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Agriculture and Development : A Brief Review of the Literature

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dc.creator Dethier, Jean-Jacques
dc.creator Effenberger, Alexandra
dc.date 2012-03-19T18:00:19Z
dc.date 2012-03-19T18:00:19Z
dc.date 2011-01-01
dc.date.accessioned 2023-02-17T20:54:26Z
dc.date.available 2023-02-17T20:54:26Z
dc.identifier http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110131131635
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3323
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/244231
dc.description 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.
dc.language English
dc.relation Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5553
dc.rights CC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.rights World Bank
dc.subject ACCESS TO CREDIT
dc.subject ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject ACCESS TO INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject ACCESS TO MARKETS
dc.subject ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION
dc.subject AFRICAN FARMERS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL GOODS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL GROWTH
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL MARKET
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL POLICY
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PRICE
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PRICES
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL R&D
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL RESEARCHERS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL REVOLUTION
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL WAGES
dc.subject AGRICULTURAL YIELDS
dc.subject AID TO AGRICULTURE
dc.subject ANIMAL TRACTION
dc.subject ANIMALS
dc.subject APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY
dc.subject BIODIVERSITY
dc.subject BIOSAFETY
dc.subject BIOTECHNOLOGY
dc.subject CAPITAL COSTS
dc.subject CASH TRANSFERS
dc.subject CGIAR
dc.subject CGIAR RESEARCH
dc.subject CHRONIC POVERTY
dc.subject CLIMATE CHANGE
dc.subject COMMODITY PRICES
dc.subject COMMUNITY RESOURCES
dc.subject CREDIT MARKETS
dc.subject CROP
dc.subject CROP AREA
dc.subject CROP SHARE
dc.subject CROP VARIETIES
dc.subject CROPLAND
dc.subject DEFORESTATION
dc.subject DIVERSIFICATION
dc.subject DOMESTIC PRICES
dc.subject DOUBLY GREEN REVOLUTION
dc.subject DRIVERS OF POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject DROUGHT
dc.subject ECONOMIC GROWTH
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT CREATION
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT GENERATION
dc.subject EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
dc.subject ENGINE OF GROWTH
dc.subject ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE
dc.subject EXTENSION AGENTS
dc.subject EXTERNALITIES
dc.subject FAO
dc.subject FARM ACTIVITIES
dc.subject FARM EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject FARM HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject FARM INCOME
dc.subject FARM PRODUCTION
dc.subject FARM PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject FARM SECTOR
dc.subject FARM SIZE
dc.subject FARM WORK
dc.subject FARMER
dc.subject FARMER ASSOCIATIONS
dc.subject FARMER GROUPS
dc.subject FARMER ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject FARMERS
dc.subject FARMING
dc.subject FARMING SYSTEMS
dc.subject FERTILIZERS
dc.subject FOOD CROPS
dc.subject FOOD IMPORTS
dc.subject FOOD INSECURITY
dc.subject FOOD MARKETS
dc.subject FOOD POLICY
dc.subject FOOD PRICE
dc.subject FOOD PRICES
dc.subject FOOD PROGRAMS
dc.subject FOOD SECURITY
dc.subject FOOD SUBSIDIES
dc.subject FOOD SUPPLY
dc.subject GLOBAL MARKETS
dc.subject GLOBAL POVERTY
dc.subject GREEN REVOLUTION
dc.subject HARVEST
dc.subject HOUSEHOLD INCOME
dc.subject HUMAN CAPITAL
dc.subject HYBRID MAIZE
dc.subject IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS
dc.subject IMPACT ON POVERTY
dc.subject IMPACT ON POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject INCOME
dc.subject INCOME GENERATION
dc.subject INCOME GROWTH
dc.subject INCOME RISK
dc.subject INCOME SHOCKS
dc.subject INCOMES FROM AGRICULTURE
dc.subject INEQUALITY
dc.subject INNOVATION
dc.subject INSURANCE
dc.subject INSURANCE MARKETS
dc.subject INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subject IRRIGATION
dc.subject IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
dc.subject LAND ASSETS
dc.subject LAND DEGRADATION
dc.subject LAND DISTRIBUTION
dc.subject LAND HOLDINGS
dc.subject LAND PRODUCTIVITY
dc.subject LAND QUALITY
dc.subject LAND REFORMS
dc.subject LAND TENURE
dc.subject LANDHOLDINGS
dc.subject LANDS
dc.subject LARGE FARMS
dc.subject MAIZE
dc.subject MARKET FAILURES
dc.subject MEDIUM-SIZE FARMERS
dc.subject MIGRATION FROM AGRICULTURE
dc.subject NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
dc.subject NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEMS
dc.subject NEW CROP VARIETIES
dc.subject NONFARM INCOME
dc.subject NUTRITION
dc.subject PARTICIPATION OF BENEFICIARIES
dc.subject PLANT BREEDING
dc.subject POLLUTION
dc.subject POOR
dc.subject POOR CONSUMERS
dc.subject POOR COUNTRIES
dc.subject POOR FARMERS
dc.subject POOR HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject POOR INDIVIDUALS
dc.subject POOR PEOPLE
dc.subject POOR POPULATIONS
dc.subject POPULATION GROWTH
dc.subject POVERTY ALLEVIATION
dc.subject POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject PRICE STABILIZATION
dc.subject PRIVATE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
dc.subject PUBLIC SPENDING
dc.subject RAW MATERIALS
dc.subject REDUCTION OF POVERTY
dc.subject REGIONAL APPROACHES
dc.subject REGIONAL DIFFERENCES
dc.subject REGIONAL INITIATIVES
dc.subject REGIONAL LEVEL
dc.subject REGIONALIZATION
dc.subject REMOTE RURAL AREAS
dc.subject RESEARCH ORGANIZATIONS
dc.subject RISK MANAGEMENT
dc.subject RURAL
dc.subject RURAL ACTIVITIES
dc.subject RURAL AREAS
dc.subject RURAL DEVELOPMENT
dc.subject RURAL DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
dc.subject RURAL ECONOMY
dc.subject RURAL ENTERPRISES
dc.subject RURAL GROUPS
dc.subject RURAL HOUSEHOLDS
dc.subject RURAL INCOME
dc.subject RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subject RURAL LABOR
dc.subject RURAL POOR
dc.subject RURAL POPULATION
dc.subject RURAL POPULATIONS
dc.subject RURAL POVERTY
dc.subject RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION
dc.subject RURAL ROADS
dc.subject RURAL SECTOR
dc.subject RURAL TOWNS
dc.subject SAFETY NET
dc.subject SAVINGS
dc.subject SCHOOLING
dc.subject SEEDS
dc.subject SHARECROPPING
dc.subject SHARECROPPING ARRANGEMENTS
dc.subject SMALL FARMERS
dc.subject SMALL FARMS
dc.subject SMALLHOLDER SECTOR
dc.subject SOCIAL CAPITAL
dc.subject SOIL DEGRADATION
dc.subject SOIL FERTILITY
dc.subject STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION
dc.subject SUBSISTENCE
dc.subject TARGETING
dc.subject TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
dc.subject TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION
dc.subject UNEMPLOYMENT
dc.subject URBAN BIAS
dc.subject URBAN POVERTY
dc.subject VILLAGE COMMUNITIES
dc.subject VULNERABILITY TO POVERTY
dc.subject WAGE EMPLOYMENT
dc.subject WAR
dc.subject WHEAT
dc.subject WORKING CAPITAL
dc.title Agriculture and Development : A Brief Review of the Literature
dc.type Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
dc.coverage The World Region
dc.coverage The World Region


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