Technological change and price effects in agriculture: conceptual and comparative perspectives

Eleni Zaude Gabre-Madhin, Christopher Barrett and Paul Dorosh ()

No 62, MTID discussion papers from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: This paper addresses the conceptual issues around the negative price effects of technological change on agricultural producers, explores price policy options vis-Ã -vis this problem, and reviews and compares experiences across Asian countries as they transformed their rural economies. It then draws implications for the challenge of achieving a smallholder-led agricultural revolution in Africa in the context of market liberalization.

Keywords: small farmers; technological changes; market prices; trade liberalization; small farms; agricultural economics; rural development; agricultural products; Sub-Saharan Africa; Africa; Oceania (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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