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Transcript of Chapter 10 Slide 1 Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc.
Chapter 10 Slide 1Copyright © 2003 Pearson Education, Inc.
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Agricultural Transformation and Rural Development
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The Imperative of Agricultural Progress and Rural Development The heavy emphasis in the past on
rapid industrialization may have been misplaced
Agricultural development is now seen as an important part of any development strategy
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Agricultural Stagnation and Growth Since 1950 Although agriculture employs the
majority of the LDC labor force, it accounts for a much lower share of total output
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Agricultural Stagnation and Growth Since 1950 Although agriculture employs the
majority of the LDC labor force, it accounts for a much lower share of total output
Trends in per capita food and agricultural production, 1950 -1994
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Figure 10.1 Index of Per Capita Food Production in Developing Regions, 1970-1994
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The Structure of Third World Agrarian Systems Two kinds of world agriculture
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The Structure of Third World Agrarian Systems Two kinds of world agriculture Peasant agriculture in Latin America,
Asia, and Africa– Latin America and Asia: similarities and
differences– The Latifundio-Minifundio pattern
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Figure 10.2 Lorenz Curves of Agricultural Land Distribution by Operational Holdings
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The Structure of Third World Agrarian Systems
Two kinds of world agriculture Peasant agriculture in Latin America, Asia,
and Africa– Latin America and Asia: similarities and
differences– The Latifundio-Minifundio pattern– Fragmentation and subdivision of peasant land
in Asia– Africa: extensive cultivation patterns
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The Important Role of Women
Women provide 60% to 80% of agricultural labor in Africa and Asia, and 40% in Latin America
Women work longer hours than men Government assistance programs tend
to reach men, not women
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The Economics of Agricultural Development: Transition From Peasant to Commercial Farming Subsistence farming: risk aversion,
uncertainty, and survival
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Figure 10.3 Small-Farmer Attitudes towards Risk: Why It Is Sometimes Rational to Resist Innovation and Change
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Figure 10.4 Crop Yield Probability Densities of Two Different Farming Techniques
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Figure 10.5 Incentives under Sharecropping
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The Economics of Agricultural Development: Transition From Peasant to Commercial Farming Subsistence farming: risk aversion,
uncertainty, and survival The transition to mixed and diversified
farming From divergence to specialization:
modern commercial farming
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Toward a Strategy of Agricultural and Rural Development Improving small-scale agriculture Conditions for rural development
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Concepts for Review
Agrarian systems Cash crops Diversified farming Family farm Green revolution Integrated rural
development
Interlocking factor markets
Landlord Land reform Latifundio Medium-sized farms Minifundio Mixed farming
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Concepts for Review, cont’d
Moneylender Patrón Per capita
agricultural production
Per capita food production
Price bands Productivity gap
Scale-neutral Sharecropper Shifting cultivation Specialized farming Staple foods Subsistence farming Tenant farmer Transactions costs
