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Rethinking the role of U. S. development assistance in third world agriculture

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International agricultural development as practiced by U. S. sponsored research groups in developing countries has emphasized technical questions of production, ignoring more fundamental social and economic issues that underline rural poverty and hunger. Rethinking the role of U. S. development assistance will require transcending the view that the only way to impact agriculture in the Third World is by increasing the intensity of land use in high potential agricultural areas. The challenge is to find ways of how to further increase agricultural productivity so that the rural poor significantly benefit, while at the same time conserving and regenerating the resource base. U. S. scientists must realize that this is only possible by improving the access of resource-poor farmers to land, water, other natural resources, as well as to equitable credit, markets, appropriate technologies, etc. Solidarious collaboration will emerge from the U. S. siding with progressive governments and/or community-based initiatives that promote political change aimed at securing farmers' control over resources and inputs, and changing the structural conditions and policies that perpetuate poverty. Copyright Kluwer Academic Publishers 1989

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  • Miguel Altieri, 1989. "Rethinking the role of U. S. development assistance in third world agriculture," Agriculture and Human Values, Springer;The Agriculture, Food, & Human Values Society (AFHVS), vol. 6(3), pages 85-91, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:spr:agrhuv:v:6:y:1989:i:3:p:85-91
    DOI: 10.1007/BF02217671
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    1. Ortega, Emiliano, 1986. "Peasant agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean," Sede de la CEPAL en Santiago (Estudios e Investigaciones) 31686, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
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