Introduction [in Agriculture on the road to industrialization]

"The faster agriculture grows, the faster its relative size declines." That quotation from The Economics of Agricultural Development (Mellor 1966) still captures the essence of agricultural growth and its causal relationship to the structural transformation and aggregate growth of an economy.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mellor, John W.
Format: Book Chapter
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 1995
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157282
Description
Summary:"The faster agriculture grows, the faster its relative size declines." That quotation from The Economics of Agricultural Development (Mellor 1966) still captures the essence of agricultural growth and its causal relationship to the structural transformation and aggregate growth of an economy.