Developing countries employ a very large share of their workforce in agriculture, a sector in which their labor … productivity is particularly low. We take a macroeconomic approach to analyze the role of agriculture in development. We construct … dramatically relative to labor prices; concurrently, capital and intermediate input use in agriculture increases by a factor of 300 …

from agriculture. Many rural people in the developing world are poor, and conversely, most of the world's poor people … inhabit rural areas. Agriculture also accounts for a significant fraction of the economic activity in the developing world … that changes affecting agriculture have large aggregate effects. Thus, it seems reasonable that agricultural productivity …

; geographical isolation ; economic development ; agriculture ; industrialization …

; Geographical isolation ; Economic development ; Agriculture ; Industrialization …

sectors, agriculture plays a specific role in economic development because of its significant share in total employment and … value added in agriculture. The special attention is devoted to the position of the agricultural sector that may positive … development and point that agriculture still dominates in terms of employment. Moreover, a significant reduction of agriculture …

effects of cooperation on the intensive margin of agriculture, low land productivity countries lagged behind during the … important in the process of industrialization, the transition from agriculture to industry among unfavorable land endowment …

effects of cooperation on the intensive margin of agriculture, low land productivity countries lagged behind during the … important in the process of industrialization, the transition from agriculture to industry among unfavorable land endowment …