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Fehlschläge bei der Modernisierung der Landwirtschaft in Afrika werden auf falsche technologische Prioritäten zurückgeführt. Die Autoren wägen verschiedene Forschungsstrategien für Länder mit unterschiedlicher Ausstattung an bebaubarem Land, Arbeitskraft und Klima ab. Kosteneffektive Agrartechnologien sind den verschiedenen Anbausystemen anzupassen. Afrikas Staaten werden klassifiziert auf der Grundlage ökologischer und demographischer Faktoren, und für jede Ländergruppe werden entsprechende technologische Strategien vorgeschlagen. (DÜI-Wsl)

This volume, which combines the experience of local governance in different countries, a qualitative study of local governance in action in one region of India, and a unique forty-year national panel study of rural India, provides a sober assessment of both the remarkable achievements of India's experiment with the Panchayati Raj and the ways in which this experiment has fallen short of its promise. It is essential reading not only for those looking for ways to make rural governance work better but also for academic social scientists looking for fresh ideas about how to model and analyze the process of rural governance.

We explore till 2040 the role of technical change in agriculture, irrigation and concern for food security in rapid economic growth in India. India aspires to achieve double-digit growth. For a densely populated country of 1.2 billion people with growing incomes meeting its increasing and diversifying food needs will be a challenge. We explore this using a multi-sector, inter-temporal optimising model with 20 expenditure classes, 10 rural and 10 urban, each with its own linear expenditure system derived from an underlying non-linear demand system. We also assess the diversification of demand that is likely to occur and impact on poverty under different alternatives. At least a 4 per cent growth rate of agricultural gross domestic product (GDP) is needed to support GDP growth rates in excess of 8 per cent for which a slightly optimistic agriculture TFPG growth rate of 2 per cent along with a slightly optimistic development of irrigation potential to 90 million hectare (Mha) (net) is needed. JEL Classification: C61, C67, O13, O21, O33