Sharmistha Self|Richard Grabowski
Economic development and the role of agricultural technology
Missouri State University|Southern Illinois University Carbondale
abstract earlier debates economic development agricultural sectors role somewhat controversial dualistic models highlighted importance agriculture mainstream literature placed greater emphasis creation modern industrial sector soon agriculture disappeared mainstream development literature reemerge recently variety multiplesector growth models emphasizing key role agriculture specifically technology agriculture article empirical crosscountry analysis agricultural technologys role economic development specifically hypothesis tested whether improvements agricultural technology significant impact longrun economic growth results indicate agricultural modernization positive effect measures economic growth human development