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The Future Of Mining In South Africa - Sunset Or Sunrise? (Paperback): The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection The Future Of Mining In South Africa - Sunset Or Sunrise? (Paperback)
The Mapungubwe Institute for Strategic Reflection
R320 R250 Discovery Miles 2 500 Save R70 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

The future of mining in South Africa is hotly contested. Wide-ranging views from multiple quarters rarely seem to intersect, placing emphasis on different questions without engaging in holistic debate.

This book aims to catalyse change by gathering together fragmented views into unifying conversations. It highlights the importance of debating the future of mining in South Africa and for reaching consensus in other countries across the mineral-dependent globe.

It covers issues such as the potential of platinum to spur industrialisation, land and dispossession on the platinum belt, the roles of the state and capital in mineral development, mining in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the experiences of women in and affected by mining since the late 19th century and mine worker organising: history and lessons and how post-mine rehabilitation can be tackled.

It was inspired not only by an appreciation of South Africa’s extensive mineral endowments, but also by a realisation that, while the South African mining industry performs relatively well on many technical indicators, its management of broader social issues leaves much to be desired. It needs to be deliberated whether the mining industry can play as critical a role going forward as it did in the evolution of the country’s economy.

Finding Common Ground - Land, Equity & Agriculture: Wandile Sihlobo Finding Common Ground - Land, Equity & Agriculture
Wandile Sihlobo
R299 R234 Discovery Miles 2 340 Save R65 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

‘My hope is that people can grow to appreciate this sector – its challenges and opportunities, but most importantly, the role agriculture can play in improving South Africa’s rural economy, creating jobs and bringing about much-needed transformation (or inclusive growth).’
Wandile Sihlobo is perfectly positioned to provide a well-rounded, accessible view of agriculture in South Africa. He spent his school holidays in the rural Eastern Cape, studied agricultural economics at university, has worked in private-sector agriculture, consulting with farmers across the country, and has been an adviser to government as part of South African policymaking bodies.

Finding Common Ground is a selection of key articles from Sihlobo’s regular Business Day column, framed with insightful commentary and context. The book covers the broad themes that have marked current discussions and outlines the challenges and opportunities faced by South Africa’s agricultural sector, including:

  • The contentious and complex issue of land reform;
  • The potential for new leadership to revive the sector;
  • How agriculture can drive development and job creation;
  • Cannabis as an exportable commodity;
  • The urgent need for agricultural policy to address gender equity and youth involvement;
  • Technological developments and megatrends that are underpinning agricultural development;
  • The importance of trade in growing South Africa’s agriculture; and Key lessons that South Africa and other African countries can learn from one another.

Ultimately, Sihlobo is optimistic about the future of South Africa’s agricultural sector and shows us all – from policymakers to the general public – how much common ground we truly have.
Environmental education - South African perspectives (Paperback): C.P. Loubser Environmental education - South African perspectives (Paperback)
C.P. Loubser
R510 R472 Discovery Miles 4 720 Save R38 (7%) Ships in 7 - 10 working days

This title is intended as a manual for environmental education practitioners. It provides theoretical background with the view of improving environmental education practitioners' practice. Environmental education addresses topics such as: The origin of the term/concept environmental education in southern Africa; a philosophical perspective of environmental education; teaching for the environment; environmental issues; education for sustainability; environmental education in the informal sector; environmental education in business and industry; research in environmental education.

Routledge Library Editions: Agri-Business and Land Use (Hardcover): Multiple Authors Routledge Library Editions: Agri-Business and Land Use (Hardcover)
Multiple Authors
R57,119 Discovery Miles 571 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In a world where food security is key and the effects of climate change, labour shortages and rising costs are a daily reality for farmers across the globe, the quest for a satisfactory and viable policy for agriculture has a continuing interest as relevant today as when these 26 books were first published between 1928 and 1994. Trading relations and trade deals in the sphere of agribusiness are also once again under the spotlight following the UK’s departure from Europe. Challenges for the 21st century are balancing the needs of agronomics – the production of food under the most economic, competitive yet sustainable conditions, alongside the effective use of land to satisfy the multiple demands upon it. The volumes in this set address these complex issues from a variety of global viewpoints encompassing economic, political, geographic and environmental perspectives.

The Imperial Roman Economy (Hardcover): George Maher The Imperial Roman Economy (Hardcover)
George Maher
R548 Discovery Miles 5 480 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book is the first coherent quantified assessment of the economy of the Roman Empire. George Maher argues inventively and rigorously for a much higher level of growth and prosperity than has hitherto been imagined, and also explains why, nonetheless, the Roman Empire did not achieve the transition which began in Georgian Britain. This book will have an enormous impact on Roman history and be required reading for all teachers and students in the field. It will also interest and provoke historians of the medieval and early modern periods into wondering why their economies failed to match the Roman level. Part of the problem in assessing the Roman economy is that we do not have much in the way of numerical data, but Roman historians, who rarely have much statistical expertise, have not always recognised the potential of the data we do have. Dr Maher's reassessment of the economy of the Roman Empire has to use the same data as everyone else, but he is able to draw strikingly novel conclusions in two ways: first, by more statistically sophisticated use of a few crucial datasets and, second, by correlating and drawing a coherent picture across the whole economy. On grain yields, firstly, instead of getting bogged down in details of individual cases, George Maher shows how there is a remarkably consistent pattern from which outliers can be excluded, showing yields were much higher than normally assumed. He then demonstrates that high yields are in fact necessary to explain the exceptional urbanization of the Empire. Urbanization at this level in turn, as George Maher shows, has implications for consumption and commerce. He takes this further to show how high levels of trade imply high levels of sophistication in economic practices and mentality. In one of his most methodologically novel chapters, George Maher develops a new and simpler way of assessing average life expectancy and argues for a life expectancy almost double the traditional view. This book, Dr George Maher's doctoral thesis, is the theoretical underpinning of his book Pugnare: Economic Success and Failure.

The Political Economy of Contract Farming in Zimbabwe (Paperback): Freedom Mazwi The Political Economy of Contract Farming in Zimbabwe (Paperback)
Freedom Mazwi
R380 R297 Discovery Miles 2 970 Save R83 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Freedom Mazwi examines patterns of agricultural finance in Zimbabwe since the radical Fast Track Land Resettlement Programme (FTLRP) was implemented in 2000-and, especially, the varying impact that the FTLRP reforms have had not only on land use, but also on the well-being of farmers.Focusing on contract farming in the tobacco and sugarcane sectors, Mazwi offers penetrating insights into social contradictions and power relations in Zimbabwe's rural areas. He also assesses the institutional finance mechanisms that have emerged in response to the radical land reforms and reflects on the related political and economic isolation of the country since 2000. Not least, he suggests how agrarian policy could be restructured to better benefit small-scale farmers.

Forest Politics - The Evolution of International Cooperation (Hardcover): David Humphreys Forest Politics - The Evolution of International Cooperation (Hardcover)
David Humphreys
R3,931 Discovery Miles 39 310 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'An important and timely book' from the Foreword by Stanley Johnson 'A complete and absorbing history of a decade of intense international politics offers many insights for future negotiators of sustainable solutions' Stephen Bass, International Institute for Environment and Development 'Skillfully navigates the jungle of forest politics, leaving us in no doubt that the verbal commitment to save the world's forests has yet to be translated into action on the ground. The way forward must clearly lie in political commitments and international cooperation if forests are to continue to preserve life on Earth' Francis Sullivan, World Wide Fund for Nature Global deforestation and its attendant processes - including soil degradation, climate change and the loss of biological diversity - emerged as international political issues during the 1980s, prompting politicians to seek consensus on programmes and policies for the conservation and sustainable management of forests. Yet global initiatives have been bedevilled by tensions between the North and South and between governments, industry, local communities and indigenous peoples. Meanwhile, rates of deforestation in the tropics are increasing, and international political efforts are demonstrably failing. Forest Politics carefully traces the evolution of international cooperation on forests, from the inception of the controversial International Tropical Timber Organization and the failed Tropical Forestry Action Programme in the mid-1980s, to the creation of the Intergovernmental Panel on Forests in the mid-1990s. The book also provides a detailed analysis of the negotiating stances of the parties involved in the divisive negotiations that rook place prior to the 1992 'Earth Summit' in Rio de Janeiro and the equally factious negotiations for the International Tropical Timber Agreement of 1994. It provides a fascinating insight into the nature of such processes, illustrating the difficulties that arise when concepts such as 'global commons' come into conflict with national sovereignty. Complete with annexes of important political documents, and making extensive use of primary source material and interviews with participants. Forest Politics presents case studies of all the major forest negotiations over the last 13 years. It is an essential reference point for policy makers, environmental campaigners and students, and required reading for all those who care about the future of the world's forests. David Humphreys is Research Fellow in Global Environmental Change at the Open University. Originally published in 1996

Tropical Deforestation - A socio-economic approach (Hardcover): C.J. Jepma Tropical Deforestation - A socio-economic approach (Hardcover)
C.J. Jepma
R3,928 Discovery Miles 39 280 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The depletion of the tropical rain forests has attracted considerable attention in recent times, and the serious consequences for the global biosphere are widely acknowledged. Yet deforestation continues apace, and in some areas (for example, southeast Asia) the very existence of the forests is seriously threatened. Contrary to popular belief, evidence suggests that local economic and living conditions are more significant in this than timber exploitation for exports to the Northern countries."Tropical Deforestation: A Socio-Economic Approach" offers a new perspective on the economic imperatives which encourage indigenous populations to encroach upon their own forests, and shows how action against deforestation must form part of a wider movement to improve both the living conditions of the local inhabitants and the durability of their national economies.Part One offers an overview of the processes surrounding deforestation, and an assessment of the current situation. Part Two analyses the land-use issues, and explains the socioeconomic imperatives in the affected regions. In an absorbing conclusion. Part Three guides the reader through a series of hypothetical policy scenarios, using a specially adapted economic computer model, to predict which combinations of policies and trade arrangements might bring about a more beneficial state of affairs.

Our Wild Farming Life - Adventures on a Scottish Highland Croft (Hardcover): Lynn Cassells, Sandra Baer Our Wild Farming Life - Adventures on a Scottish Highland Croft (Hardcover)
Lynn Cassells, Sandra Baer
R443 Discovery Miles 4 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

[F]or anyone who has ever sat in a city office dreaming of owning a smallholding one day and living off the land, this book will inspire them to take the plunge. Rated 5 stars by The Telegraph I raced through this beautiful story with mounting awe and excitement. What Lynn and Sandra have achieved on their croft in Scotland is a miracle of rebirth on land Isabella Tree, author of Wilding The inspiring story of two courageous women who took the leap and embraced a whole new way of life. Kate Humble, author of Home Cooked As seen on the BBC’s This Farming Life  Our Wild Farming Life is what happens when you follow your dreams of living on the land; a story of how two people became farmers – and how they learned to make a living from it, their way. Lynn and Sandra left their friends, family and jobs in England to travel north to Scotland to find a small piece of land they could call their own. They had no money, no plan and no experience in farming. They had in mind keeping a few chickens, a kitchen garden and renting out some camping space, but instead, they fell in love with Lynbreck Croft – 150 acres of wild Scottish Highlands filled with opportunity and beauty, shrouded by the Cairngorms mountains. This is the inspirational true story of Lynbreck Croft – a regenerative Scottish croft rooted in local food and community – and the dreams of two women in search of a new, wilder existence. In Our Wild Farming Life, Lynn and Sandra recount their experiences as they rebuild their new home and work out what kind of farmers they want to be. They learn how to work with Highland cattle, become part of the crofting community and begin to truly understand how they can farm in harmony with nature to produce wonderful food for themselves and the people around them. Through efforts like these, Lynn and Sandra have been able to combine regenerative farming practices with old crofting traditions to keep their own personal values intact.

Experimental Farms: For the Year Ending March 31, 1913 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback): unknownauthor Experimental Farms: For the Year Ending March 31, 1913 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback)
unknownauthor
R784 Discovery Miles 7 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Foreign Crops and Markets, Vol. 21: October 27, 1930 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback): United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Crops and Markets, Vol. 21: October 27, 1930 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback)
United States Department of Agriculture
R366 R337 Discovery Miles 3 370 Save R29 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Foreign Crops and Markets, Vol. 47: November 22, 1943 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback): United States Department of Agriculture Foreign Crops and Markets, Vol. 47: November 22, 1943 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback)
United States Department of Agriculture
R368 R337 Discovery Miles 3 370 Save R31 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Wheat Situation: May-June 1944 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback): United States Department of Agriculture The Wheat Situation: May-June 1944 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback)
United States Department of Agriculture
R356 R334 Discovery Miles 3 340 Save R22 (6%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Foreign Crops and Markets, Vol. 19: September 3, 1929 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback): U S Bureau of Agricultural Economics Foreign Crops and Markets, Vol. 19: September 3, 1929 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback)
U S Bureau of Agricultural Economics
R366 R337 Discovery Miles 3 370 Save R29 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Report of the Entomological Department of the New Jersey Agricultural College Experiment Station, New Brunswick, N. J: For the... Report of the Entomological Department of the New Jersey Agricultural College Experiment Station, New Brunswick, N. J: For the Year 1807 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback)
John B. Smith
R832 Discovery Miles 8 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Handbook of Research on Cooperatives and Mutuals (Hardcover): Matthew S. Elliott, Michaela Boland Handbook of Research on Cooperatives and Mutuals (Hardcover)
Matthew S. Elliott, Michaela Boland
R7,021 Discovery Miles 70 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This incisive Handbook provides a global update on the state of knowledge in cooperatives and mutuals, expertly describing future directions for research and education. Showcasing extensive discussions of cooperative theory, Matthew Elliott and Michael Boland, and the contributors assess cooperatives' social, economic and environmental effects and analyse the impact of regional and cultural features that make cooperatives unique. The insightful chapters are organised into key sections, including theory, organisation, governance and cross-sector applications, and introduce a relevant theory, framework, special topic or mini case on cooperatives and mutuals. The Handbook also examines the role of leaders, members and producers in supply chain governance and looks at different forms of cooperatives and mutuals and their prominence in the economy. Offering an excellent in-depth read, this Handbook will be a vital additional resource for economics scholars and researchers, and those teaching and working on cooperatives and mutualism. It will also prove helpful for conducting leader and member education programs.

Critical Perspectives on Rural Change (Hardcover): Philip Lowe, Sarah Whatmore, Terry Marsden Critical Perspectives on Rural Change (Hardcover)
Philip Lowe, Sarah Whatmore, Terry Marsden
R12,762 Discovery Miles 127 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This series, originally published between 1990 and 1994 arose out of the increasing need for the international debate and dissemination of on-going empirical and theoretical research associated with rural areas in advanced societies. Rural areas, then, as now, their residents and agencies, are facing rapid social, economic and political change. Local, national and international political forces have direct influence upon rural areas, not only for those concerned with agriculture but also regarding rural development initiatives, overall economic and social policy and regional and fiscal arrangements. The volumes are designed to appeal to a wide audience associated with international comparative research. They provide reviews of research available at the original time of publication, taking as their focus one major theme per volume.

A Modern Guide to Food Economics (Hardcover): Jutta Roosen, Jill E. Hobbs A Modern Guide to Food Economics (Hardcover)
Jutta Roosen, Jill E. Hobbs
R4,220 Discovery Miles 42 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This Modern Guide provides detailed theoretical and empirical insights into key areas of research in food economics. It takes a forward-looking perspective on how different actors in the food system shape the sustainability of food production, distribution, and consumption, as well as on major challenges to efficient and inclusive food systems. Analysing the main characteristics of modern food markets, chapters introduce readers to the economics of food systems, product differentiation, the mediating role of food retailers, and the increasing significance and complexity of international trade in food. Encapsulating new methods in the study of food economics and policy, this Modern Guide explores changes in food value chains and consumption. It further pushes the boundaries of food economics to include economic perspectives on the role of social media and technology such as genomics in shaping food systems. Offering key insights into the state-of-the-art debates in the field, this Modern Guide will be critical reading for graduate students and researchers of food economics. It will also be a timely book for practitioners in the field wishing to take a fresh look at issues shaping food systems.

Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing with R - Textbook and Lab Manual (Hardcover): Marcelo de Carvalho Alves, Luciana... Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing with R - Textbook and Lab Manual (Hardcover)
Marcelo de Carvalho Alves, Luciana Sanches
R3,664 Discovery Miles 36 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This new textbook and lab manual on remote sensing and digital image processing of natural resources includes numerous practical, problem-solving exercises, and case studies that use the free and open-source platform R. It explains the basic concepts of remote sensing and its multidisciplinary applications using R language and R packages, and engages students in learning theory through hands-on real-life projects. Features 1. Aims to expand theoretical approaches of remote sensing and digital image processing through multidisciplinary applications using R and R packages. 2. Engages students in learning theory through hands-on real-life projects. 3. All chapters are structured with solved exercises and homework and encourages readers to understand the potential and the limitations of the environments. 4. Covers data analysis in free and open-source (FOSS) R platform, which makes remote sensing accessible to anyone with a computer. 5. Explores current trends and developments in remote sensing in homework assignments with data to further explore the use of free multispectral remote sensing data, including very high spatial resolution information. Students in upper-level undergraduate or graduate programs with Remote Sensing Course and Geoprocessing Course, civil and environmental engineering, geosciences, and environmental sciences, electrical engineering, biology, hydrology, agriculture Engineering. Professionals in different areas who use remote sensing and image processing. Students in upper-level undergraduate or graduate programs taking courses in Remote Sensing and Geoprocessing, civil and environmental engineering, geosciences, and environmental sciences, electrical engineering, biology, hydrology, agricultural engineering, as well as professionals in different areas who use remote sensing and image processing, will gain a deeper understanding and first-hand experience with remote sensing and digital processing, with a learn-by-doing methodology using applicable examples in natural resources. .

Fair Food - Growing a Healthy, Sustainable Food System for All (Paperback): Oran Hesterman Fair Food - Growing a Healthy, Sustainable Food System for All (Paperback)
Oran Hesterman
R460 R393 Discovery Miles 3 930 Save R67 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Our food system is broken, and it's endangering what's most precious to us: our environment, our health, our soil and water, and our future. In recent years, a host of books and films have compellingly documented the dangers. But advice on what to do about them largely begins and ends with the admonition to eat local" or eat organic." Longtime good food pioneer Oran Hesterman knows that we can't fix the broken system simply by changing what's on our own plates: the answer lies beyond the kitchen. In Fair Food he shares an inspiring and practical vision for changing not only what we eat, but how food is grown, packaged, delivered, marketed, and sold. He introduces people and organizations across the country who are already doing this work in a number of creative ways, and provides a wealth of practical information for readers who want to get more involved.

Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa (Paperback, New edition): Stephen Devereux, Simon Maxwell Food Security in Sub-Saharan Africa (Paperback, New edition)
Stephen Devereux, Simon Maxwell
R150 R117 Discovery Miles 1 170 Save R33 (22%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Sub-Saharan Africa is the only region in the world currently facing both widespread chronic food insecurity and threats of famine. Why is this so and what can be done? In seeking to answer these questions, have brought together eleven different perspectives on critical food security issues, from the causes of food insecurity to planning and policy interventions. They have drawn on a variety of disciplines, from agricultural economics to nutrition. An evolution of thinking would appear to have taken place over the last ten years. Food insecurity is no longer seen simply as a failure of agriculture to produce sufficient food at the national level, but instead as a failure of livelihoods to guarantee access to sufficient food to people at the household level. This conceptual shift and related arguments are presented in a clear and accessible way for the non-specialist reader as well as the development specialist.

Cooperative Economic Insect Report, Vol. 6 - January 6, 1956 (Classic Reprint) (Hardcover): United States Department of... Cooperative Economic Insect Report, Vol. 6 - January 6, 1956 (Classic Reprint) (Hardcover)
United States Department of Agriculture
R810 Discovery Miles 8 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Forestry of the 1960's in Highland Perthshire (Paperback): Ian Cameron Forestry of the 1960's in Highland Perthshire (Paperback)
Ian Cameron
R393 Discovery Miles 3 930 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Perthshire I met in June 1962 was devoid of Motorways; steam trains still worked the branch lines and MOT tests for cars were far in the future. This story of my time with the Forestry Commission is really the sequence to my National Service in Germany that I wrote of in "Two Years" with the Pied Piper of Hameln. Forestry was changing; coal mining was scaling down and the labourintensive pit prop market was being replaced by the need for the more easily mechanised pulp wood to feed the new pulp mill outside Fort William. Timber Lorries were becoming both longer and heavier and the forest roads and bridges had to be strengthened to cope. The natural forests had been depleted by the demands of two world wars and the new forests planted on heather moors torn by tractors and giant ploughs. This was the world I worked in for eight years, and this is the story of the men and machines that made it possible.

The Southern Planter, Vol. 19 - Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, and the Household Arts; February, 1859 (Classic Reprint)... The Southern Planter, Vol. 19 - Devoted to Agriculture, Horticulture, and the Household Arts; February, 1859 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback)
J. E Williams
R375 R339 Discovery Miles 3 390 Save R36 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Southern Planter, Vol. 64 - A Monthly Journal Devoted to Practical and Progressive Agriculture, Horticulture, Trucking,... The Southern Planter, Vol. 64 - A Monthly Journal Devoted to Practical and Progressive Agriculture, Horticulture, Trucking, Live Stock and the Fireside; September, 1903 (Classic Reprint) (Paperback)
J.F. Jackson
R376 R339 Discovery Miles 3 390 Save R37 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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