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Ag. Sustainability Book


It's finally out.  The book "Agricultural Sustainability: Economic, 
Environmental and Statistical Considerations," has been published by John 
Wiley and Sons, Ltd.  Produced under the auspices of the Rockefeller 
Foundation, Ag. Sustainability looks at "how to measure sustainability in 
quantitative terms" on 6 of the worlds oldest agricultural experiments.  
Chapters in the book are:

1. Agricultural Sustainability: Concepts and Conundrums.
	R.W. Herdt and R.A. Steiner
2. Long-term Experiments and Their Choice for the Research Study.
	R.A. Steiner
3. Economic and Statistical Considerations in the Measurement of Total 
   Factor Productivity (TFP).
	A.I. Rayner and S.J. Welham  
4. Long-term Cotton Productivity Under Organic, Chemical, and No Nitrogen 
   Fertilizer Treatments, 1896 to 1992.
	G. Traxler, J. Novak, C.C. Mitchell, jr. and M. Runge.
5. Extrapolating Trends from Long-term Experiments to Farmers' Fields" 
   The Case of Irrigated Rice Systems in Asia.
	K.G. Cassman and P.L. Pingali
6. Wheat/Fallow Systems in Semi-arid Regions of the Pacific NW America.
	B. Duff, P.F. Rasmussen and R.W. Smiley
7. Multi-crop Comparisons on Sanborn Fields Missouri, USA.
	J.R. Brown, D.D. Osburn, D. Redhage and C.J. Gantzer
8. Major Cropping Systems in India.
	K.K.M. Nambiar
9. Sustainability- the Rothamsted Experience.
	V. Barnett, A.E. Johnston, S. Landau, R.W. Payne, S.J. Welham and 
	A.I. Rayner.
10. Incorporating Externality Costs into Productivity Measures: A Case 
    Study Using US Agriculture.
	R.A. Steiner, L. McLaughlin, P. Faeth and R.R. Janke
11. Long-term Experiments and Productivity Indexes to Evaluate the 
    Sustainability of Cropping Systems.
	K.G. Cassman, R. Steiner and A.E. Johnston


It's an interdisciplinary work aimed at the professional, and perhaps Ph.D. 
grad student level.  The initial word we got on price was 60 pounds UK 
and $96 US and I don't know if they are offering special deals or not.  
Other information:

Title: "Agricultural Sustainability: Economic, Environmental and 
Statistical Considerations." Edited by Professor Vic Barnett, Dr. Roger 
Payne and Dr. Roy Steiner. ISBN 0471 95009 2 

The address I have for orders is:

Customer Service Department
Distribution Centre
Southern Cross Trading Estate
1 Oldlands Way
Bognor Regis
West Sussex PO 22 9SA



James Novak

Auburn University, which is the
site of the oldest continuous cotton rotation study in the world