International Agricultural Development
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...
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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 transformation be accelerated? How can rural economic development be promoted to generate jobs and reduce poverty in rural areas? In addressing these questions, the authors deal with topics such as market failures, food insecurity, rural poverty, environmental degradation, income and asset inequality, fiscally sustainable organizations, the changing roles of the public and private sector in research, and input and output marketing systems. Four case studies (China, Indonesia, Colombia, and Sub-Saharan Africa) examine how different countries struggle with these issues as they restructure their basic economic institutions.Praise for previous editions:"A welcome addition to the literature on agricultural development... with a wide coverage of its major considerations." — Canadian Journal of Development Studies"Presents the views of leading scholars on major theoretical and policy issues concerning agriculture's role in the Third World economies." — Abstracts of Development Studies Booknews A collection of essays addressing basic questions about agricultural development in low- and middle-income countries, arranged in sections on historical, theoretical, and policy perspectives, agricultural transformation and rural economic development, and lessons from economies in transition. Includes an introductory background chapter, as well as section introductions. This edition has a more global title, and includes 24 new chapters, while retaining eleven key contributions from the first and second editions. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
PrefacePt. IThe Challenge1Agricultural Development Ideas in Historical Perspective82Agriculture and Food Needs to 2025393Foreign Aid and Agriculture-Led Development55Pt. IIHistorical and Theoretical Perspectives4Economic Performance through Time785Community, Market, and State906Markets, Market Failures, and Development1037The Agricultural Transformation1138Agriculture on the Road to Industrialization1369Models of Agricultural Development15510Induced Innovation Model of Agricultural Development163Pt. IIIPolicy Perspectives11The Macroeconomics of Food and Agriculture18712The Case for Trade Liberalization21213The Plundering of Agriculture in Developing Countries22614The Political Framework for Agricultural Policy Decisions23415Food, Economics, and Entitlements240Pt. IVAgricultural Transformation and Rural Economic Development16Agricultural Development: Transforming Human Capital, Technology, and Institutions27117Agricultural and Rural Development: Painful Lessons28718The Peasant in Economic Modernization30019Reflections on Land Reform and Farm Size31620Investing in People32921Projects for Women: Explaining Their Misbehavior33922Agricultural Extension in the Twenty-first Century35423How Do Market Failures Justify Interventions in Rural Credit Markets?37024Microfinance: The Paradigm Shift from Credit Delivery to Sustainable Financial Intermediation39025Micro and Small Enterprises and the Rural Poor41626Constraints on the Design of Sustainable Systems of Agricultural Production43127African Agriculture: Productivity and Sustainability Issues44428Maintaining Productivity Gains in Post-Green Revolution Asian Agriculture45829Confronting the Ecological Consequences of the Rice Green Revolution in Tropical Asia47430Choice of Technique in Rice Milling on Java494Pt. VLessons from Economies in Transition31Agricultural Development and Reform in China52332The Role of Agriculture in Indonesia's Development53933Zimbabwe's Maize Revolution: Insights for Closing Africa's Food Gap55034Path-dependent Policy Reforms: From Land Reform to Rural Development in Colombia57135Agricultural Reform in Central and Eastern Europe586Name Index603Subject Index607
\ American Journal of Agricultural EconomicsThe 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.\ — Steven A. Block\ \ \ \ \ \ Canadian Journal of Development StudiesA welcome addition to the literature on agricultural development... with a wide coverage of its major considerations.\ \ \ American Journal of Agricultural EconomicsThe 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.\ — Steven A. Block\ \ \ \ \ \ Canadian Journal of Development StudiesA welcome addition to the literature on agricultural development... with a wide coverage of its major considerations.\ \ \ \ \ \ . Abstracts of Development StudiesPresents the views of leading scholars on major theoretical and policy issues concerning agriculture's role in the Third World economies\ \ \ \ \ \ BooknewsA collection of essays addressing basic questions about agricultural development in low- and middle-income countries, arranged in sections on historical, theoretical, and policy perspectives, agricultural transformation and rural economic development, and lessons from economies in transition. Includes an introductory background chapter, as well as section introductions. This edition has a more global title, and includes 24 new chapters, while retaining eleven key contributions from the first and second editions. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.\ \
