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.- 2.2 The New Analysis of Development Problems.- 2.3 Some Older Thoughts about Agriculture in Economic Development.- 2.4 Agricultural Productivity and the New Growth Theory.- 3. The Dual Economy Revisited.- 3.1 Exogenous Technical Progress in a Dual Economy.- 3.2 Economic Policies, Preferences, and Development.- 3.3 Summary.- 4. Endogenous Growth in the Dual Economy.- 4.1 Endogenous Technical Progress in Agriculture.- 4.2 The Model.- 4.3 Economic Policy, Preferences, and Development.- 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.- 6.3 Summary.- 7. Conclusions.- 8. References.- Mathematical Appendix.