Agriculture as viewed by ECLAC

In this article the author presents a survey of CEPAL's views on the subject of agriculture, starting with the direct references made to this topic in 1949 in some of the first documents issued by the Commission and continuing on up to its most recent analyses. CEPAL has focused its attention on the social implications of the modernization of production, on the paucity of government action aimed at changing countries' agrarian structures, and on the insufficient attention devoted to peasant economies. The writings of CEPAL thus continue to attest to its deep concern with agrarian issues