Patterns of Progress
Maria Saleth
TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGES IN AGRICULTURE: IMPACT ON PRODUCTIVITY AND EMPLOYMENT by K.N.S. Nair Vision Books, New Delhi, 1981, 170 pp., 60.00
Jan-Feb 1981, volume 5, No 1/2

The contention that modernization of the agrarian sector is a precondition for economic growth and development is not a mere claim. It is an irrefutable fact which the economic history of the pre­sent day advanced countries has admit­tedly established. But the current pro­cess of development in most of the developing countries is just the opposite where massive industrialization has been initiated alongside traditional agriculture. However justifiable such an effort, it engenders a dualism in the economic structure which seriously impedes rapid development. How to remove this bottle­neck and thereby make the agricultural sector propitious to the process of indus­trialization, is a critical question confron­ted by policy-makers of most developing countries. Added to this functional role that agriculture has to play in the deve­loping countries, the global scenario of agriculture also warrants speedy trans- formation of agriculture.

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