Title

World Food and Agriculture: Economic Problems and Issues

Year

1988

Abstract

Six esteemed agricultural economists confront a variety of issues ranging from the role of technical change in agricultural development to the persistent problem of hunger in Africa.

Contents

  1. Introduction / Sisay Asefa
  2. Technical Change and Agricultural Development / Vernon Ruttan
  3. The Political Economy of Agricultural and Rural Development / Bruce F. Johnston
  4. Foreign Assistance and Agriculture Development: Implications of the Past 25 Years for Policy Conditionality, Capacity Building, and Sustainability / Uma Lele
  5. United States Agriculture in the Global Context / John W. Mellor
  6. Foreign Assistance and American Agriculture / C. Peter Timmer
  7. Ending African Hunger: Six Challenges for Scientists, Policymakers and Politicians / Carl K. Eicher

Note

Presented during the 22nd Annual Economics lecture series at Western Michigan University

ISBN

9780880990660 (pbk.)

Subject Areas

GLOBAL ISSUES