The Rationalization of Peasant Agriculture.

Abstract

An efficient agricultural system is an essential prerequisite for a country’s economic development. It should be productive and at the same time conservative of land and soil. The system should be flexible and should contain within it adequate provision for the extension of short and long term credit at reasonable rates of interest. The reform of a country’s agriculture is difficult, and often at first unpopular, but there are many countries, especially those of the tropics, where it has become necessary.