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The Use of Modern Inputs in the Agricultural Sectors of Developing Countries: the Case of Brazil

In: The Balance between Industry and Agriculture in Economic Development

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  • Marc Nerlove

    (University of Pennsylvania and International Food Policy Research Institute)

Abstract

An analysis of the factors which determine the degree of modernisation and commercialisation in agriculture, and of the quantitative significance of such factors to farmers’ decisions to adopt new technology, is crucial to a better understanding of the effects of new technology on income distribution and to provide guidelines for a variety of agricultural policies in developing countries. For example, subsidised credit has been used to encourage the adoption of new technology, but often it has been mostly available to large commercial farmers. Even when small farmers and tenants have used subsidised credits, the effectiveness of the policy in encouraging the adoption of modern inputs may have been limited by other factors such as farmers’ lack of information, and by infrastructure limitations to commercialisation of agriculture.

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  • Marc Nerlove, 1989. "The Use of Modern Inputs in the Agricultural Sectors of Developing Countries: the Case of Brazil," International Economic Association Series, in: Sukhamoy Chakravarty (ed.), The Balance between Industry and Agriculture in Economic Development, chapter 13, pages 299-322, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:intecp:978-1-349-10274-7_13
    DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-10274-7_13
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