Transforming traditional agriculture /

By:

Schultz, Theodore W

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Studies in comparative economicsPublication details: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, c1964.Description: xiv, 212 pSubject(s):

DDC classification:

338.1 SCH

LOC classification:

HD1411 .S44

Summary: The purpose of this study is to show that the crucial feature of traditional agriculture is the low rate of return to investment in agricultural factors of the type that farmers have been using for generations, and to go on to show that in order to transform this type of agriculture a more profitable set of factors will have to be developed and supplied. To develop and to supply such factors and to learn how to use them efficiently is a matter of investment- investment in both human and material capital.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Monograph & others	CBN HQ Library General Stacks	Non-fiction	338.1 SCH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31008100136668

Includes bibliographical footnotes and index.

The purpose of this study is to show that the crucial feature of traditional agriculture is the low rate of return to investment in agricultural factors of the type that farmers have been using for generations, and to go on to show that in order to transform this type of agriculture a more profitable set of factors will have to be developed and supplied. To develop and to supply such factors and to learn how to use them efficiently is a matter of investment- investment in both human and material capital.

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