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Contemporary development theory has had little place for agriculture in growth. This is because of a perceived weakness of backward and forward linkages (in Hirschman’s, 1958, strong condemnation of agriculture on this count, for example); or, because of an emphasis on capital formation as the primary engine of growth, with agriculture as a consumer goods industry with low savings rates (e.g., see Mahalanobis, 1953 — he was the father of the Indian Second Five Year Plan); or, because of an emphasis on import substitution, with agriculture seen as an export industry, as a producer of nontradable output, or with both inelastic demand and supply (e.g., see Prebisch, 1971).
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Mellor, J.W. (1989). Rural Employment Linkages through Agricultural Growth: Concepts, Issues, and Questions. In: Williamson, J.G., Panchamukhi, V.R. (eds) The Balance between Industry and Agriculture in Economic Development. International Economic Association Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19746-0_14
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