Agricultural Development: An International PerspectiveProblems and theory; Agriculture in economic development theories; Toward a theory of agricultural development; The agricultural productivity gap among countries; Sources of agricultural productivity differences among countries; Agricultural growth in the United States and Japan; Resource constraints and technical change; Science and progress in agriculture; Can growth be transferred? Theory and history of international technology transfer; A perspective on induced transfer of technology; Technology transfer, trade, and agricultural transformation; Retrospect and prospect; Disequilibrium in world agriculture; Agricultural transformation and economic growth. |
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PART I | 5 |
Toward a Theory of Agricultural Development | 27 |
The Agricultural Productivity Gap among Countries | 67 |
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