Introduction

John W. Mellor
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John W. Mellor: Cornell University

Chapter Chapter 1 in Agricultural Development and Economic Transformation, 2017, pp 1-14 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter first summarizes the two “big ideas” that are the subject of this book. These ideas differ from current central tendencies in thinking about the agriculture of low- and middle-income countries and poverty reduction. That is followed by definition of the concepts that are central to the analysis in this book—geographic area and national income level, four types of households (small commercial farm, large-scale/feudal farm, rural non-farm, and urban), economic transformation, agricultural modernization, and rapid agricultural growth.

Keywords: Small Commercial Farmers; Rapid Agricultural Growth; National Income Levels; Poverty reductionPoverty Reduction; Agricultural Modernization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-65259-7_1

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