How open should a developing country's agriculture be to the world economy? What are the medium-term effects for growth and income distribution of "close" integration with world agricultural markets through trade liberalisation and domestic reform? And what are the implications of the...

Two contrasting views on agriculture's role in India's longer-term development strategy are identified and evaluated with the help of a dynamic multisector model, capturing the structural features of India's mixed economy. The simulation results show that policy recommendations favoring...