International Agricultural Development / Edition 3

by Carl K. Eicher, John M. Staatz

Overview

Extensively revised to reflect the new directions in development thought and policy, this new edition of a classic text examines what has been learned theoretically and empirically about agricultural and rural economic development since the 1950s.

With 24 of the 35 chapters completely new, the book takes into account recent developments in international agricultural development, especially as these affected the role of the state, markets, and other institutions in development. The authors address three basic questions about agricultural development in low- and middle-income countries: What are the strategic roles of agriculture in national development strategies? How can the agrarian transformation be accelerated? How can rural economic development be promoted to generate jobs and reduce poverty in rural areas? In addressing these questions, the authors deal with topics such as market failures, food insecurity, rural poverty, environmental degradation, income and asset inequality, fiscally sustainable organizations, the changing roles of the public and private sector in research, and input and output marketing systems. Four case studies (China, Indonesia, Colombia, and Sub-Saharan Africa) examine how different countries struggle with these issues as they restructure their basic economic institutions.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801858796
Publisher:	Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date:	11/20/1998
Series:	The Johns Hopkins Studies in Development
Edition description:	third edition
Pages:	632
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.47(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Carl Eicher is the University Distinguished Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at Michigan State University.

John M. Staatz is a professor n the Department of Agricultural Economics at Michigan State University.

Table of Contents

Preface
Part I. The Challenge
Introduction
Agricultural Development Ideas in Historical Perspective
Agricultural and Foods Needs to 2025
Foreign Aid and Agriculture-Led Development
Part II. Historical and Theoretical Perspectives
Introduction
Economic Performance through Time
Community, Market, and State
Markets, Market Failures, and Development
The Agricultural Transformation
Agriculture on the Road to Industrialization
Models of Agricultural Development
Induced Innovation Model of Agricultural Development
Part III. Policy Perspectives
Introduction
The Macroeconomics of Food and Agriculture
The Case for Trade Liberalization
The Plundering of Agriculture in Developing Countries
The Political Framework for Agricultural Policy Decisions
Food, Economics, and Entitlements
Part IV. Agricultural Transformation and Rural Economic Development
Introduction
Learning from Experience
Agricultural Development: Transforming Human Capital, Technology, and Institutions
Agricultural and Rural Development: Painful Lessons
The Peasant in Economic Modernization
Institutional and Human Capital
Reflections on Land Reform and Farm Size
Investing in People
Projects for Women: Explaining Their Misbehavior
Agricultural Extension in the Twenty-first Century
How Do Market Failures Justify Interventions in Rural Credit Markets?
Microfinance: The Paradigm Shift form Credit Delivery to Sustainable Financial Intermediation
Micro and Small Enterprises and the Rural Poor
Technology Development and Sustainability
Constraints on the Design of Sustainable Systems of Agricultural Production
African Agriculture: Productivity and Sustainability Issues
Maintaining Productivity Gains in Post- Green Revolution Asian Agriculture
Confronting the Ecological Consequences of the Rice Green Revolution in Tropical Asia
Choice of Technique in Rice Milling on Java
Past V. Lessons from Economies in Transition
Introduction
Agricultural Development and Reform in China
The Role of Agriculture in Indonesia's Development
Zimbabwe's Maize Revoluion: Insights for Closing Africa's Food Gap.
Path-dependent Policy Reforms: From Land Reform to Rural Development in Columbia
Agricultrual Reform in Central and Eastern Europe
Name Index
Subject Index

Editorial Reviews

The third edition of Carl Eicher and John Staatz's compendium of literature on agricultural development represents a substantial improvement over what was already by far the best collection available. The new edition (re-titled from Agricultural Development in the Third World) is thoroughly revised and updated. Of the 35 chapters, 24 are new to this edition. Ten of the new chapters were commissioned especially for this volume, and I completely agree with the editors' selection of 11 chapters retained from the second edition. The changes serve well to broaden and modernize the scope of the previous volume, paying substantial attention to topics of current concern, and strengthening intellectual ties between agricultural development and the broader literature on economic development. In short, it remains the preeminent anthology in the field and should be required reading in any graduate or undergraduate course in agricultural development.
—Steven A. Block, American Journal of Agricultural Economics

A welcome addition to the literature on agricultural development . . . with a wide coverage of its major considerations.
—Canadian Journal of Development Studies

Presents the views of leading scholars on major theoretical and policy issues concerning agriculture's role in the Third World economies
—.Abstracts of Development Studies

From the Publisher

"Presents the views of leading scholars on major theoretical and policy issues concerning agriculture's role in the Third World economies"

. Abstracts of Development Studies

A welcome addition to the literature on agricultural development... with a wide coverage of its major considerations.

Canadian Journal of Development Studies

The third edition of Carl Eicher and John Staatz's compendium of literature on agricultural development represents a substantial improvement over what was already by far the best collection available. The new edition (re-titled from Agricultural Development in the Third World) is thoroughly revised and updated. Of the 35 chapters, 24 are new to this edition. Ten of the new chapters were commissioned especially for this volume, and I completely agree with the editors' selection of 11 chapters retained from the second edition. The changes serve well to broaden and modernize the scope of the previous volume, paying substantial attention to topics of current concern, and strengthening intellectual ties between agricultural development and the broader literature on economic development. In short, it remains the preeminent anthology in the field and should be required reading in any graduate or undergraduate course in agricultural development.

American Journal of Agricultural Economics - Steven A. Block

A collection of essays addressing basic questions about agricultural development in low- and middle-income countries, arranged in sections on historical, theoretical, and policy perspectives, agricultural transformation and rural economic development, and lessons from economies in transition. Includes an introductory background chapter, as well as section introductions. This edition has a more global title, and includes 24 new chapters, while retaining eleven key contributions from the first and second editions. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Booknews

Presents the views of leading scholars on major theoretical and policy issues concerning agriculture's role in the Third World economies

.Abstracts of Development Studies