By the mid-2000s, however, the city's financial picture brightened, as residential construction seemed poised to overtake agriculture as the engine of regional growth.
The alliance will also develop three-cylinder engines for agriculture, power generation and off-road use.
We find that current policies for agricultural development are primarily dominated by a narrative of Agriculture as an engine for growth, which focuses on the role of external inputs and commercialisation in boosting agricultural production so as to drive economic growth.
Globalization can greatly enhance the role of agriculture as an engine of growth in low-income countries by making it possible for agriculture to grow considerably faster than domestic consumption.
Sudan's overall economic strategy is to diversify from oil, which it began exporting in 1999, and to focus more closely on the traditional engine of the country's economy — agriculture.
Our target for the first year is to reach 240 young people and I'm excited that these young people who are now idle will be engaged in agriculture – the engine of our economy".
Thai agriculture: From engine of growth to sunset status.
He therefore argued that: "The designation of agricultural district has to be found in the centrality of agricultural production: that is, it must be able to identify local agriculture as the "engine" of a district; so even in the presence of agro-industrial activities, the latter exists and thrives because it represents a processing of local agricultural products*" (1992 96).
The manufacturing sector, especially for electrical and electronic products, has overtaken agriculture as the engine of growth.
According to IFPRI, agricultural extension (also known as agricultural advisory services) plays a crucial role in promoting agricultural productivity, increasing food security, improving rural livelihoods, and promoting agriculture as an engine of pro-poor economic growth.
