Book Description
Role of institutions in agricultural development; Land tenure institutions; Factor markets; Product markets; Planning institutions; Research institutions; Extension institutions.
Author : North Central Land Economics Research Committee. International Rural Institutions Subcommittee
Publisher : Blackwell Publishing Professional
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 38,42 MB
Release : 1971
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Role of institutions in agricultural development; Land tenure institutions; Factor markets; Product markets; Planning institutions; Research institutions; Extension institutions.
Author : Franz W. Gatzweiler
Publisher : Springer
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 42,39 MB
Release : 2016-02-19
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 3319257188
The aim of the book is to present contributions in theory, policy and practice to the science and policy of sustainable intensification by means of technological and institutional innovations in agriculture. The research insights re from Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. The purpose of this book is to be a reference for students, scholars and practitioners inthe field of science and policy for understanding and identifying agricultural productivity growth potentials in marginalized areas.
Author : Roger D. Norton
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 47,65 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251048757
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Author : Alan de Brauw
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 49,38 MB
Release : 2021-11-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 303088693X
This book provides a thorough introduction to and examination of agricultural value chains in Sub-Saharan Africa. First, the authors introduce the economic theory of agri-food value chains and value chain governance, focusing on domestic and regional trade in (and consumption of) food crops in a low-income country context. In addition to mainstream and heterodox thinking about value chain development, the book pays attention to political economy considerations. The book also reviews the empirical evidence on value chain development and performance in Africa. It adopts multiple lenses to examine agricultural value chains, zooming out from the micro level (e.g., relational contracting in a context of market imperfections) to the meso level (e.g., distributional implications of various value chain interventions, inclusion of specific social groups) and the macro level (underlying income, population and urbanization trends, volumes and prices, etc.).Furthermore, this book places value chain development in the context of a process the authors refer to as structural transformation 2.0, which refers to a process where production factors (labor, land and capital) move from low-productivity agriculture to high-productivity agriculture. Finally, throughout the book the authors interpret the evidence in light of three important debates: (i) how competitive are rural factor and product markets, and what does this imply for distribution and innovation? (ii) what role do foreign investment and factor proportions play in the development of agri-food value chains in Africa? (iii) what complementary government policies can help facilitate a process of agricultural value chain transformation, towards high-productive activities and enhancing the capacity of value chains to generate employment opportunities and food security for a growing population.
Author : Otsuka, Keijiro, ed.
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 798 pages
File Size : 48,65 MB
Release : 2021-01-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0896293831
Agricultural Development: New Perspectives in a Changing World is the first comprehensive exploration of key emerging issues facing developing-country agriculture today, from rapid urbanization to rural transformation to climate change. In this four-part volume, top experts offer the latest research in the field of agricultural development. Using new lenses to examine today’s biggest challenges, contributors address topics such as nutrition and health, gender and household decision-making, agrifood value chains, natural resource management, and political economy. The book also covers most developing regions, providing a critical global perspective at a time when many pressing challenges extend beyond national borders. Tying all this together, Agricultural Development explores policy options and strategies for developing sustainable agriculture and reducing food insecurity and malnutrition. The changing global landscape combined with new and better data, technologies, and understanding means that agriculture can and must contribute to a wider range of development outcomes than ever before, including reducing poverty, ensuring adequate nutrition, creating strong food value chains, improving environmental sustainability, and promoting gender equity and equality. Agricultural Development: New Perspectives in a Changing World, with its unprecedented breadth and scope, will be an indispensable resource for the next generation of policymakers, researchers, and students dedicated to improving agriculture for global wellbeing.
Author : Martin Kriesberg
Publisher :
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 39,63 MB
Release : 1981
Category : Agricultural assistance
ISBN :
Author : Norman Thomas Uphoff
Publisher :
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 10,42 MB
Release : 1984
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
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Page : 247 pages
File Size : 39,10 MB
Release : 1971
Category :
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Author : George W. Norton
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 39,51 MB
Release : 2014-06-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1134710291
Persistent problems with poverty, rapid population growth and malnutrition in many developing countries are among the most serious issues facing the world today. This book examines the causes, severity and effects of these problems, as well as potential solutions. The authors consider the implications of globalization of goods, services and capital for agriculture, poverty and the environment; and identify linkages in the world food system, stressing how agricultural and economic situations in poor countries affect industrialized nations and vice versa. Focusing on the role that agriculture can play in improving economic and nutritional wellbeing and how that role might be enhanced, this book is essential reading.
Author : Carl K. Eicher
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 17,76 MB
Release : 1998-11-20
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780801858796
Other topics include 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, input delivery systems, marketing and low rates of agricultural growth in much of sub-Saharan Africa.