Open AccessServing Agriculture As An Administrator. By A.T. Mosher. (New York), Agricultural Development Council, Inc., XIV+64 pp.51.5.
Author(s) -
Abdul Salam
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
pakistan development review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.154
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 0030-9729
DOI - 10.30541/v16i1pp.117-120
Subject(s) - pace , agriculture , order (exchange) , institution , agricultural development , business , economic growth , political science , agricultural economics , economics , geography , finance , law , archaeology , geodesy
Development of agriculture is receiving considerable attentionnowadays, especially in the developing countries. With increasedemphasis on agricultural development, numerous publications and writingsfocusing on overall strategies and policies for helping agriculture todevelop, or emphasizing on various specific and socio-economic andtechnical aspects have appeared. It is now realized that in order toaccelerate the pace of transforming traditional agri¬culture, new farminputs, technological innovations and their diffusion among farmers mustbe stepped up. Also, institution building is now recognized as importantfor rapid agricultural development. It requires making presentorganizations more effective and creating new ones, in order to respondto the ever increasing and changing requirements of the agriculturalsector.