Agriculture in African Development: Theories and Strategies
Agriculture in African Development: Theories and Strategies
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10.1146/annurev-resource-100913-012706
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2014-01-01
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Gollin, Douglas
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Dercon, Stefan;Gollin, Douglas
就就业而言，农业是大多数撒哈拉以南非洲经济体最大的部门，在提供粮食和出口收入方面发挥着重要作用。农村贫困率居高不下，劳动生产率低得惊人。本文探讨这些因素如何塑造农业在非洲发展战略中的作用。农业增长是否是其他部门增长的先决条件？或者城市化和非农业出口市场最终会成为推动农村经济提高生产率的力量吗？我们认为，农业发展战略将有很大的差异，因为异质性国家之间和国家内部。
Agriculture is the largest sector in most sub-Saharan economies in terms of employment, and it plays an important role in supplying food and export earnings. Rural poverty rates remain high, and labor productivity is strikingly low. This article asks how these factors shape the role of agriculture in African development strategies. Is agricultural growth a prerequisite for growth in other sectors? Or will urbanization and nonagricultural export markets ultimately be the forces that pull the rural economy into higher productivity? We argue that agricultural development strategies will vary widely because of heterogeneity across and within countries.