The Farm, the Farmer, and Labor Supply

John W. Mellor
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John W. Mellor: Cornell University

Chapter Chapter 6 in Agricultural Development and Economic Transformation, 2017, pp 75-86 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Rapid agricultural growth with all its benefits is possible because of the potential for the small commercial farmer to change from low-productivity underutilization of resources in traditional agriculture to high-productivity greater use of resources in a modernizing agriculture. The conditions of traditional agriculture provide the base for modernization, influencing how it proceeds, and its impact. Of particular importance are the labor/leisure choices of the small commercial farmer, how they differ considerably and among farms, and how that provides the basis for quite different outcomes in a variety of situations. Discussion of policies for increasing production in traditional agriculture explains why continuous rapid growth does not occur in traditional agriculture.

Keywords: Small Commercial Farmers; Traditional Agriculture; Rapid Agricultural Growth; Modernizing Agriculture; Hookah Smoking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-65259-7_6

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