Trade and Development of the Agrarian Economy

Rodney Wilson

Chapter 2 in Trade and Investment in the Middle East, 1977, pp 22-44 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract The last 20 years have witnessed probably greater changes in the agricultural sector than any other single period in the history of the Middle East. Massive land reforms have been instigated in Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Iran, involving the breaking up of large estates and their redistribution to tenants, sharecroppers and farm labourers. Co-operative organisations have been set up to provide farmers with agricultural credit and farm inputs while; in addition, an increasing proportion of farm produce has been marketed through these organisations rather than the traditional merchants. New large-scale irrigation projects based, in most cases, on the experience of the Tennessee Valley Authority, have been undertaken, often with foreign assistance, to increase the land available for cultivation and to provide power.1

Keywords: Foreign Exchange; Middle East; Middle Eastern; Land Reform; Middle Eastern Country (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1977
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-03299-0_2

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