Land degradation and sustainability of agricultural growth: some economic concepts and evidence from selected developing countries

Nations, village communities and individual land users need to make choices about land use in order to support development without risk of land degradation. Computerized land information systems (LIS) based on geographic information systems (GIS) have emerged as powerful tools for generating maps and reports to inform such decisions. Recently, FAO has been developing GIS/LIS systems in linkage with its agroecological zoning (AEZ) and other models, and using them to tackle issues of land, food and people at global, national and subnational levels. They have been successfully developed for land resource management at different scales, but practical difficulties have been encountered in making them accessible to the casual user in most developing countries, due to scarcity of data and poor training support.

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Domestic Terms of Trade and Agricultural Growth in Developing Countries

The Balance between Industry and Agriculture in Economic Development ◽

10.1007/978-1-349-10277-8_1 ◽

1989 ◽

pp. 17-38

Author(s):

Romeo M. Bautista

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Terms Of Trade ◽

Agricultural Growth

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Explanation and policy in land degradation and rehabilitation for developing countries

Land Degradation and Development ◽

10.1002/ldr.3400010104 ◽

1989 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 23-37 ◽

Cited By ~ 46

Author(s):

Piers Blaikie

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Land Degradation

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Premature deindustrialization and inequality

International Journal of Social Economics ◽

10.1108/ijse-07-2015-0197 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 44 (2) ◽

pp. 154-168 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Richard Grabowski

Keyword(s):

Developing Countries ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Safety Net ◽

Social Programs ◽

Social Safety Net ◽

Content Type ◽

Agricultural Growth ◽

Poor Families ◽

International Demand ◽

Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of the paper is to determine why premature deindustrialization is occurring in many developing countries. Design/methodology/approach A theoretical structure for explaining premature deindustrialization is utilized. Then the comparative experiences of a number of developing countries are used to illustrate the operation of the theory. Findings The results indicate that increasing inequality among a number of developing countries has reduced the domestic market for labor intensive manufactured goods, resulting in stagnation in manufacturing. Also, the increasing inequality in developed countries has reduced international demand for labor intensive manufacturing. Thus developing countries have fewer opportunities to export labor intensive manufacturing. Research limitations/implications Data on inequality is limited and it is very difficult to determine causality. However, intuition indicates that causality is most likely bi-directional. Practical implications Strategies of economic development must concern themselves with the effects that increasing inequality will likely have on the development of labor intensive manufacturing. Social implications Social programs that bolster the purchasing power of poor families are likely to be important (social safety net). Broad-based agricultural growth will provide a basis for labor intensive manufacturing. Originality/value The originality stems from the linking of deindustrialization with rising inequality.

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