ECON 313 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Sub-Saharan Africa, Crop Diversity, Crop Yield

• School: McGill University
• Department: Economics
• Course: ECON 313
• Professor: Sonya Laszlo

Document Summary

Over time: increase in yield (tons per hectare) Asian developing countries: highest increase in yield (especially during green. Table 12. 2: forms of land ownership across the world. In latin america, the spanish colonizers created the encomienda system, which forced local indians to work for spanish landlords: legacy effects are a problem. Inverse relationship: small plots are more productive than large plots: why might such a relationship exist, land tenure and incentive structure: e. g. small family farms versus absentee landlords, labor costs (sen, land quality. Table 1: evenson & golin (science, 2003) agricultural growth rates. E(cid:454)pa(cid:374)sio(cid:374) of (cid:373)oder(cid:374) i(cid:374)puts i(cid:374) the (cid:449)orld(cid:859)s de(cid:448)elopi(cid:374)g regio(cid:374)s. Green revolution: norman burlaug (1970 nobel peace laureate: (cid:862)the gree(cid:374) re(cid:448)olutio(cid:374) has (cid:449)o(cid:374) a te(cid:373)porar(cid:455) su(cid:272)(cid:272)ess i(cid:374) (cid:373)a(cid:374)"s (cid:449)ar agai(cid:374)st hu(cid:374)ger a(cid:374)d deprivation; it has given man a breathing space. If fully implemented, the revolution can provide sufficient food for sustenance during the next three decades.