| Description |
xv, 319 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Note |
Includes index |
| Contents |
Agribusiness and the small-scale farmer : a dynamic partnership for development -- Hindustan lever limited : a milk processing operation in India -- The mumias sugar company : a nuclear estate in Kenya -- Commonweal th development corporation : a sugar production and settlement scheme in Swaziland -- Pinar : a milk processing operation in Turkey -- The haggar group : cultivation of tea, coffee, and tobacco in Southern Sudan -- Charoen Pokphand : pig raising in four experimental villages in Thailand -- Productos del monte : a vegetable and fruit canning operation in Mexico -- San miguel corporation : a high-yield hybrid corn seed venture in the Philippines -- Agro inversiones C. por A.: a fresh fruit and vegetable export project in the dominican republic -- Adams international : tobacco growing and marketing in Northern Thailand -- Kenya Cancer limited : a pineapple plantation and cannery in Kenya -- Interaction between agribusiness and the small-scale farmer : an inventory of experience in less-developed countries -- Optimizing the role of the private sector in the agricultural and rural development of LDCs : policy recommendations -- Optimizing the role of the private sector in the agricultural and rural development of LDCs : Action recommendations |
| Summary |
This book tells a story of a truly remarkable achievement, a global drama about the conception, establishment, and impact of thousands of agribusiness enterprises scattered to the far ends of africa , asia, and latin america and of the changes wrought by these ventures on the lives and hopes of literally millions of people : small-scale farmers, farm families, and the traditional, disadvantaged societies of which they are a part. |
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Produce trade -- Developing countries -- Case studies
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Agriculture, Cooperative -- Developing countries -- Case studies
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Farms, Small -- Developing countries -- Case studies
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Agriculture -- Developing countries -- Finance -- Case studies
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| Alt Author |
Karen, Ruth
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Business International Corporation
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Center for Rural Development
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| ISBN |
9780367155827 (pbk.) |
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