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AGRICULTURAL PROCESSING INDUSTRIES IN THE INTERNATIONAL DIVISION OF LABOUR *
Author(s) -
Cornelisse P. A.,
Bishay F.,
Cohen S. I.,
Terhai P.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.157
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1477-9552
pISSN - 0021-857X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1477-9552.1981.tb01555.x
Subject(s) - industrialisation , agriculture , judgement , attractiveness , order (exchange) , division of labour , point (geometry) , developing country , business , economics , economic growth , market economy , political science , geography , finance , psychology , geometry , mathematics , archaeology , psychoanalysis , law
Agricultural processing industries are sometimes recommended as being particularly suitable for industrialisation programmes in developing countries. In this article, however, it is argued that such a general statement does not appear to be warranted. In a short survey some of the criteria are first discussed by which suitability of agro‐processing industries can be judged. It is concluded that the contribution to development objectives of some feasible sub‐sectors can easily be overestimated. It also appears that the wide disparity of characteristics of sub‐sectors that belong to the category of agricultural processing industries necessitate careful examination of individual sub‐sectors before judgement as to their attractiveness for developing countries is pronounced. In order to illustrate this point evaluations of the cocoa and leather industries are briefly discussed.