Progress for Food or Food for Progress?: The Political Economy of Agricultural Growth and Development

by Folke Dovring

Overview

Development is necessary in all countries, not only the so called ‘underdeveloped' or ‘developed' countries. So begins this comparative analysis of agricultural growth and development around the world, not just in developing countries. Unique to this volume is its comprehensive coverage of numerous countries around the world and its in-depth comparison of economic change in relation to historical and geographic diversity. These features, along with ground-breaking conclusions put forth by the author, will interest not only economists, economic jourbanalists, politicians, and business leaders seeking to understand the workings of the international community, but also scholars and students of development, agricultural economic, and comparative economics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275929046
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/20/1988
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

FOLKE DOVRING was Professor in the Department of Agricultural Economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction
Background
Part II: Structures
The Need for Food: Population Growth
The Demand for Food
Differential Sector Growth
Incomes in Agriculture
Productivity in Agriculture
Employment
Institutions
Part III: Processes
Trends in Production and Trade
National Agricultural Policies
Protectionism
International Commodity Agreements
National Planning
International Aid
International Planning?
Part IV: Regions
Tropical Africa
North Africa and the Middle East
Monsoon Asia
Latin America
The USSR and Eastern Europe
Western and Southern Europe
North America and Oceania
Part V: Outlook
Toward the Optional Society?