Agricultural and Rural Green Development (ARGD) and economic growth are major challenges prevalent in China, but also in other developing countries, and the coordination relationship between them is still unknown. This paper first offers a theoretical analysis of the interactive relationship...

Empirical evidence proves that agricultural R&D expenditure and researchers attract high returns though the investments have long-gestation periods. Nonetheless, sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) invests meanly in agricultural R&D and researchers. This study explores the impacts of agricultural R&D...

As the digital economy has touched the agricultural sector in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), it is useful to examine the impact of the digital economy on agricultural development. The study uses a panel data of 35 SSA countries from 2006 to 2021 and examines the relationship between digital economy...

Vulnerability assessments by developing Farmers’ Distress Index (FDI) can play a vital role in the design of appropriate adaptation and mitigation policies directed towards the various structural changes in the recent era — for those who depend on agriculture for their livelihood and...

Nearly three decades after the dawn of democracy, South Africa has remained a country of 'two agricultures'. On the one hand we have a subsistence, primarily non-commercial, black farming segment. On the other hand, however, we have a predominantly commercial and white farming sector that is...

The agricultural sector's perceived importance in the international development circle waned dramatically after the 1980s, and investments in rural development and agricultural research and development declined sharply. This volume reasserts the role of agricultural and rural development in the...

Main description: Richard Smethurst shows that the growth of a rural market economy did not impoverish the Japanese farmer. Instead, it led to a general increase in rural prosperity.Originally published in 1986.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make...

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Foreword / Sen, S. R. -- Introduction / Papanek, Gustav F. -- 1. India's Intensive Agricultural Districts Programme -- 2. IADP in Action -- 3. IADP's Impact on Agricultural Production -- 4. IADP's Impact on Institutions and Policies -- 5. Conclusions and...