agriculture, compared to its output share; a rapid growth in labor and land productivity; and a shift from agricultural output … expedite transformation, many Asian countries will still need to promote long term productivity growth in agriculture and …

growth should have significant effects on macro variables, including economic growth. But these effects can be complicated …. The large size of the agricultural sector does not necessarily imply that it must be a leading sector for economic growth …. Expanding a low-productivity sector might not be unambiguously good for growth. Moreover, there are issues of reverse causation …