Agriculture and Development : A Brief Review of the Literature

• Tác giả: Jean-Jacques Dethier
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 338.16 Production efficiency
• Thông tin xuất bản: 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 305515
• Chủ đề: 1. ACCESS TO CREDIT; 2. ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT; 3. ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE; 4. ACCESS TO MARKETS; 5. ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION

Tóm tắt

 After 20 years of neglect by international donors, agriculture is now again in the headlines because higher food prices are increasing food insecurity and poverty. In the coming years it will be essential to increase food productivity and production in developing countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa and with smallholders. This however requires finding viable solutions to a number of complex technical, institutional and policy issues including land markets, research on seeds and inputs
  agricultural extension
  credit
  rural infrastructure
  storage
  connection to markets
  rural nonfarm employment and food price stabilization. This paper reviews what the economic literature has to say on these topics. It discusses in turn the role played by agriculture in the development process and the interactions between agriculture and other economic sectors
  the determinants of the Green Revolution and discuss the foundations of agricultural growth
  issues of income diversification by farmers
  approaches to rural development
  and finally issues of international trade policy and food security which are at the root of the crisis in agricultural commodity volatility in the past few years.