CIAO DATE: 02/2015
September 2014
Agriculture’s role in the process of economic growth has framed a central question in development economics for several decades. While arguments differ regarding the specific mechanisms through which agricultural productivity increases might contribute to structural change in the economy, it has long been theorized that advances in the agricultural sector can promote shifts in labor to higher productivity sectors that offer higher real incomes.
Resource link: Fertilizing Growth: Agricultural Inputs and Their Effects in Economic Development [PDF] - 2.1M