Ester Boserup

The Conditions of Agricultural Growth (eBook, ePUB)

The Economics of Agrarian Change Under Population Pressure

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book sets out to investigate the process of agrarian change from new angles and with new results

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 137
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Juli 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781351484534
• Artikelnr.: 48867362

Autorenporträt

Ester Boserup

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION
1. THE DYNAMICS OF LAND UTILIZATION
2. THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF LAND USE AND TECHNICAL CHANGE
3. LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY UNDER LONG-FALLOW AND SHORT-FALLOW SYSTEMS
4. CARRYING CAPACITY OF LAND AND PRODUCTIVITY OF LABOUR UNDER INTENSIVE AGRICULTURE
5. POPULATION GROWTH AND WORKING HOURS
6. THE CO-EXISTENCE OF CULTIVATION SYSTEMS
7. DIMINISHING RETURNS TO LABOUR AND TECHNICAL INERTIA
8. THE VICIOUS CIRCLE OF SPARSE POPULATION AND PRIMITIVE TECHNIQUES
9. SYSTEMS OF LAND USE AS A DETERMINANT OF LAND TENURE
10. INVESTMENT AND TENURE IN TRIBAL COMMUNITIES
11. RURAL INVESTMENT UNDER LANDLORD TENURE
12. INCENTIVES TO INVESTMENT UNDER MODERN TENURE
13. THE USE OF INDUSTRIAL INPUT IN PRIMITIVE AGRICULTURE
14. SOME PERSPECTIVES AND IMPLICATIONS
INDEX

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The Dynamics of Land Utilization. The Interdependence of Land Use and Technical Change. Labour Productivity under Long-fallow and Short-fallow Systems. Carrying Capacity of Land and Productivity of Labour under Intensive Agriculture. Population Growth and Working Hours. The Co-existence of Cultivation Systems. Diminishing Returns to Labour and Technical Inertia. The Vicious Circle of Sparse Population and Primitive Techniques. Systems of Land Use as a Determinant of Land Tenure. Investment and Tenure in Tribal Communities. Rural Investment under Landlord Tenure. Incentives to Investment under Modern Tenure. The Use of Industrial Input in Primitive Agriculture. Some Perspectives and Implications.