Agricultural development and economic transformation : promoting growth with poverty reduction /: promoting growth with poverty reduction. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John W. Mellor.
• Authors: Mellor, John Williams, 1928-
• Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. The Economic Transformation -- 3. Measuring the Impact of Agricultural Growth on the Economic Transformation -- 4. Poverty, Food Security, and Nutrition -- 5. Capital Formation and the Exchange Rate -- 6. The Farm, The Farmer, and Labor Supply -- 7. Land and Land Tenure -- 8. Government and the Institutions of Modernization -- 9. Physical Infrastructure -- 10. Education and Health -- 11. Prices and Price Policy -- 12. Research and Extension -- 13. Purchased Inputs -- 14. Finance for the Small Commercial Farmer -- 15. Cities, Consumption, and Marketing Dynamics -- 16. The Role of Foreign Aid -- 17. Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (xviii, 259 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 338.1/09172/4; Economics; Agriculture -- Economic aspects -- Developing countries; Agricultural innovations -- Developing countries; Agricultural productivity -- Developing countries; Management science; Agricultural economics; Development economics; Industrial organization; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General; Agricultural innovations; Agricultural productivity; Agriculture -- Economic aspects; Business & Economics -- Development -- General; Business & Economics -- Industrial Management; Development economics & emerging economies; Economics of industrial organisation; Business & Economics -- Industries -- Agribusiness; Agricultural science; Developing countries; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319652597; 3319652591
• Related ISBNs: 9783319652580; 3319652583
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 30, 2017).
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