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Measuring the Impact of Agricultural Growth on Economic Transformation

In: Agricultural Development and Economic Transformation

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  • John W. Mellor

    (Cornell University
    John Mellor Associates, Inc.)

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This chapter measures the impact of rapid growth in agricultural production on income, employment, and food security. It does so by accommodating the variables described in Chap. 2 in a spreadsheet and calculating and comparing the effect of a six percent and a three percent growth rate in agricultural production. The methodology is presented, followed by application to three percent and six percent agricultural production growth rates and then the effect of converting feudal land holdings to small commercial farms. The applications are to Ethiopia and two quite different provinces in Pakistan. A sensitivity test of change in the employment elasticities is carried out and the results sensitive to that assumption are shown.

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  • John W. Mellor, 2017. "Measuring the Impact of Agricultural Growth on Economic Transformation," Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy, in: Agricultural Development and Economic Transformation, chapter 0, pages 29-46, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:psachp:978-3-319-65259-7_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-65259-7_3
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