Synopses & Reviews
Experts from inside and outside the USAID program evaluate the effectiveness of governmental intervention aimed at ensuring adequate agricultural production and food security in Third-World nations. They consider in depth the question of how best to assure food security with the least amount of investment of scarce resources, looking in particular at the results of the $1 billion annual expenditure on Third-World agriculture by the USAID program.
Synopsis
Experts evaluate the effectiveness of governmental intervention aimed at ensuring adequate agricultural production and food supplies in Third-World nations.
About the Author
LUTHER G. TWEETEN is Anderson Professor of Agricultural Marketing, Policy, and Trade at the Ohio State University.DONALD G. MCCLELLAND is an economist with twenty-two years of experience with USAID.
Table of Contents
Investments in Agriculture: Synthesis and Overview by Donald G. McClelland
Investments in Agriculture: Agricultural Policy Reform and Planning by Scott Simons and Lawrence Kent
Agricultural Technology Development and Diffusion: A Synthesis of the Literature by James Oehmke
Issues of Infrastructure Development by Raisuddin Ahmed and Cynthia Donavan
Issues in Providing Agricultural Services in Developing Countries by Richard Meyer and Donald Larson
Asset Distribution and Access: Land Tenure Programs by Virginia Lambert and Mitchell A. Seligson
Investing in People by Luther G. Tweeten
Sustainable Agriculture by Donald G. McClelland
Food Security by Luther G. Tweeten