This paper aims to support the implementation of the strategic development plans of Jordan by analyzing the role of agriculture and farmers in the Jordanian economy, the role that productivity and structural change can play for fostering agricultural growth, and the role agro-processing may play in Jordan’s economic development. We argue that the development of the agro-processing sector often has stronger backward and forward linkages with the agricultural sector than other sectors and, thus, plays an important role for rural transformation.

Economic analysis of the agricultural sector and the role of food production in agricultural policy in Jordan - looks at the place of agricultural production in the economy, labour supply of agricultural workers, and farming systems; examines water supply, agricultural equipment, agricultural credit, agricultural marketing, etc.; studies technology transfer, agricultural research and agricultural extension; discusses policy formation and agricultural administration. Diagrams, maps, references, statistical tables.