ECON 313 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Tenant Farmer, Shifting Cultivation, Rural Development
9 Feb 2017
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Integrated rural development: the broad spectrum or rural development activities including small farmer agri progress, the provision of infrastructure, the development of rural nonfarm industries, etc. Green revolution: the boost in grain production associated with the scientific discovery of new hybrid seeds that result in high farm yields in many developing countries. But government also has a role in agriculture simply because of its necessary role in poverty alleviation a(cid:374)d a large (cid:373)ajority of the (cid:449)orld"s poor are still far(cid:373)ers. Po(cid:448)erty itself prevents farmers from taking advantage of opportunities that could help pull them out of poverty. Lacking credit, they may have to take their children out of school to work, transmitting poverty across generations. Lacking health and nutrition, they may be unable to work well enough to afford better health and nutrition. With a lack of information and missing markets, they cannot get insurance.
