Agricultural Development and Economic Transformation by John W Mellor

Agricultural Development and Economic Transformation by John W Mellor

This book examines the role of agriculture in the economic transformation of developing low- and middle-income countries and explores means for accelerating agricultural growth and poverty reduction.

“The book offers a detailed roadmap for government-driven structural transformation via small-farm agricultureThe prose in the book is remarkably accessible to practitioners, students, and applied economists. … amount of detail Mellor offers from agricultural development in different developing countries is an achievement, and the book makes for an engaging read.” (Sumit Mishra, Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Vol. 63 (2), 2019)

 

John W. Mellor is Professor Emeritus, Cornell University, USA, and President of John Mellor Associates, Inc., a policy consulting firm. He was previously Professor of Agricultural Economics, Economics and Asian Studies; Associate Director and Acting Director of the Center for International Studies, Cornell University; Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute; and Chief Economist of the United States Agency for International Development. He was the recipient of the Wihuri Prize (Finland) and the Presidential Award (The Reagan White House, USA) for efforts to alleviate hunger, and he is an elected Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Agricultural Economics Association. 

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ISBN 13	9783319652580
ISBN 10	3319652583
Title	Agricultural Development and Economic Transformation
Author	John W Mellor
Series	Palgrave Studies In Agricultural Economics And Food Policy
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Springer International Publishing AG
Year published	2017-10-24
Number of pages	259
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