Conditions of Agricultural Growth
Investigating the process of agrarian change, this book analyzes costs and productivity under the main systems of primitive agriculture. The conclusion is that technical, economic and social changes are unlikely to take place within primitive agriculture unless the rural community concerned is exposed to the pressure of population growth: a conclusion that is in sharp contrast to generally accepted ideas.
The themes in the book are central to the discussion of the problems of population explosion and the world's undernourished peoples.
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Conditions of Agricultural Growth
Investigating the process of agrarian change, this book analyzes costs and productivity under the main systems of primitive agriculture. The conclusion is that technical, economic and social changes are unlikely to take place within primitive agriculture unless the rural community concerned is exposed to the pressure of population growth: a conclusion that is in sharp contrast to generally accepted ideas.
The themes in the book are central to the discussion of the problems of population explosion and the world's undernourished peoples.
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Conditions of Agricultural Growth

Conditions of Agricultural Growth

by Ester Boserup
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Conditions of Agricultural Growth

by Ester Boserup

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Investigating the process of agrarian change, this book analyzes costs and productivity under the main systems of primitive agriculture. The conclusion is that technical, economic and social changes are unlikely to take place within primitive agriculture unless the rural community concerned is exposed to the pressure of population growth: a conclusion that is in sharp contrast to generally accepted ideas.
The themes in the book are central to the discussion of the problems of population explosion and the world's undernourished peoples.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780415312981
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 06/05/2003
Series: Routledge Library Editions: Development Economics Series
Pages: 124
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 THE DYNAMICS OF LAND UTILIZATION; Chapter 2 THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF LAND USE AND TECHNICAL CHANGE; Chapter 3 LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY UNDER LONG-FALLOW AND SHORT-FALLOW SYSTEMS; Chapter 4 CARRYING CAPACITY OF LAND AND PRODUCTIVITY OF LABOUR UNDER INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE; Chapter 5 POPULATION GROWTH AND WORKING HOURS; Chapter 6 THE COEXISTENCE OF CULTIVATION SYSTEMS; Chapter 7 DIMINISHING RETURNS TO LABOUR AND TECHNICAL INERTIA; Chapter 8 THE VICIOUS CIRCLE OF SPARSE POPULATION AND PRIMITIVE TECHNIQUES; Chapter 9 SYSTEMS OF LAND USE AS A DETERMINANT OF LAND TENURE; Chapter 10 INVESTMENT AND TENURE IN TRIBAL COMMUNITIES; Chapter 11 RURAL INVESTMENT UNDER LANDLORD TENURE; Chapter 12 INCENTIVES TO INVESTMENT UNDER MODERN TENURE; Chapter 13 THE USE OF INDUSTRIAL INPUT IN PRIMITIVE AGRICULTURE; Chapter 14 SOME PERSPECTIVES AND IMPLICATIONS;
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