Distortions of agricultural incentives / edited by Theodore W. Schultz.

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Publication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1978.Description: viii, 343 p. ; 24 cm. illISBN:

0253318068

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338.1'8 22 DIS

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CONTENT

PART I. CONSTRAINTS ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION
On economics and politics of agriculture

The changing patterns of constraints on food production in the third world

Comment

PART II. RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT
Natural resources and unsolved environmental problems

PART III. DISTORTION OF INCENTIVES
Distortion of agricultural development resulting in government prohibitions

Agricultural pricing policies in developing countries

Government price policies for wheat, rice and tractors in Colombia

Barriers to efficient capital investment in agriculture

Hard policy choices in improving incentives for farmers

PART IV. INTERNATIONAL MARKETS
International prices and trade in reducing the distortions of incentives

PART V. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, EDUCATION AND NEW INSTITUTIONS
The organization of research to improve to crops and animals in low-income countries

The role of investment in human capital in agriculture

PART VI. THE QUEST FOR EQUITY
Approaches to basic needs and to equity that distort incentives in agriculture

Includes bibliographies and index.

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