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�'CUL TURE IN
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Edited by
on· CARL EICHER and LAWRENCE wrrr
Assistant Professor and Professor of Agricultural Economics
Michigan State University
McGRAW-HILL BOOK COMPANY
New York Toronto San Francisco London
AGRICULTURE IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Copyright © 1964 hy McG'aw-HilI, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Printed in the United States of America. This book, or parts there-
of. may not be reproduced in any Form without permission of
the publishers. Library of Congress Carolog Card Number 63-21779
19131
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CONTENTS
Introduction 1
... PART 1. Agriculture and Economic Development in Historical Perspec-
tive. 7
----I. The Place of Agriculture in Economic Development William H. Nicholls 11
J-- 2. The Role of Agriculture in Modern Japanese Economic Development
Kazushi Ohkawa and Henry Rosovsky. 45
3. Agriculture in Regional Economic Growth Douglass C. North. 69
4. The Share of Agriculture in a Growing Population Falke Dovring 78
PART 2. Measurement Problems in the Agricultural Sector. 99
5. Economic Growth and the Contribution of Agriculture: Notes on Meas-
urement Simon Kuznets. 102
6. A Note on Nonconventional Inputs and Conventional Pioduction Functions
Glenn L. Johnson . 120
PART 3. Theoretical Aspects of Agriculture in Economic Development 125
oDisguised Unemployment in Agriculture: A Survey Charles H. C. Kao,
Kurt R. Anschel. and Carl K. Eicher. . . . . . . . . . 129
8. Economic Theory and Agrarian Economics N. Georgescu-Roegen. 144
9. Economic Theory and Agrarian Reform V. M. Dandekar. 169
10. A Theory of Economic Development Gustav Ranis and John C. H. Fei 181
11. The Ranis-Fei Model of Economic Development: Comment Harry T.
Oshima. The Ranis-Fei Model of Economic Development: Reply Gustav
Ranis and John C. H. Fei . 195
PART4. Some Aspects of the Process of Change in Agriculture. 203
12. Migration from Agriculture: The Historical Record and Its Meaning
Vale E. Hothway . 214
~3. Connections between Natural Resources and Economic Growth Theodore
W. Schultz. 227
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J-M. Comment on "Connections between Natural Resources and Economic 235
Growth" J. H. Dales . 238
15. Patterns of Development in Newly Settled Regions Robert E. Baldwin
16. The Collective Farm System in Russia: Some Aspects of Its Contribution 251
to Soviet Economic Development Arcadius Kahan. 272
"'"""'-l7. Land Reform and Economic Development Doreen Warriner. 299
18. Thoughts on Land Settlement W. Arthur Lewis.
19. Trade Fluctuations and Buffer Policies of Low-income Countries Ragnar 311
Nutkse . 322
20. International Commodity Arrangements Gerda Blau
21. Development through Food Grants and Concesslonal Sales Lawrence
W. Witt 339
22. Programming Changes in Marketing in Planned Economic Development
N. R. Collins and R. H. Holton. 359
23. Research Costs and Social Returns: Hybrid Com and Related Innovations
2vi Griliches . 369
4. Public Purpose in Agricultural Research and Education Earl O. Heady 386
25. Reflections on Economic Development Policy Albert O. Hirschman. 393 Th
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Selected Bibliography. rei
Name Index 405 10
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Subject Index 409 br
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