Dyer Class, State and Agricultural Productivity in Egypt

Study of the Inverse Relationship between Farm Size and Land Productivity
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-135-21182-0
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 232 Seiten

The inverse relationship between farm size and productivity is accepted as a "stylized fact" of agriculture in developing countries. This study uses Egyptian fieldwork data to examine factors creating this relationship, and the impact of economic and technological change on the relationship.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dyer, Graham

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: the present study - nature and rationale. Part 1 The nature of the inverse relationship and its apparent policy implications: some apparent policy implications; conceptual, statistical and methodological problems; the inverse relationship vindicated and some conjoint relationships. Part 2 Theoretical approaches to the inverse relationship -qualitative and quantitative factor differences: management and labour quality hypotheses; land fertility hypothesis; labour intensity and labour market dualism - the Sen model; a critique of the marginalist approach. Part 3 A class-based approach and the breakdown of the inverse relationship in the dynamic context: beyond the marginalist approach; the inverse relationship in the context of backward agriculture; the statistic nature of the Sen approach and the breakdown of the inverse relationship in the dynamic context. Part 4 The evidence for an inverse relationship between farm size and productivity in Egypt - a shadow debate: some evidence for an inverse relationship in Egypt - Sheplay, Radwan, Wilson and Mabro; aggregation, and land heterogeneity - Crouch et al; the inverse relationship denied in Egypt - Platt and Commander. Part 5 The political economy of the contemporary Egyptian countryside: agrarian reform and the consolidation of the rich peasantry; the agrarian elite and the co-operative system; rich peasants and co-operative credit; implications with respect to the diffusion of modern technology of rich peasant bias in credit; the dominance of the rich peasantry and the political sphere. Part 6 A disaggregated analysis of the ILO Data - technical change and the inverse relationship in Egypt: the ILO survey and its characteristics; analysis and results - the Radwan regression and its questionable nature - the need for a more disaggregated approach; analysis and results - a digression on technological change in Egyptian agriculture, uneven development and regional heterogeneity; analysis and results - a disaggregated analysis and evidence of transition. Part 7 A closer look at the inverse relationship in the context of agrarian transition - evidence from fieldwork in rural Egypt. (Part contents).