TY - BOOK AU - Timmer, C. P. TI - The agricultural transformation U1 - e-book (MDP) CY - PB - Harvard University N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Contents 1. Introduction 276 2. The process of agricultural transformation 279 2.1. Evolving stages 280 2.2. Agriculture and economic development 283 2.3. The role of the agricultural sector 288 3. Why agriculture is different 291 3.1. Decision-making in agriculture 292 3.2. Characteristics of agricultural production functions 294 3.3. The farm household as both producer and consumer 299 3.4. What difference does the difference make? 300 4. Transforming agriculture 302 4.1. The sources and dynamics of technical change 302 4.2. Unresolved issues 313 5. Agricultural development strategy 321 5.1. Policies for "getting agriculture moving" 321 5.2. Alternative strategies for maintaining the transformation process 323 5.3. Agricultural policy and structural change 327 References 328 ER -