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agrarian political economy
Agrarian Transition
agricultural labor migration
agricultural policy impact assessment
Agricultural Support Policies
Agricultural Taxation
Author_Alan Richards
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Chott El Djerid
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Egyptian Agriculture
Egyptian Clover
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food security Middle East
Food Subsidies
IMF
irrigation policy analysis
land tenure systems
MFO
Peasant Differentiation
Price Support Policies
Price Supports
Resource Allocation Effects
Rich Peasantry
Rich Peasants
rural development policy
Rural Rural Migration
Rural Urban Migration
Rural Urban Migration Rates
Subsistence Villages
Support Policies
Support Prices
Turkish Agriculture
Western Sahara
Product details
- ISBN 9780367005764
- Weight: 720g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 29 Nov 2021
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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One of the most serious problems facing the Middle East and North Africa · is the region's growing inability to feed its expanding population. Rapidly escalating demand has made the region highly dependent on food imports, and policy initiatives intended to increase domestic production have met with mixed success at best. The contributors to this volume examine the historical origins of state policies toward agriculture, recent policy changes and their effects on domestic supply, and the social and political implications of these shifts. Focusing on the region's largest agricultural economies, contributors analyze Turkey's strong performance as well as Egypt's weak response to its agricultural problems. Pricing, investment strategies, irrigation policies, and the impact of large-scale labor migration on agricultural sectors are discussed, and a common theme of the interplay between politics and economics runs throughout.
Alan Richards is professor of economics at the University of California at Santa Cruz. John Waterbury is William Stewart Tod Professor of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University.
