Agricultural Development: An International PerspectiveEconomic theory, agricultural development, role of technological change - economic model, comparison of agricultural production in developed countries and developing countries, role of science and agricultural technology in Japan and the USA, technology transfer, implications for agricultural policy. Graphs, references, statistical tables. |
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Agriculture in Economic Development | 9 |
Theories of Agricultural Development | 41 |
The Location Model | 52 |
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