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The third edition of Carl Eicher and John Staatz's compendium of literature on agricultural development represents a substantial improvement over what was already by far the best collection available. The new edition (re-titled from Agricultural Development in the Third World) is thoroughly revised and updated. Of the 35 chapters, 24 are new to this edition. Ten of the new chapters were commissioned especially for this volume, and I completely agree with the editors' selection of 11 chapters retained from the second edition. The changes serve well to broaden and modernize the scope of the previous volume, paying substantial attention to topics of current concern, and strengthening intellectual ties between agricultural development and the broader literature on economic development. In short, it remains the preeminent anthology in the field and should be required reading in any graduate or undergraduate course in agricultural development.
A welcome addition to the literature on agricultural development... with a wide coverage of its major considerations.
Presents the views of leading scholars on major theoretical and policy issues concerning agriculture's role in the Third World economies
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Pages
632
ISBN
9780801858796
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Table of Contents
Preface
Part I. The Challenge
Introduction
Agricultural Development Ideas in Historical Perspective
Agricultural and Foods Needs to 2025
Foreign Aid and Agriculture-Led Development
Part II. Historical and
Preface
Part I. The Challenge
Introduction
Agricultural Development Ideas in Historical Perspective
Agricultural and Foods Needs to 2025
Foreign Aid and Agriculture-Led Development
Part II. 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
Part III. 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
Part IV. 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 form 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
Past V. Lessons from Economies in Transition
Introduction
Agricultural Development and Reform in China
The Role of Agriculture in Indonesia's Development
Zimbabwe's Maize Revoluion: Insights for Closing Africa's Food Gap.
Path-dependent Policy Reforms: From Land Reform to Rural Development in Columbia
Agricultrual Reform in Central and Eastern Europe
Name Index
Subject Index
