Abstract
Agricultural development is often portrayed as an important precondition for meeting international development goals. The 2008 World Development Report stated that agriculture is an important pathway for the rural poor to move out of poverty (World Bank, 2007). Commitment to rural development was renewed with the adoption of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1 and 2, which respectively aim to end poverty and hunger by 2030 (United Nations, 2015). Achieving these goals will be...