Description: Agriculture and Development : A Brief Review of the Literature

Agriculture and Development : A Brief Review of the Literature

After 20 years of neglect by international donors, agriculture is now again in the headlines because higher food prices are increasing food insecurity and poverty. In the coming years it will be essential to increase food productivity and productio...

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Main Authors:	Dethier, Jean-Jacques, Effenberger, Alexandra
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ACCESS TO CREDIT ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE ACCESS TO MARKETS ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION AFRICAN FARMERS AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES AGRICULTURAL GOODS AGRICULTURAL GROWTH AGRICULTURAL MARKET AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRICE AGRICULTURAL PRICES AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS AGRICULTURAL R&AMP;D AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHERS AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES AGRICULTURAL WAGES AGRICULTURAL YIELDS AID TO AGRICULTURE ANIMAL TRACTION ANIMALS APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY BIODIVERSITY BIOSAFETY BIOTECHNOLOGY CAPITAL COSTS CASH TRANSFERS CGIAR CGIAR RESEARCH CHRONIC POVERTY CLIMATE CHANGE COMMODITY PRICES COMMUNITY RESOURCES CREDIT MARKETS CROP CROP AREA CROP SHARE CROP VARIETIES CROPLAND DEFORESTATION DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC PRICES DOUBLY GREEN REVOLUTION DRIVERS OF POVERTY REDUCTION DROUGHT ECONOMIC GROWTH EMPLOYMENT CREATION EMPLOYMENT GENERATION EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENGINE OF GROWTH ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE EXTENSION AGENTS EXTERNALITIES FAO FARM ACTIVITIES FARM EMPLOYMENT FARM HOUSEHOLDS FARM INCOME FARM PRODUCTION FARM PRODUCTIVITY FARM SECTOR FARM SIZE FARM WORK FARMER FARMER ASSOCIATIONS FARMER GROUPS FARMER ORGANIZATIONS FARMERS FARMING FARMING SYSTEMS FERTILIZERS FOOD CROPS FOOD IMPORTS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD MARKETS FOOD POLICY FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PROGRAMS FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUBSIDIES FOOD SUPPLY GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBAL POVERTY GREEN REVOLUTION HARVEST HOUSEHOLD INCOME HUMAN CAPITAL HYBRID MAIZE IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS IMPACT ON POVERTY IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION INCOME INCOME GENERATION INCOME GROWTH INCOME RISK INCOME SHOCKS INCOMES FROM AGRICULTURE INEQUALITY INNOVATION INSURANCE INSURANCE MARKETS INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS IRRIGATION IRRIGATION SYSTEMS LAND ASSETS LAND DEGRADATION LAND DISTRIBUTION LAND HOLDINGS LAND PRODUCTIVITY LAND QUALITY LAND REFORMS LAND TENURE LANDHOLDINGS LANDS LARGE FARMS MAIZE MARKET FAILURES MEDIUM-SIZE FARMERS MIGRATION FROM AGRICULTURE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEMS NEW CROP VARIETIES NONFARM INCOME NUTRITION PARTICIPATION OF BENEFICIARIES PLANT BREEDING POLLUTION POOR POOR CONSUMERS POOR COUNTRIES POOR FARMERS POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR INDIVIDUALS POOR PEOPLE POOR POPULATIONS POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY REDUCTION PRICE STABILIZATION PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH PUBLIC SPENDING RAW MATERIALS REDUCTION OF POVERTY REGIONAL APPROACHES REGIONAL DIFFERENCES REGIONAL INITIATIVES REGIONAL LEVEL REGIONALIZATION REMOTE RURAL AREAS RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL RURAL ACTIVITIES RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES RURAL ECONOMY RURAL ENTERPRISES RURAL GROUPS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL INCOME RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL LABOR RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL POPULATIONS RURAL POVERTY RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION RURAL ROADS RURAL SECTOR RURAL TOWNS SAFETY NET SAVINGS SCHOOLING SEEDS SHARECROPPING SHARECROPPING ARRANGEMENTS SMALL FARMERS SMALL FARMS SMALLHOLDER SECTOR SOCIAL CAPITAL SOIL DEGRADATION SOIL FERTILITY STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION SUBSISTENCE TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION UNEMPLOYMENT URBAN BIAS URBAN POVERTY VILLAGE COMMUNITIES VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY WAGE EMPLOYMENT WAR WHEAT WORKING CAPITAL
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Summary:	After 20 years of neglect by international donors, agriculture is now again in the headlines because higher food prices are increasing food insecurity and poverty. In the coming years it will be essential to increase food productivity and production in developing countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa and with smallholders. This however requires finding viable solutions to a number of complex technical, institutional and policy issues including land markets, research on seeds and inputs; agricultural extension; credit; rural infrastructure; storage; connection to markets; rural nonfarm employment and food price stabilization. This paper reviews what the economic literature has to say on these topics. It discusses in turn the role played by agriculture in the development process and the interactions between agriculture and other economic sectors; the determinants of the Green Revolution and discuss the foundations of agricultural growth; issues of income diversification by farmers; approaches to rural development; and finally issues of international trade policy and food security which are at the root of the crisis in agricultural commodity volatility in the past few years.

Agriculture and Development : A Brief Review of the Literature

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