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The economics of agricultural development created by John W Mellor

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cornell University Press, 1966Copyright date: ©1966Description: xiv, 403 pages illustrations 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0801402972
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD1415 MEL
Contents:
Introduction The economic transformation Food supplies, nutrition, and population growth Income and growth in the effective demand for food Agriculture and capital formation Agriculture and foreign exchange Increasing rural welfare The farm in a traditional agriculture Labor use and productivity Land and capital Prices and price policy Sources of increased output in a traditional agriculture The economic framework of agricultural modernization Economic incentives to produce Improved production possibilities- research Supply of new forms of inputs Financing expanded production Marketing and marketing institutions The critical role of education The size of farms as related to institutional organization Planning agricultural development
Summary: The role of agriculture in economic development. The nature of traditional agriculture. The modernization of agriculture
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Main Library Open Shelf HD1415 MEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 162981 Available BK150936
Book Book Main Library Open Shelf HD1415 MEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 41298 Available BK11140
Book Book Main Library Core Collection HD1415 MEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 41299 Available BK11173
Book Book Main Library Open Shelf HD1415 MEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 48548 Available BK119836
Book Book School of Social Work Library Open Shelf HD1415 MEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 134773 Available BK116347
Book Book Zvishavane Library Open Shelf HD1415 MEL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 40715 Available BK11650

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction The economic transformation Food supplies, nutrition, and population growth Income and growth in the effective demand for food Agriculture and capital formation Agriculture and foreign exchange Increasing rural welfare The farm in a traditional agriculture Labor use and productivity Land and capital Prices and price policy Sources of increased output in a traditional agriculture The economic framework of agricultural modernization Economic incentives to produce Improved production possibilities- research Supply of new forms of inputs Financing expanded production Marketing and marketing institutions The critical role of education The size of farms as related to institutional organization Planning agricultural development

The role of agriculture in economic development. The nature of traditional agriculture. The modernization of agriculture

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