Population, Food and Rural Development
Published on 22. December 1988
Book
Hardback
224 pages
978-0-19-828646-2 (ISBN)
Description
This volume in the International Studies in Demography series examines the effects of rural population growth in developing countries on food production, covering such topics as forecasts of global output of food, technological progress in agriculture, choice of agricultural system, the influence of population density on the evolution of market institutions, the role of the frontier as a safety valve, population growth and access to land, and rural proletarianization. The book takes a close look at the impact of population growth where it is believed to matter most - in the rural areas of developing countries.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
7figs.38tabs.
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 150 mm
Weight
511 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-828646-2 (9780198286462)
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Content
Introduction: population, food and rural development, Ronald D.Lee. Part 1 An analytic review of projections of food output in relation to population: population growth and food - an assessment of issues, models and projections, T.N.Srinivasan; population and food - some comments, Hans Linnemann. Part 2 The rural response to increasing density - theories, models, evidence: population density and farming systems - the changing locus of innovations and technical change, Prabhu Pingali and Hans P.Binswanger; from land abundance to land scarcity - the effects of population growth on production relations in agrarian economies, Mark R.Rosenzweig et al; population growth and agrarian outcomes, Mead Cain and Geoffrey McNicoll; population growth, infrastructure and real incomes in North India, Robert E.Evenson. Part 3 Population growth and rural labour: population growth and access to land - an Asian perspective, Azizur R.Khan; the impact of demographic changes on rural development in Malawi, Graham Chipande; demographic effects on agricultural proletarianization - the evidence from India, Pranab Bardhan. Part 4 The role of frontier expansion as a safety-valve: frontier expansion, agricultural modernization and population trends in Brazil, George Martine.