A two-sector model of a developing country consisting of agriculture and industry is presented. Growth and structural change are discussed in variants with exogenous as well as endogenous technical progress, algebraically and by numerical simulations. Consequences from taking into account peculiarities of food production and consumption are analyzed. These include technology adoption in agriculture, Engel's law and a relationship between the level of nutrition and productivity.

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1. Introduction.- 2. Economic Development, Endogenous Growth, and Agriculture.- 2.1 Mechanisms of Endogenous Growth.- 2.1.1 Accumulation Driven Growth.- 2.1.2 Innovation Driven Growth.- 2.2 The New Analysis of Development Problems.- 2.2.1 Growth Performance.- 2.2.2 Structural Change and the Development of Industry.- 2.2.3 Growth in the Open Economy.- 2.3 Some Older Thoughts about Agriculture in Economic Development.- 2.3.1 Dual Economy Models.- 2.3.2 Agriculture Driven Development.- 2.4 Agricultural Productivity and the New Growth Theory.- 3. The Dual Economy Revisited.- 3.1 Exogenous Technical Progress in a Dual Economy.- 3.1.1 The Model.- 3.1.2 Steady-State Uniqueness and Stability.- 3.2 Economic Policies, Preferences, and Development.- 3.2.1 Long-Run Effects.- 3.2.2 Transitional Dynamics.- 3.2.3 Economic Development as Transitional Process.- 3.3 Summary.- 4. Endogenous Growth in the Dual Economy.- 4.1 Endogenous Technical Progress in Agriculture.- 4.2 The Model.- 4.2.1 Optimal Solution.- 4.2.2 Market Outcome.- 4.3 Economic Policy, Preferences, and Development.- 4.3.1 Long-Run Effects.- 4.3.2 Transitional Dynamics.- 4.4 Summary.- 5. Technology Adoption and Catch-Up.- 5.1 Adoption of Technologies in Agriculture.- 5.2 Exogenous Technology Adoption.- 5.3 Endogenous Adoption Decisions.- 5.4 Summary.- 6. Food Consumption and Economic Development.- 6.1 Subsistence Consumption and Engel's Law.- 6.2 Productivity Effects of Nutrition.- 6.2.1 The Models.- 6.2.2 Transitional Dynamics.- 6.3 Summary.- 7. Conclusions.- 8. References.- Mathematical Appendix.