
Agrarian Development in Peasant Economies
The Commonwealth and International Library: Agriculture and Forestry Division
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Agriculture and Forestry Division, Volume 2: Agrarian Development in Peasant Economies: Some Lessons from Kenya tackles various areas of concerns in agriculture in the context of peasant economy. The title provides examples from the Kenyan agrarian development policies. The text first covers concern in improving agricultural production, and then proceeds to tackling post-war Kenya. Next, the selection talks about Kenyan agrarian revolution, along with the economics and features of peasant agriculture. The sixth chapter discusses government and agrarian development, while the seventh chapter details further problems of agrarian reform. The book will be of great interest to political scientists, economists, agriculturists, and sociologists.
Table of Contents
List of Plates
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. The Beginnings of Rural Progress
Increasing Agricultural Production
Problems of Soil Erosion
Erosion Countermeasures and Control
Chapter 2. Post-war Policies and Developments
The Ten-year Development Plan
Encouragement by Incentive
Group Farming
Early Enclosures
Chapter 3. The Agrarian Revolution
Land Consolidation and Farm Planning
Progress and Achievement
Initial Problems and Limitations
Chapter 4. Certain Features of Peasant Agriculture
The Failure of Imposed Systems
Some Indigenous Farming Systems
Costs in Peasant Production
Chapter 5. The Economics of Peasant Agriculture
Economics of the Farm
Economics of the Agricultural Sector
Chapter 6. Government and Agrarian Development
Cash-crop Development and Processing Policy
Pricing and the Processing Monopoly
Cash Crops and Quality Maintenance
Regional Specialization and Development
Chapter 7. Further Problems of Agrarian Reform
The Smallholding and Rights of Ownership
Financing Rural Development
Taxing to Sustain Rural Development
Summary
Appendix
Kenya: Area and Population
Index
Product details
- No. of pages: 164
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Pergamon 2013
- Published: January 1, 1964
- Imprint: Pergamon
- eBook ISBN: 9781483180694
About the Author
Eric Clayton
About the Editor
M. McG. Cooper
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