Agricultural Commercialization, Economic Development, and Nutrition

Edited by Joachim von Braun and Eileen Kennedy
411 pages / 1994
Published for IFPRI by Johns Hopkins University Press

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Entire Book

Book Chapters:

    Table of Contents; List of Tables and Figures; and Acknowledgments

    Part I. Introduction

    Chapter 1: Introduction and Overview
    Joachim von Braun



    Part II. Conceptual Framework

    Chapter 2: Conceptual Framework
    Joachim von Braun, Howarth Bouis, and Eileen Kennedy



    Part III. Household-Level Effects: A Synthesis

    Chapter 3: Production, Employment, and Income Effects of Commercialization of Agriculture
    Joachim von Braun


    Chapter 4: Consumption Effects of Commercialization of Agriculture
    Howarth Bouis

    Chapter 5: Health and Nutrition Effects of Commercialization of Agriculture
    Eileen Kennedy



    Part IV. The Driving Forces of Commercialization

    Chapter 6: Commercialization of Agriculture and Food Security: Development Strategy and Trade Policy Issues
    Nurul Islam


    Chapter 7: China's Experience with Market Reform for Commercialization of Agriculture in Poor Areas
    Tong Zhong, Scott Rozelle, Bruce Stone, Jiang Dehua, Chen Jiyuan, and Xu Zhikang
    Chapter 8: Investment in Rural Infrastructure: Critical for Commercialization in Bangladesh
    Raisuddin Ahmed
    Chapter 9: Agricultural Processing Enterprises: Development Potentials and Links to the Smallholder
    John C. Abbott
    Chapter 10: Contract Farming and Commercialization of Agriculture in Developing Countries
    David Glover
    Chapter 11: Income and Employment Generation from Agricultural Processing and Marketing at the Village Level: A Study in Upland Java, Indonesia
    Toshihiko Kawagoe


    Part V. The Diverse Experience

    Chapter 12: Nontraditional Vegetable Crops and Food Security among Smallholder Farmers in Guatemala
    Joachim von Braun


    Chapter 13: The Nutrition Effects of Sugarcane Cropping in a Southern Philippine Province
    Howarth Bouis and Lawrence J. Haddad
    Chapter 14: The Effect of a Short-Lived Plantation on Income, Consumption, and Nutrition: An Example from Papua New Guinea
    John R.McComb, M. P. Finlayson, J. Brian Hardaker, and Peter F. Heywood
    Chapter 15: Why Should It Matter What Commodity Is the Source of Agricultural Profits? Dairy Development in India
    Harold Alderman
    Chapter 16: Effects of Sugarcane Production in Southwestern Kenya on Income and Nutrition
    Eileen Kennedy
    Chapter 17: Commercialization of Rice and Nutrition: A Case from West Kenya
    Rudo Niemeijer and Jan Hoorweg
    Chapter 18: The Triple Role of Potatoes as a Source of Cash, Food, and Employment: Effects on Nutritional Improvement in Rwanda
    Jorgen Blanken, Joachim von Braun, and Hartwig de Haen
    Chapter 19: Maize in Zambia: Effects of Technological Change on Food Consumption and Nutrition
    Shubh K. Kumar and Catherine Siandwazi
    Chapter 20: Tobacco Cultivation, Food Production, and Nutrition among Smallholders in Malawi
    Pauline E. Peters and M. Guillermo Herrera
    Chapter 21: Smallholder Tree Crops in Sierra Leone:Impacts on Food Consumption and Nutrition
    Friederike Bellin
    Chapter 22: Nutritional Effects of Commercialization of a Woman's Crop: Irrigated Rice in The Gambia
    Joachim von Braun, Ken B. Johm, and Detlev Puetz


    Part VI. Conclusions

    Chapter 23: Conclusions for Agricultural Commercialization Policy
    Joachim von Braun and Eileen Kennedy


    References and Bibliography


    Contributors

    Index


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