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The Roles of Credit and Marketing in Agricultural Development

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Agricultural Policy in Developing Countries

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Abstract

An agricultural credit system must allow free transfer of resources between sectors, between regions and across income classes so as to bring about an efficient allocation of a developing country’s scarce resources. It must finance the needs arising from the burgeoning technological revolution in agricultural sectors. It must encourage and mobilise savings from the incomes generated by the expanding agricultural production. As an important factor of production, credit must play a pivotal role in fostering an equitable distribution of the increasing agricultural income. It must be used to create productive employment for absorbing the growing numbers of underemployed in the agricultural sectors. Credit can be a double-edged weapon significantly influencing welfare or human misery, broadening participation of the masses in the political process, or reinforcing feudalism.

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Lele, U.J. (1974). The Roles of Credit and Marketing in Agricultural Development. In: Islam, N. (eds) Agricultural Policy in Developing Countries. International Economic Association Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-63663-1_16

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