cyclical poverty and the country's changing economic policies solidified her family's place among the working poor. By telling the story of her life and the lives of the people she loves, S…
"An eye-opening memoir of working-class poverty in the American Midwest. During Sarah Smarsh's turbulent childhood in Kansas in the 1980s and 1990s, the forces of cyclical poverty and the country's changing economic policies solidified her family's place among the working poor. …
Introduction : Agent Orange, Rural Development, and Enduring Farmers -- Changing Vietnam and Farmers -- Development, Agriculture, and Farmers -- Agent Orange and Vietnamese Farmers : A Distant Legacy -- Farmers in Post-Doi Moi Vietnam -- Health and Elusive Risks -- Health and th…
"Vu tells the story of Vietnamese farmers who have survived a 30-year war of independence and unification, its damaging legacies in their living environment, and the unfamiliar pressure of the market economy. Vietnamese famers are neither simply obedient beneficiaries of policy …
"Vu tells the story of Vietnamese farmers who have survived a 30-year war of independence and unification, its damaging legacies in their living environment, and the unfamiliar pressure of the market economy. Vietnamese famers are neither simply obedient beneficiaries of policy …
Study based on the findings of cases related to Yeotmal District of the state of Maharashtra, India.
Study based on the findings of cases related to Yeotmal District of the state of Maharashtra, India.
"In An Ethnography of Hunger Kristin D. Phillips examines how rural farmers in central Tanzania negotiate the interconnected projects of subsistence, politics, and rural development. Writing against stereotypical Western media images of spectacular famine in Africa, she examines…
Farming systems and poverty: improving farmers' livelihoods in a changing world
by Gibbon, David P., Gulliver, Aidan, Dixon, John, Gibbon, David, Hall, Malcolm, Dixon, John Mezies, Food and Agriculture Organization., Agricultural Support Systems Division, World Bank., Rural Development Department
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A joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.
