Impact of Macroeconomic Policies Upon Agricultural Trade and International Agricultural Development

Abstract Entrepreneurship and innovation have a positive impact on competitiveness, including in the agricultural sector. Since much research is conducted on entrepreneurship and innovation, it is challenging to map the research trends and obtain directions for future research, especially in agricultural competitiveness. This study aims to provide a systematic overview by analyzing the research trend and main topic of entrepreneurship and innovation studies related to agricultural competitiveness. Next, this study also analyzes the potential topic for future research. Data collected from the Scopus database and bibliometric analysis using the Biblioshiny (R package) and VOSviewer software. The results showed that the number of publications on research interest in this area increases over time. The increasing research on this topic can be seen in the trends of documents produced. This study focused on four main topics: agricultural development, agricultural sustainability, agricultural economy, and agricultural technology. The hot topic mainly discusses in the last three years related to agricultural robots, investment, agro-industrial complex, biotechnology, technology transfer, crops, international trade, alternative agriculture, agricultural trade, and supply chain management. Further, the keywords: agribusiness, financial resources, manufacture, agricultural enterprises, strategy, organizational framework, industry, economic competitiveness, development, and social entrepreneurship still need to explore and potentially discuss in the future.

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Hitting the target and missing the point? On the risks of measuring women’s empowerment in agricultural development

Agriculture and Human Values ◽

10.1007/s10460-021-10290-2 ◽

2022 ◽

Author(s):

Katie Tavenner ◽

Todd A. Crane

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Methods ◽

Agricultural Development ◽

Methodological Approach ◽

Agricultural Productivity ◽

Women's Empowerment ◽

Women’S Empowerment ◽

Societal Relevance ◽

Local Contexts ◽

Scientific Accuracy ◽

International Agricultural Development

AbstractThere is a strong impetus in international agricultural development to close ‘gender gaps’ in agricultural productivity. The goal of empowering women is often framed as the solution to closing these gaps, stimulating the proliferation of new indicators and instruments for the targeting, measurement, and tracking of programmatic goals in research for agricultural development. Despite these advances, current measurements and indices remain too simplified in terms of unit and scope of analysis, as well as being fundamentally flawed in how they aim to capture the relevance of ‘gender’ in diverse local contexts. We propose that the impulse to apply exogenously defined and weakly validated ‘women’s empowerment’ measures to diverse local contexts risks prioritizing practical expedience over scientific accuracy and societal relevance. Furthermore, the application of such measures risks creating the impression that programmatic “gender targets” are being achieved, while simultaneously undermining substantive gender transformative goals. The authors conclude that a different methodological approach grounded in participatory and qualitative methods is needed to create more meaningful metrics for assessing progress towards women’s empowerment.

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Meeting World Food Needs: Lessons of the Green Revolution

Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council ◽

10.1017/s0163548400003423 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 107-111

Author(s):

D. R. MacKenzie

Keyword(s):

Research Program ◽

Agricultural Development ◽

Green Revolution ◽

Genetic Material ◽

Appropriate Technology ◽

History Of ◽

Food Needs ◽

International Agricultural Development ◽

Agriculture Development ◽

Successful Production

The GREEN REVOLUTION has been offered as an example of both what to do and what not to do as international agriculture development. An appraisal is made of the benefits and consequences of the GREEN REVOLUTION for both wheat and rice. The history of the GREEN REVOLUTION is traced to its origins in pre-war Japan for both its concept and as the source of genetic material. The successful “production technology” approach of the wheat research program in Mexico is compared to the “appropriate technology” of the less successful maize research program. Lessons are drawn from the experience of the GREEN REVOLUTION that may prove helpful when planning or evaluating international agricultural development projects.

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