Brazil, like many other developing countries, has discriminated rather heavily against its agricultural sector. The chronic overvaluation of the Brazilian currency has constituted an implicit export tax on the agricultural sector. ln addition, there have been explicit export taxes, quotas, and...

Although agriculture uses only a small share of the world's total energy consumption, it is generally recognized that its needs are crucial, since the existing technologies for increasing production rely so heavily on energy intensive inputs. It therefore becomes imperative to find ways of...

This paper is intended to provide a brief outline of the land reform programme in Thailand and discuss the problem areas which offer the challenge for agricultural economists in land reform implementation. It also attempts to make general observations on the role played by agricultural...