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Boserupian Hypothesis Versus Elvin's High Equilibrium Trap Theory

Introduction

Boserupian Hypothesis

Boserup hypothesis is a coined theory of agricultural intensification. Boserups theory

postulates that the population change intensifies the intensity of agricultural production. This

theory tends to equate the rate of agricultural production to the increase in population growth.

This theory improves the previous theoretical postulation on the relationship between

agricultural production and population growth. In particular, Boserup's theory focuses on the

Malthusian theory that the methods of agriculture affect the population via limits on the

supply of food.

According to the Malthusian theory, the main force that drives the rate of

agricultural development is the pressure exerted on resources by the exponential population

growth.

According to the Boserup hypothesis, the growth of the population steered the

techniques and patterns of cultivation. She supported this theory by examining the

agricultural development of selected countries in Africa and Latin America. In the

Malthusian theory, an increase in food supply was accompanied by an increase in population.

In this sense, if the food supply becomes more than the population, the population would

increase to consume the excess food.

Boserup does not contend with these aspects of

Malthusian theory. Instead, she says that in the event of population pressure, there is no

reduction in population. Still, various technical and other changes result in agricultural

growth to feed the large population and increase the food supply.

Boserup, Ester. The conditions of agricultural growth: The economics of agrarian change

under population pressure. Transaction Publishers, 2011. (8)

Malthus, Thomas. An essay on the principle of population (1798). Yale University Press,

2013.

Grigg, David. "Ester Boserup's theory of agrarian change: a critical review." Progress in human

geography 3, no. 1 (1979): 64-84.

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Boserupian Hypothesis Versus Elvin’s High Equilibrium Trap Theory Name Institution Course Date Boserupian hypothesis versus Elvin's high equilibrium trap theory 1 Boserupian Hypothesis Versus Elvin's High Equilibrium Trap Theory Introduction Boserupian Hypothesis Boserup hypothesis is a coined theory of agricultural intensification. Boserups theory postulates that the population change intensifies the intensity of agricultural production. This theory tends to equate the rate of agricultural production to the increase in population growth. This theory improves the previous theoretical postulation on the relationship between agricultural production and population growth. In particular, Boserup's theory focuses on the Malthusian theory that the methods of agriculture affect the population via limits on the supply of food.1 According to the Malthusian theory, the main force that drives the rate of agricultural development is the pressure exerted on resources by the exponential population growth. According to the Boserup hypothesis, the growth of the population steered the techniques and patterns of cultivation. She supported this theory by examining the agricultural development of selected countries in Africa and Latin America. In the Malthusian theory, an increase in food supply was accompanied by an increase in population. In this sense, if the food supply becomes more than the population, the population would increase to consume the excess food.2 Boserup does not contend w ...
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