Is agriculture the engine of growth

By R. Tiffin, X. Irz. 2006

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Livestock sector development for poverty reduction: an economic and policy perspective. Livestock's many virtues. (2012, background): “The relative emphasis on interventions in agriculture will gradually decline as the structure of the economy transforms, moving towards other sectors (services and industry), but transformation of the economy has usually been driven by development of the agriculture sector (Tiffin and Irz, 2006).”
Shaping agricultural innovation systems responsive to food insecurity and climate change (2011, background): “…concern is the potential impact on smallholder farmers; who are the mainstay of food production in developing countries (FAO 2009), and therefore key to economic growth, although the latter point has been much debated (FAO, 2009; Ellis and Biggs 2001; Tiffin and Irz 2006; Pingali 2007; Juma 2010).”
Growth and Structural Transformation (2013, background): “46See Tiffin and Irz (2006) for a recent empirical assessment. ent issue.”
Economic Importance of Agriculture for Poverty Reduction (2010, background): “that agriculture is the engine of economy-wide performance ( Irz and Tiffin, 2006 ).”
MEASURING ECONOMIC GROWTH FROM OUTER SPACE (2012, unknown): “The grading is based in part on the ability to construct good PPP measures, but also reflects a country’s capacity to produce reliable national income accounts and domestic price indices.”
Agriculture and Development: A Brief Review of the Literature (2011, unknown): “To address this issue of endogeneity in empirical work, Tiffin and Irz (2006) use Granger causality tests to establish that agricultural value added per worker has a positive effect on 5 The 2008 World Development Report suggests that the recent reduction in rural areas in developing countries has…”
Does agriculture really matter for economic Growth in Developing Countries (2015, background): “…the recent flurry of theoretical and empirical studies on the subject indicates that the debate has increased in intensity (Echevarria 1997; Humphries and Knowles 1998; Gemmell et al 2000; Kogel and Prskawetz 2001; Gollin et al 2002; Gardner 2005; Olsson and Hibbs 2005; Tiffin and Irz 2006).”
The pattern of growth and poverty reduction in China (2009, background): “16 We say “proximate” since it can also be argued that the primary sector is a driving force behind growth in other sectors; for this argument and evidence to support it see Tiffin and Irz (2006).”
The (Evolving) Role of Agriculture in Poverty Reduction: An Empirical Perspective (2011, methodology): “On the other hand, there is clear evidence of larger linkage effects from agriculture to non-agriculture in low-income SSA, consistent with the longstanding agricultural multiplier literature and the econometric findings of Tiffin and Irz (2006).”