Indonesia has managed to combine high rates of growth, rapid reductions in rural poverty and a significant structural … transformation of its economy all at the same time without a big increase in urban manufacturing. Agriculture was a critical part of … this transformation through two important channels. First, export-oriented agriculture, particularly palm oil and rubber …

This chapter is motivated by the question of whether development assistance directed at agriculture (agricultural aid … results. Aid to agriculture from nearly all donors fell precipitously beginning in the mid-1980s despite clear evidence that … there was a continuing need for broad, long-term support for agriculture in sub-Sahara Africa. This review suggests that …

agriculture, compared to its output share; a rapid growth in labor and land productivity; and a shift from agricultural output …-led industrialization pathway. Nevertheless, agriculture remains the largest employer in many large Asian countries, hence future structural … even in the long term, agriculture's employment share will continue to be sizable relative with the output share. To …