Agriculture and development: revisiting the policy narratives
质疑了关于贫困国家农业研究的政策叙事方式，指出农业在发展中的作用常被夸大，导致政策建议失当，呼吁更开放、自省的态度。
Abstract This essay questions the way the findings from research on agriculture in poor countries tend to be summarized in policy narratives, and more specifically the role agricultural economics tends to play in this process. I conclude that there is a tendency to overstate the role agriculture plays in development and, as a result, some of the wrong battles are being fought in the policy advocacy arena, and inappropriate advice is being offered to policy makers. A more open and self‐critical approach to the place of agriculture in development would be more helpful for policy design.