Transformation of the rural economy
The chapter examines whether contract farming confers benefits primarily to large farmers in practice and how we may be able to make smallholders significantly better off by introducing new profitable crops and livestock products. More often than not, agriculture does not provide ample employment op...
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| author | Otsuka, Keijiro Zhang, Xiaobo |
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| description | The chapter examines whether contract farming confers benefits primarily to large farmers in practice and how we may be able to make smallholders significantly better off by introducing new profitable crops and livestock products. More often than not, agriculture does not provide ample employment opportunities, largely due to land constraints on production expansion. One solution is to develop nonfarm sectors so as to provide more lucrative employment opportunities, in which working members of farm households increasingly find jobs. The chapter demonstrates the critical importance of increasing nonfarm income to improve the income of rural households and examines the roles of infrastructure and human capital in raising nonfarm income. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1423692025-11-06T03:56:41Z Transformation of the rural economy Otsuka, Keijiro Zhang, Xiaobo income nonfarm income green revolution agriculture agricultural development rural economy rural development rural urban migration migration rural areas industrialization The chapter examines whether contract farming confers benefits primarily to large farmers in practice and how we may be able to make smallholders significantly better off by introducing new profitable crops and livestock products. More often than not, agriculture does not provide ample employment opportunities, largely due to land constraints on production expansion. One solution is to develop nonfarm sectors so as to provide more lucrative employment opportunities, in which working members of farm households increasingly find jobs. The chapter demonstrates the critical importance of increasing nonfarm income to improve the income of rural households and examines the roles of infrastructure and human capital in raising nonfarm income. 2021-02-01 2024-05-22T12:10:23Z 2024-05-22T12:10:23Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/142369 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293830 https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293854 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Otsuka, Keijiro; and Zhang, Xiaobo. 2021. Transformation of the rural economy. In Agricultural development: New perspectives in a changing world, eds. Keijiro Otsuka and Shenggen Fan. Part Three: Context for Agricultural Development, Chapter 11, Pp. 359-396. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293830_11. |
| spellingShingle | income nonfarm income green revolution agriculture agricultural development rural economy rural development rural urban migration migration rural areas industrialization Otsuka, Keijiro Zhang, Xiaobo Transformation of the rural economy |
| title | Transformation of the rural economy |
| title_full | Transformation of the rural economy |
| title_fullStr | Transformation of the rural economy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Transformation of the rural economy |
| title_short | Transformation of the rural economy |
| title_sort | transformation of the rural economy |
| topic | income nonfarm income green revolution agriculture agricultural development rural economy rural development rural urban migration migration rural areas industrialization |
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