Smallholder farming plays a central role for the livelihood security of rural families in most low- to middle income countries. Beyond that it contributes to sustain important ecological functions and services. Yet, world-wide, increasing economic pressure threatens its viability, while young...

Introduction -- Theoretical Issues -- Development Strategies -- Traditional Food Regimes and Food Security in Africa -- Food Security in War Torn Countries: The case of Liberia and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) -- Indigenous Knowledge (IK) and Agro-Eco-systems: The Case of Nigeria and Ghana...

""Woodsqueer" is sometimes used to describe the mindset of a person who has taken to the wild for an extended period of time. Gretchen Legler is no stranger to life away from the rapid-fire pace of the twenty-first century, which can often lead to a kind of stir-craziness. Woodsqueer chronicles...

Cultural and linguistic dilemmas in Africa’s development trajectory /Ibraheem Muheeb and Manji Diyal --The development sustainability of indigenous technologies in Africa /Jacob Ongunniyi --Rethinking African indigenous knowledge and practice for environmental sustainability in Africa /Manji...

Despite remarkable advances, overcoming rural poverty and food insecurity in developing countries remains one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century. Increasing production and income opportunities in the agricultural sector is one of the key factors to achieve these goals. While...

В статье рассматривается спектр понятий научного направления «этноэкономика», представляется авторская трактовка этноэкономического феномена, очерчивается...

Self-sufficiency of the house is practiced in many parts of the world but ignored in economic theory, just as socialist collectivization is assumed to have brought household self-sufficiency to an end. The ideals of self-sufficiency, however, continue to shape economic activity in a wide range...

This book explores the rise of consumerism and the expanding variety of goods available in Japan. Japan is placed within the comparative context of the 'consumer revolution' in Europe and North America, contributing to the analysis of the ways in which consumption and everyday life change in the...

A formalization of the Coase-Williamson-Cheung theory of the firm is used to examine the trade-off between the firm and the market as institutions for organizing production in a dynamic, general equilibrium model with increasing returns to labor specialization. The model considers the...

The paper develops a dynamic, general equilibrium model of specialization-driven growth in which the private cost of coordinating among specialists is a function of public expenditure on physical and institutional infrastructure. Growth is characterized by endogenous increases in labor...