TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND PRICE EFFECTS IN AGRICULTURE: CONCEPTUAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES

Gabre-Madhin, Eleni Z.; Barrett, Christopher B.; Dorosh, Paul A.

TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE AND PRICE EFFECTS IN AGRICULTURE: CONCEPTUAL AND COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVES

Gabre-Madhin, Eleni Z. ; Barrett, Christopher B. ; Dorosh, Paul A.

This paper addresses the conceptual issues around the negative price effects of technological change on agricultural producers, explores price policy options vis-à-vis this problem, and reviews and compares experiences across Asian countries as they transformed their rural economies. It then draws implications for the challenge of achieving a smallholder-led agricultural revolution in Africa in the context of market liberalization.

Subject(s):

Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

Issue Date:

2003

Publication Type:

Working or Discussion Paper

Record Identifier:

https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/16131

PURL Identifier:

http://purl.umn.edu/16131

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