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Agricultural development and economic transformation : promoting growth with poverty reduction /

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This book examines the role of agriculture in the economic transformation of developing low- and middle-income countries and explores means for accelerating agricultural growth and poverty reduction. In this volume, Mellor measures by household class the employment impact of alternative agricultural...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mellor, John Williams, 1928- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2017]
Series:Palgrave studies in agricultural economics and food policy.
Subjects:
Agriculture > Economic aspects > Developing countries.
Agricultural innovations > Developing countries.
Agricultural productivity > Developing countries.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industrial Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Agribusiness.
Agricultural innovations.
Agricultural productivity.
Agriculture > Economic aspects.
Developing countries.
Wirtschaftswachstum.
Agrarproduktion.
Armut.
Wirtschaftsentwicklung.
Entwicklungsländer.
Table of Contents:
  • The economic transformation
  • Measuring the impact of agricultural growth on economic transformation
  • Poverty, food security, and nutrition
  • Capital formation and the exchange rate
  • The farm, the farmer, and labor supply
  • Land and land tenure
  • Government and the institutions of modernization
  • Physical infrastructure
  • Rural education and health
  • Prices and price policy
  • Research and extension
  • Purchased inputs
  • Finance for the small commercial farmer
  • Cities, consumption, and marketing dynamics
  • The role of foreign aid
  • Conclusion
  • Annex: Analytical history of agriculture and the economic transformation.