Lesson

5.2

Agricultural

productivity
to be presented by:
Adliana Colin Amistoso
Two main points of our discussion

1. Trends in Agricultural
Activity

2. Market Failure and Needs for

Government Policy
Trends in Agricultural Activity

The ability of agricultural

production to keep pace with the
world population growth has And It has actually been output
been impressive, defying some gains in the developing world
neo-malthusm predicion that that have led the way.
globe food shortages would have
emerged by now.
 Trends in Agricultural Activity

In marked contrast to the historical experience of advanced countries'

agricultural output in their early stages of growth, which always
contributed ar least much to total output as the share of the labor forced
engaged in these activities.
 A major reason for the relatively poor
Market performance of agricultural in low-income
regions has been the neglect of this
sector in the development priorities of
Failure and
their governments, which the initiatives
just described are intended to overcome.
Needs for
But government also has a role in agriculture
simply because of its necessary role in
Government
poverty alleviation- and a large majority of
world's poor are still farmers.
Policy