CORNELL UNIVERSITY
Growth linkages of the new foodgrain technologies
Successful introduction of high-yielding food grain varieties makes a substantial net addition to national income and distributes that income largely to upper-income rural people.
Mellor, John W.; Lele, Uma J. · 1972
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Abstract
Since upper-income rural people have a low propensity to consume food grains, an initial imbalance is created between increased food grain supply and demand. Forces behind this imbalance provide potential for growth and employment stimulating linkages with other sectors of the economy. Through these linkages, supply and demand for food grains may be balanced with small change in relative prices. Failure to develop these linkages may change relative food grain prices which could prejudice continued growth of the sector.
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