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International Agricultural Development

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ISBN-10: 0801858798

ISBN-13: 9780801858796

Edition: 3rd 1998

Authors: Carl K. Eicher, John M. Staatz

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Extensively revised to reflect the new directions in development thought and policy, this new edition of a classic text examines what has been learned theoretically and empirically about agricultural and rural economic development since the 1950s. With 24 of the 35 chapters completely new, the book takes into account recent developments in international agricultural development, especially as these affected the role of the state, markets, and other institutions in development. The authors address three basic questions about agricultural development in low- and middle-income countries: What are the strategic roles of agriculture in national development strategies? How can the agrarian…    
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Book details

List price: $40.00
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 11/20/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 632
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.46" tall
Weight: 2.002
Language: English

Preface
The Challenge
Introduction
Agricultural Development Ideas in Historical Perspective
Agriculture and Food Needs to 2025
Foreign Aid and Agriculture-Led Development
Historical and Theoretical Perspectives
Introduction
Economic Performance through Time
Community, Market, and State
Markets, Market Failures, and Development
The Agricultural Transformation
Agriculture on the Road to Industrialization
Models of Agricultural Development
Induced Innovation Model of Agricultural Development
Policy Perspectives
Introduction
The Macroeconomics of Food and Agriculture
The Case for Trade Liberalization
The Plundering of Agriculture in Developing Countries
The Political Framework for Agricultural Policy Decisions
Food, Economics, and Entitlements
Agricultural Transformation and Rural Economic Development
Introduction
Learning from Experience
Agricultural Development: Transforming Human Capital, Technology, and Institutions
Agricultural and Rural Development: Painful Lessons
The Peasant in Economic Modernization
Institutional and Human Capital
Reflections on Land Reform and Farm Size
Investing in People
Projects for Women: Explaining Their Misbehavior
Agricultural Extension in the Twenty-first Century
How Do Market Failures Justify Interventions in Rural Credit Markets?
Microfinance: The Paradigm Shift from Credit Delivery to Sustainable Financial Intermediation
Micro and Small Enterprises and the Rural Poor
Technology Development and Sustainability
Constraints on the Design of Sustainable Systems of Agricultural Production
African Agriculture: Productivity and Sustainability Issues
Maintaining Productivity Gains in Post-Green Revolution Asian Agriculture
Confronting the Ecological Consequences of the Rice Green Revolution in Tropical Asia
Choice of Technique in Rice Milling on Java
Lessons from Economies in Transition
Introduction
Agricultural Development and Reform in China
The Role of Agriculture in Indonesia's Development
Zimbabwe's Maize Revolution: Insights for Closing Africa's Food Gap
Path-dependent Policy Reforms: From Land Reform to Rural Development in Colombia
Agricultural Reform in Central and Eastern Europe
Name Index
Subject Index