Agricultural development and economic transformation : promoting growth with poverty reduction
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Agricultural development and economic transformation : promoting growth with poverty reduction
（Palgrave studies in agricultural economics and food policy）
Palgrave Macmillan : Springer Nature, c2017
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-250) and index
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Description
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 growth rates and land tenure systems, and impact on cereal consumption and food security. The book provides detailed analysis of each element of agricultural modernization, emphasizing the central role of government in accelerated growth in private sector dominated agriculture. The book differs from the bulk of current conventional wisdom in its placement of the non-poor small commercial farmer at the center of growth, and explains how growth translates into poverty reduction. This new book is a follow up to Mellor's classic, prize-winning text, The Economics of Agricultural Development.
Listed as a Best Books of 2017: Economics by Financial Times.
Table of Contents
1. IntroductionPart 1- Agriculture and the Economic Transformation2. The Economic Transformation3. Measuring the Impact of Agricultural Growth on the Economic Transformation4. Poverty, Food Security, and Nutrition5. Capital Formation and the Exchange RatePart II- Traditional Agriculture6. The Farm, the Farmer, and Labor Supply7. Land and Land Tenure9. Physical Infrastructure10. Education and Health11. Prices and Price Policy12. Research and Extension13. Purchased Inputs14. Finance for the Small Commercial Farmer15. Cities, Consumption, and Marketing Dynamics16. The Role of Foreign Aid17. Conclusion
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