The economics of agricultural development: what have we learned?
Agricultural development thinking has gone through several stages of fad and fancy, often without an understanding of previous fallacies. Its current doldrums are unfortunate given the unrivaled importance of agricultural development for poverty reduction in most development countries. After reviewi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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EDP Sciences
2006-07-01
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| Series: | Oléagineux, Corps gras, Lipides |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/ocl.2006.0009 |
| Summary: | Agricultural development thinking has gone through several stages of fad and fancy, often without an understanding of previous fallacies. Its current doldrums are unfortunate given the unrivaled importance of agricultural development for poverty reduction in most development countries. After reviewing several policy and program areas, lessons are synthesized, and a forward-looking research framework suggested, especially regarding role of specialization in the evolution of economic organization. The corresponding role of government is seen to be the facilitation of economic cooperation, rather than social engineering. |
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| ISSN: | 1258-8210 1950-697X |