Literature on sustainable agriculture was examined using qualitative research methods to identify institutional barriers to the transition to sustainable agriculture, and solutions to overcome them. Information was also collected from different participants in the food and agriculture system by conducting interviews and workshops, and by soliciting comments on discussion papers of preliminary findings. / An explanatory scheme (or general theory) was developed to organize strategies for overcoming institutional barriers using an efficiency--substitution--redesign framework. Efficiency strategies involve minor changes to existing activities, resulting in more efficient resource use. Substitution strategies involve replacing one product, technique or activity with another. Redesign strategies require solutions and institutional activities that mimic ecological processes. Solutions consistent with each category are analyzed and discussed in the areas of research, education, technology transfer, government programs and regulations, taxation, safety nets, consumer activism, marketing and advertising, corporate legal status, and organizational design and management.

Typescript. / Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1979. / Bibliography: leaves 163-173. / Microfiche. / viii, 173 leaves 28 cm

<p>The government of Zimbabwe started implementing its fast track resettlement programme in July 2000, the objective being to accelerate both land acquisition and land redistribution. This programme witnessed a massive movement of people from various localities into mainly large-scale commercial farms in search of agricultural land. Under this programme, people were settled under the A1 model (which involves villages and land use pattern similar to those found in communal areas) as well as the A2 model, which involves commercial farming. This study investigates, documents and analyses the opportunities and constraints currently being faced by newly resettled crop production farmers in one example of an A1 model resettlement project (Fair Ranch Estate in Masvingo Province). A questionnaire was used to gather data on livelihood sources, income, assets and also aspects of the associational life of crop production farmers. Seventy households were interviewed, and a number of key informant interviews were undertaken with both government officials and the local leadership. The greatest opportunity that A1 crop production farmers in Fair Range Estate experienced was the fact that they now have access to land that they can call their own, without having to go through the market to try to acquire such land. In terms of crop production, however, farmers in Fair Range Estate face a number of challenges and constraints: they lack adequate access to tillage and livestock / the supply of inputs is inadequate / generally negative socio economic conditions prevailing in the country have led to sharp increases in prices of all basic commodities, including inputs such as fertilisers and seeds / they lack tenure security / the amount of rainfall received in the area is generally not sufficient for crop production / and many lack crop production skills. Measures to reverse this decline must include the availability of foreign currency to buy spare parts for tractors, rebuilding of the national herd, which was greatly affected by both drought and the disturbance of commercial agriculture as a result of the controversial land reform programme. Fuel should also become more readily available, and urgent policy measures be put in place to revamp institutional frameworks in the agricultural sector to make them more farmer-oriented.</p>

"10 November 2004" / Bibliography: leaves 203-212. / xvi, 217 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. / Title page, contents and abstract only. The complete thesis in print form is available from the University Library. / In this thesis, four features of China's agricultural reforms, namely the HRS, PGRS and regional comparative advantage grain marketing reform, and problems concerning farmers' incomes, are studied through an analysis of household survey data gathered in grain producing regions. The experiences of successful and unsuccessful measures adopted in China's agricultural sector are discussed, and it is shown that the agricultural reforms in China start at the bottom at local institutions and then become government policy. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Adelaide, School of Economics, 2005

Thesis (Ph. D. - Arid Land Studies)--University of Arizona, 1983. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 147-152).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Hong Kong Baptist University, 1999. / Thesis submitted to the Dept. of Government and International Studies. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 130-148).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on February 13, 2008) Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Adelaide, 1974. / "January 1974." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 354-367).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Melbourne, Institute of Land and Food Resources, 1999. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph.D.) - James Cook University, 2005. / CD-ROM includes appendices 1-4. Includes index. Typescript (photocopy). Bibliography: leaves 408-473.