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Most less-developed economies are entering the industrialization phase with an agrarian economy characterized by a mix of a feudal and quasi-feudal institutional agrarian structure. The more striking manifestations of the transition from agriculture to industry take the form of low levels of agricultural production and a shortage of food supplies, and an association between a high concentration of land-ownership, a high population pressure, under-utilization of labour, fragmentation of land and accumulation of debt.
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© 1978 H.E. Stenfert Kroese B.V.
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Cohen, S.I. (1978). Introduction. In: Agrarian structures and agrarian reform. Studies in development and planning, vol 8. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4086-7_1
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