Transformations in Agriculture and their Implications for Rural Development

Peter Hazell ()
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Peter Hazell: Visiting Professsor Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London, Wye Campus

The Electronic Journal of Agricultural and Development Economics, 2007, vol. 4, issue 1, 47-65

Abstract: The paper reviews the implications for rural development of current transformations in agriculture. It first identifies some of the driving forces - in addition to the impact of rising incomes in some but not all developing countries - behind the transformation process: changing market chains, shifts in public policy, OECD agricultural policies and HIV/AIDS. It then discusses some strategic issues for assisting the rural sector and small farms in developing countries: increasing the productivity of food staples, diversification into higher value products, organizing small farmer for marketing, agricultural services, non-farm opportunities and migration and targeting the vulnerable. It emphasizes the need for integrated interventions if small farm development is to offer a viable pro-poor option for agricultural development.

Keywords: rural development; poverty reduction; agricultural transformation; small farm development. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O10 O13 O18 Q10 Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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