AGRICULTURAL PROCESSING INDUSTRIES IN THE INTERNATIONAL DIVISION OF LABOUR*
质疑农业加工产业特别适合发展中国家工业化的普遍观点，通过讨论评判标准并分析可可和皮革产业案例，指出需具体评估子行业而非一概而论。
Agricultural processing industries are sometimes recommended as being particularly suitable for industrialisation programmes in developing countries. In this article, however, it is argued that such a general statement does not appear to be warranted. In a short survey some of the criteria are first discussed by which suitability of agro‐processing industries can be judged. It is concluded that the contribution to development objectives of some feasible sub‐sectors can easily be overestimated. It also appears that the wide disparity of characteristics of sub‐sectors that belong to the category of agricultural processing industries necessitate careful examination of individual sub‐sectors before judgement as to their attractiveness for developing countries is pronounced. In order to illustrate this point evaluations of the cocoa and leather industries are briefly discussed.