@article{Gebre-Selassie:9530,
      recid = {9530},
      author = {Gebre-Selassie, Samuel},
      title = {The Roles of Agriculture in the Development Process:  Recent Experiences and Lessons from Ethiopia.},
      address = {2004},
      number = {306-2016-4864},
      series = {AAAE Conference Proceedings No.1},
      pages = {12},
      year = {2004},
      abstract = {Political and economic reforms have been implemented for a  number of years to alter the institutional, infrastructural  and financial/economic environment in which Ethiopian  agriculture operates. Changing the environment in which  agriculture operates may be an intermediate goal; at the  end, the question remains; have the new reforms and  policies had the capacity to improve the performance of the  sector and its roles in the development process of the  economy? And have they contributed to the generation of  positive environmental externalities? In comparison to the  two decades (1970s and 1980s) that precedes the reform of  the 1990s. Ethiopian agriculture has been doing better  since the reform. Total production of food crops has  improved and the rate at which per-capita production has  been declining is narrowed. Moreover, the volume of  agricultural commodities exported has slightly improved;  while new non-traditional commodities like flower have  joined the list of exported commodities. But all those  improvement have not been sufficient to lift up  agricultures role in the development process of the  Ethiopian economy nor have they brought a full and  sustainable recovery to the sector. Ethiopian agriculture  should still demonstrate the following desirable  characteristics if it is able to serve as the engine of  Ethiopian economic growth: it should grow at sufficiently  higher rates over a number of years; any development in the  sector should be able to improve rural labour productivity  which is an important precondition to stimulate the  non-agricultural sectors and transformation of the sector;  the source of growth should principally originate from  increased investment and efficient use of resources rather  than from the use of additional scarce natural resources  especially land, and; agriculture should be supported to  establish strong and dynamic linkages with other sectors  especially with the industry.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/9530},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.9530},
}