The Role of Agriculture and Small Farms in Economic Development*
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We also learnt much about the conditions under which agriculture-led growth is most likely to succeed. There are five key conditions. First, agricultural growth needs to be technologically driven so that output prices can fall while farm incomes increase. It is not enough to simply use more farm inputs like fertilizer and irrigation water and investments in productivity-enhancing agricultural research and development that reduces unit costs of production and sustains yield growth over time are also critical for success.
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