Background
Johnston, Bruce Foster was born on September 24, 1919 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Son of Homer Klotz and Ethel Matilda (Hockett) Johnston.
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Contents: * Preface * Acknowledgements 1. Introduction 2. The Place of Agriculture in the Economics of Tropical Africa 3. The Internal Market and Commercialization of Farming 4. Farming Systems and Their Evolution 5. The Varied Pattern of Achievement as Revealed by the Field Studies 6. Social Determinants of Agricultural Change 7. Agricultural Extension Services 8. The Agricultural Research Base and the Flow of Technological Innovations 9. Priorities in Agricultural Research 10. Some General Propositions and Afterthoughts * Sources Cited * Name Index * Subject Index
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Johnston, Bruce Foster was born on September 24, 1919 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Son of Homer Klotz and Ethel Matilda (Hockett) Johnston.
Bachelor, Cornell University, 1941. Master of Arts, Stanford University, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, Stanford University, 1953.
Agriculture Marketing Administration, United States Department Agriculture, 1941-1942. United States Army School Military Government, Charlottesville, Virginia, and Far Eastern Civil Affairs Training School, Stanford University, 1944-1946. Chief, Food Branch, Economics Scientific Section, GHQ, Southern Command Asia and the Pacific, Tokyo, 1945-1948.
Agriculture Economics, Food and Agriculture Division, United States Mission NATO and European Regional Organisation, Paris, 1952-1954. Association Professor, Food Research Institute, Institution, Stanford University,
9. Consultant, Food and Agricultural Organisation, United Nations, since 1961, Harvard Advisory Group, Government Ghana, 1967, Pakistan Institute, Institution Development Economics, 1968, World Bank Mission Ghana, 1970,
Asian Development Bank 1976.
Member, Steering Committee, Research and Action Programme, International Labour Office, 1972. International Labour Office Employment Mission, Tanzania, 1977. Professor, Food Research Institute, Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America,
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Editorial Boards, American Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1972-1974, Agriculture Administration, since 1975.
(Book by Tomich, Thomas, Kilby, Peter, Johnston, Bruce F.)
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Author: (with Tomich and Kilby) Transforming Agrarian Economies: Opportunities Seized, Opportunities Missed, 1995, (with Clark) Redesigning Rural Development: A Strategic Perspective, 1982, (with Anthony, Jones and Uchendu) Agricultural Change in Tropical Africa, 1979, (with Kilby) Agriculture and Structural Transformation: Economic Strategies in Late-Developing Countries, 1975. Co-editor:, contributor: (with Ohkawa and Kaneda) Agriculture and Economic Growth: Japan's Experience, 1969.
An early interest in agriculture’s role in the economic development of Japan and Taiwan led to more general analysis of agriculture’s role in economic development. More recent work has combined a concern with agricultural strategies with a focus on rural development, with emphasis on interrelated health, nutrition, and family planning programmes that directly increase human welfare, enhance the effectiveness of a country’s labour force, and slow its rate of growth. An extended period of concentration on the food and agriculture problems of tropical Africa was followed by research with Peter Kilby on agriculture and structural transformation in Taiwan, India and Pakistan and by study of agriculture and rural development in Mexico.
Fellow American Agricultural Economics Association. Member American Economic Association, African Studies Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Harriet L. Pollins, March 31, 1944. Children– Bruce C., Patricia C.