Agriculture and Development : A Brief Review of the Literature

access to markets agricultural development agricultural extension agricultural growth agricultural prices agricultural production agricultural productivity agricultural products agricultural research agricultural sector agricultural systems animal traction animals appropriate technology biodiversity biosafety biotechnology cash transfers cgiar climate change cropland deforestation diversification drought economic growth fao farm income farm sector farm size farmer farmers farming farming systems fertilizers food crops food insecurity food prices food security food supply green revolution household income human capital income income generation innovation insurance intellectual property rights irrigation irrigation systems land degradation land distribution land productivity land tenure large farms maize nonfarm income nutrition plant breeding pollution population growth poverty alleviation poverty reduction price stabilization raw materials research organizations risk management rural areas rural development rural development strategies rural poor rural population rural poverty savings seeds sharecropping small farmers small farms social capital soil degradation soil fertility subsistence targeting technology adoption unemployment urban poverty war wheat working capital