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Government agricultural policies are often related to the ‘expected’ contribution of agriculture to the national economy. Throughout the post-independence period, agriculture has been treated as the primary source of capital accumulation to build up a capital-intensive and modern industrial sector. To understand fully the frequent shifts in agricultural policies, it is important to analyse the contribution of agriculture to the development of the national economy.
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Yao, S. (1994). Agriculture’s Role in the Chinese Economy. In: Agricultural Reforms and Grain Production in China. Studies on the Chinese Economy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23553-7_5
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