Agricultural Commodities, Trade and Sustainable Development

Management of Environmental Quality

ISSN: 1477-7835

Article publication date: 1 May 2006

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Citation

(2006), "Agricultural Commodities, Trade and Sustainable Development", Management of Environmental Quality, Vol. 17 No. 3. https://doi.org/10.1108/meq.2006.08317cae.003

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Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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Agricultural Commodities, Trade and Sustainable Development

Agricultural Commodities, Trade and Sustainable Development

Edited by Thomas LinesInternational Institute of Environment and DevelopmentLondon2005ISBN 1843695731p. 254USD 36.00

The crisis in agricultural commodities is closely linked to issues of poverty and environmental degradation. Dealing with entrenched rural poverty and major impacts from agriculture on ecosystem viability requires a new look at how commodity markets succeed or fail. There is a need for better understanding of how commodity markets work and how policy makers and businesses can intervene to introduce fairness, justice and sustainability into these markets. This challenging context provides the background for this book, which brings together an edited selection of papers prepared for two strategic dialogues on commodities, trade and sustainable development, jointly convened by IIED and the ICTSD.

To order: www.earthprint.com/go.htm?to=16500IIED

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