1st Edition

Agriculture and Rural Development in a Globalizing World Challenges and Opportunities

Edited By Prabhu Pingali, Gershon Feder Copyright 2017
    404 Pages 85 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    404 Pages 85 B/W Illustrations
    by Routledge

    Rapid structural transformation and urbanization are transforming agriculture and food production in rural areas across the world. This textbook provides a comprehensive review and assessment of the multi-faceted nature of  agriculture and rural development, particularly in the developing world, where the greatest challenges occur.

    It is designed around five thematic parts: Agricultural Intensification and Technical Change; Political Economy of Agricultural Policies; Community and Rural Institutions; Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health; and Future Relevance of International Institutions. Each chapter presents a detailed but accessible review of the literature on the specific topic and discusses the frontiers in research and institutional changes needed as societies adapt to the transformation processes. All authors are eminent scholars with international reputations, who have been actively engaged in the contemporary debates around agricultural development and rural transformation.

    1. Introduction

    Prabhu Pingali and Gershon Feder

    Part 1: Agricultural Intensification and Technical Change

    2. Modern Agricultural Technology Adoption in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Four-Country Analysis

    Gershon Feder and Sara Savastano

    3. Revisiting the Farm Size–Productivity Relationship: New Evidence from Sub-Saharan African Countries

    Pasquale Lucio Scandizzo and Sara Savastano

    4. From Land Grabs to Land Development: The Past and Potential of Private Investment in Frontier Agriculture

    Derek Byerlee, William A. Masters, and Daniel S. Robinson

    5. Staples Production: Efficient "Subsistence" Smallholders Are Key to Poverty Reduction, Development, and Trade

    Michael Lipton

    Part 2: Political Economy of Agricultural Policies

    6. Transforming African Economies and the Evolving Structure of African Agriculture

    Johann Kirsten and Frikkie Liebenberg

    7. Origins and Some Empirical Tests of Theories of Agricultural Evolution

    John Murray McIntire

    8. Toward More Evidence-based Decision-making in the Land Sector: Can It Help to Close Implementation Gaps?

    Klaus Deininger

    9. Food Price Changes, Domestic Price Insulation, and Poverty (When All Policymakers Want to Be Above Average)

    Kym Anderson, William J. Martin, and Maros Ivanic

    10. Institutional Constraints and Options for Expanding the Biotechnology Revolution in Developing Countries

    Greg Traxler

    Part 3: Community and Rural Institutions

    11. Beyond Hype: Another Look at Index-based Agricultural Insurance

    Peter Hazell and Ulrich Hess

    12. Beyond Water Markets: Second-best Water Allocation Policy?

    Mark W. Rosegrant, Man Li, and Wenchao Xu

    13. Reflections on Community-Driven Development

    Jacomina de Regt

    Part 4: Agriculture, Nutrition, and Health

    14. Agricultural Change and Health and Nutrition in Emerging Economies

    Joachim von Braun

    15. Understanding the Multidimensional Nature of the Malnutrition Problem in India

    Prabhu Pingali and Tanvi Rao

    Part 5: Future Relevance of International Institutions

    16. Structural Transformation and the Transition from Concessional Assistance to Commercial Flows: The Past and Possible Future Contributions of the World Bank

    Uma Lele, Sambuddha Goswami, and Gianluigi Nico

    17. The Relevance of the CGIAR in a Modernizing World: Or Has It Been Reformed ad infinitum into Dysfunctionality?

    Alex F. McCalla

    Biography

    Prabhu Pingali is a professor in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University, New York, with a joint appointment in the Division of Nutritional Sciences. He is Founding Director of the Tata-Cornell Institute for Agriculture and Nutrition (TCI).

    Gershon Feder is Chair of the Publications Review Committee at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC. Previously he held various positions at the World Bank, most recently Senior Research Manager at the Development Research Group.

    "How do agriculture and rural development practices need to adapt to meet the needs of a world experiencing rapid globalisation and urbanisation? Such a broad but timely question demands in-depth and wide-ranging analysis, and this volume in Earthscan's Food and Agriculture series provides just that." - Spore (the newsletter of CTA), number 185