Nepalese agricultural productivity growth has been very low for a long time. An important reason is the low level of technological innovation and lack of substantial investment in the development of human capital (Schultz, 1964). Education makes a substantial contribution to agricultural...

Professor Resat Aktan, whose memory is honoured by this paper, occupied a unique place in the history of Turkish agriculture--teacher, scholar, Minister of Agriculture, and long-time Turkish delegate to the IAAE. Among his many accomplishments, he led two landmark agricultural surveys which...

Whereas the treatment of space in economic analysis leaves much to be desired, the economic policy issues raised by the existence of spatial disparities are prominent in many debates, as illustrated for instance at the international level by the debate around the need for a new international...

Higher energy prices, particularly those for crude oil, have been a worldwide reality since the creation of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Since many of the inputs in agriculture are either petroleum products or largely petroleum based, the agricultural industry has...

Modern varieties of agricultural crops, commonly referred to as high yielding varieties (HYVs), are being increasingly looked upon as a major source of the additional foodgrain required to attain self-sufficiency in a number of Third World countries. In spite of the demonstrated productivity...

This paper presents the main feature of a recent major study by FAO, hereafter referred to as AT 2000. After outlining the scope and methodology of the study, this paper gives summary results and concludes with a brief identification of the salient aspects of the strategies suggested by the...