The 'Green Revolution' and economic development : the process and its impact in Bangladesh / Mohammad Alauddin and Clement Tisdell
1991, First Edition. Basingstoke, Hampshire ; London : Macmillan. Publisher's review copy. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #384343
ISBN: 0333527364
Physical description: (347 p.); 21cm. Illustrated with graphs and tables. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Cover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Preface; 1 Bangladesh's Economy, Bangladeshi Agriculture and the Issues Raised by the 'Green Revolution'; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Bangladesh Economy: General Characteristics and Growth; 1.3 Bangladesh Agriculture: An Overview; 1.4 Outline of the Issues Covered in this Study; 2 New Technology, Growth Rates and Sources of Increased Agricultural Output Growth in Bangladesh; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Methodological Issues of Growth Rate Estimation; 2.3 Pattern of Crop Output Growth: 1947-8 to 1984-5
2.4 Indicators of Technological Change in Bangladesh: Growth and Change in Crop Output in the Period of the New Technology2.4.1 An overview of technological change: 1967-8 to 1984-5; 2.4.2 Output and productivity implications of technological change; 2.5 Decomposition of Crop Output Growth: 1967-9 to 1982-4; 2.5.1 Decomposition methods: basic mathematics; 2.5.2 Some empirical results; 2.6 Some Specific Theoretical Shortcomings of the M-V Type Decomposition Scheme; 2.7 Further Observations on Decomposition Methods Using Bangladesh Data; 2.8 Summary and Conclusions
3 Measuring the Contribution of Biochemical Technology to Increased Land Productivity in Bangladesh3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Conceptual Issues and Analytical Framework; 3.3 Empirical Results; 3.4 Limitations of the D-K Approach: Some Further Observations; 3.5 Concluding Remarks; 4 Regional Variations in Growth Patterns of Bangladeshi Foodgrain Production and Yield; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Observed Pattern of Growth in Foodgrain Production and Yield for Bangladesh Districts,1947-68 and 1969-84; 4.3 Inter-District Growth of Foodgrain Production and Yield in the Period of the New Technology
4.4 Factors 'Explaining' Regional Patterns of Growth in Foodgrain Production and Yield4.4.1 Factors affecting expansion of area under HYV; 4.5 Are Regional Growth Rates of Foodgrain Production and Yield More Divergent in the post-Green Revolution Period?; 4.6 Concluding Comments; 5 Reduced Diversity of Crops, Narrowing of Diets and Changes in Consumer Welfare; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Trends in Per Capita Availability of Cereal and Non-Cereal Commodities in Bangladesh, 1967-8 to 1984-85; 5.3 Price Trends of Cereals and Non-Cereals, Bangladesh, 1969-70 to 1984-5; 5.4 Concluding Comments
6 Market Analysis, Surpluses, Income Distribution and Technologically Induced Shifts in Supply6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Analytical Framework: The H-H Model; 6.2.1 Consumers vs producers; 6.2.2 Producers vs producers; 6.2.3 Consumers vs consumers; 6.3 Application of the H-H Model to Bangladeshi Data; 6.4 Limitations of the H-H Model; 6.5 Further Distributional Consequences of New Agricultural Technology in Bangladesh; 6.6 Concluding Observations; 7 Patterns and Determinants of Farm-Level Adoption and Diffusion of High-Yielding Varieties (HYVs) and their Technology; 7.1 Introduction
7.2 Adoption and Diffusion of Agricultural Innovations: A Brief Review of the Literature. Subjects: Agricultural innovations Bangladesh. Green Revolution Bangladesh. Rural development Bangladesh. Rural development Bangladesh Technological innovations. Green revolution Bangladesh. Rural development Bangladesh
Rural development Technological innovations Bangladesh. Development economics Bangladesh.
Agriculture & related industries Bangladesh.
Environmentalist, conservationist & Green organizations Bangladesh.
Intermediate technology Bangladesh. Economics.
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