The Use of Modern Inputs in the Agricultural Sectors of Developing Countries: the Case of Brazil

Marc Nerlove

Chapter 13 in The Balance between Industry and Agriculture in Economic Development, 1989, pp 299-322 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract An analysis of the factors which determine the degree of modernisation and commercialisation in agriculture, and of the quantitative significance of such factors to farmers’ decisions to adopt new technology, is crucial to a better understanding of the effects of new technology on income distribution and to provide guidelines for a variety of agricultural policies in developing countries. For example, subsidised credit has been used to encourage the adoption of new technology, but often it has been mostly available to large commercial farmers. Even when small farmers and tenants have used subsidised credits, the effectiveness of the policy in encouraging the adoption of modern inputs may have been limited by other factors such as farmers’ lack of information, and by infrastructure limitations to commercialisation of agriculture.

Keywords: Latent Variable; Risk Premium; Livestock Product; Farm Size; Market Imperfection (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1989
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-10274-7_13

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