Agricultural Growth For The Poor

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780821360682

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Agricultural Growth for the Poor by Anonim Pdf

"New forces are at work in the agricultural sector: the growth of markets and private entrepreneurship, the changing global demand for food and other agricultural products, the rise of multinationals, and the expansion of integrated food chains. To realize the potential benefits, the public sector has a crucial role to play through policy initiatives to support agriculture, reduce poverty, and ensure broad rural development alignment with these forces." "Building on the foundation of the Agriculture Investment Sourcebook (World Book 2005), Agricultural Growth for the Poor: An Agenda for Development explores ways in which the public sector can work with the private sector to facilitate growth and ensure equitable benefit distribution. It describes the key policy and institutional issues involved in promoting private sector investment in agriculture and accelerating growth to benefit the poor. It identifies priorities for public investment in specific agricultural settings at different stages of economic growth and offers practical approaches for enhancing the impact of such investment. Finally, it summarizes lessons learned about successful support of agricultural development and discusses areas in which additional progress is required." "Policymakers and international development organizations will find Agricultural Growth for the Poor an invaluable resource for analyzing the prospects for agriculture in the changing global environment and developing an agenda for pro-poor development."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Xinshen Diao,Shenggen Fan,Sam Kanyarukiga,Bingxin Yu
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780896291768

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Agricultural Growth and Investment Options for Poverty Reduction in Rwanda by Xinshen Diao,Shenggen Fan,Sam Kanyarukiga,Bingxin Yu Pdf

Although Rwanda has made considerable progress in recovering politically and economically from the devastating effects of the 1994 genocide, the poverty rate is still higher and the gross domestic product lower than before the genocide. Poverty reduction and economic growth would receive much-needed support from increased agricultural growth. This study assesses alternative agricultural development strategies, identifying areas in which policy reforms, together with public and private investment, can best promote Rwandan agriculture. The authors evaluate the potential of several different agricultural subsectors-grains, root crops, livestock, and others-to contribute to national agricultural growth and poverty reduction. They conclude that growth in staple crops, particularly root crops such as cassava and potatoes, has the greatest potential to encourage economywide growth and poverty reduction. Promoting the necessary staple crop growth will require the allocation of public resources to the agricultural sector to increase significantly, reaching 10 percent of the total government budget. It will also require rethinking Rwanda's earlier emphasis on promoting export crop growth, which has proved inadequate in encouraging poverty reduction while also posing environmental problems. This study makes an important contribution to the debate over the most effective development strategies for Rwanda and other Sub-Saharan African nations.Show More Show Less

Author : Fabrizio Bresciani,Alberto Valdés
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9251055343

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Beyond Food Production by Fabrizio Bresciani,Alberto Valdés Pdf

The importance of agricultural growth to poverty reduction is well known, but the specific channels through which the poor can take advantage of growth require further research. Bresciani and Valdâs investigate four important channels: rural labour markets, farm incomes, food prices, and linkages to other economic sectors. Part 1 looks at the synthesis and theoretical background and part 2 is country case studies

Author : John W. Mellor
Publisher : Springer
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319652597

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Agricultural Development and Economic Transformation by John W. Mellor Pdf

This book examines the role of agriculture in the economic transformation of developing low- and middle-income countries and explores means for accelerating agricultural growth and poverty reduction. In this volume, Mellor measures by household class the employment impact of alternative agricultural growth rates and land tenure systems, and impact on cereal consumption and food security. The book provides detailed analysis of each element of agricultural modernization, emphasizing the central role of government in accelerated growth in private sector dominated agriculture. The book differs from the bulk of current conventional wisdom in its placement of the non-poor small commercial farmer at the center of growth, and explains how growth translates into poverty reduction. This new book is a follow up to Mellor’s classic, prize-winning text, The Economics of Agricultural Development. Listed as a Best Books of 2017: Economics by Financial Times.

Author : Martin, Will
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 39 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Impacts of agricultural investments on growth and poverty: A review of literature by Martin, Will Pdf

Agricultural development is crucial in developing countries, and particularly in the poorest countries where it accounts for large shares of employment and income and whose poverty is due simply to having a large share of the workforce in low-productivity agriculture. Raising productivity in agriculture is critically important for development, as is smoothly moving workers out of agriculture into more productive employment in other sectors. Raising agricultural productivity helps both to raise incomes and to reduce poverty-both by raising the incomes of poor people working in agriculture and by lowering the prices of foods that make up a disproportionately large share of the expenditures of poor people. In small and open economies, the in-crease in profitability of agriculture following improvements in productivity might tend to retain or even attract workers into agriculture. By contrast, at a global level, or at national level when policy focusses on self-sufficiency, improvements in agricultural productivity will free up labor for employment in other sectors. Incomes are generally much higher in non-agricultural work in developing countries-more than double those in agriculture after careful adjustment for key differences. This raises the possibility of a double dividend from structural transformation as workers move into higher-productivity activities. A key question for development policy is whether it is enough to simply evaluate the gains from higher productivity within agriculture, or whether potential benefits from structural change be included as well. This paper examines the arguments on this question. It concludes that these dividends may be substantial-but whether they are or not depends on the source of the initial differences in productivity and on the direction of movement when agricultural productivity rises. If it results from policy barriers such as restrictions on the transfer of farmland or requirements for residence permits in urban areas, there are likely to be substantial welfare gains when labor moves out of agriculture. They may also be substantial if urban wages are artificially high and attract substantial numbers of job-waiters into unemployment. However, these gains may be illusory if the income gaps arise primarily from differences in skills or from reluctance to move created by asset fixity.

Author : Luc J. Christiaensen
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780821368558

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Down to Earth by Luc J. Christiaensen Pdf

This book contributes to the debate about the role of agriculture in poverty reduction by addressing three sets of questions: Does investing in agriculture enhance/harm overall economic growth, and if so, under what conditions? Do poor people tend to participate more/less in growth in agriculture than in growth in other sectors, and if so, when? If a focus on agriculture would tend to yield larger participation by the poor, but slower overall growth, which strategy would tend to have the largest payoff in terms of poverty reduction, and under which conditions?

Author : C. Peter Timmer
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0801426014

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Agriculture and the State by C. Peter Timmer Pdf

A dozen papers from an August 1989 international conference near Zurich explore the role of governments in improving the agriculture of developing countries, and how that affects overall industrial development. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Hazell, P.B.R.,Poulton, Colin,Wiggins, Steve,Dorward, Andrew
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780896297647

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The Future of Small Farms for Poverty Reduction and Growth by Hazell, P.B.R.,Poulton, Colin,Wiggins, Steve,Dorward, Andrew Pdf

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789264112902

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Agricultural Policies for Poverty Reduction by OECD Pdf

This volume sets out a strategy for raising rural incomes which emphasises the creation of diversified rural economies with opportunities within and outside agriculture.

Author : Luc J. Christiaensen,Lionel Demery,Jesper Khl
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 49 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Agricultural Development
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Role of Agriculture in Poverty Reduction by Luc J. Christiaensen,Lionel Demery,Jesper Khl Pdf

The relative contribution of a sector to poverty reduction is shown to depend on its direct and indirect growth effects as well as its participation effect. The paper assesses how these effects compare between agriculture and non-agriculture by reviewing the literature and by analyzing cross-country national accounts and poverty data from household surveys. Special attention is given to Sub-Saharan Africa. While the direct growth effect of agriculture on poverty reduction is likely to be smaller than that of non-agriculture (though not because of inherently inferior productivity growth), the indirect growth effect of agriculture (through its linkages with nonagriculture) appears substantial and at least as large as the reverse feedback effect. The poor participate much more in growth in the agricultural sector, especially in low-income countries, resulting in much larger poverty reduction impact. Together, these findings support the overall premise that enhancing agricultural productivity is the critical entry-point in designing effective poverty reduction strategies, including in Sub-Saharan Africa. Yet, to maximize the poverty reducing effects, the right agricultural technology and investments must be pursued, underscoring the need for much more country specific analysis of the structure and institutional organization of the rural economy in designing poverty reduction strategies.

Author : Fabrizio Bresciani,Alberto Valdés
Publisher : Edward Elgar and Food and Agriculture Organization of United
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 9251055351

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Beyond Food Production by Fabrizio Bresciani,Alberto Valdés Pdf

The importance of agricultural growth to poverty reduction is well known, but the specific channels through which the poor can take advantage of growth require further research. This publication takes on this challenge, investigating four important channels: rural labor markets, farm incomes, food prices, and linkages to other economic sectors. Using six developing country cases (Chile, Mexico, India, Indonesia, Ghana, South Africa), this study elucidates the mechanisms linking agriculture growth to economic development and the wellbeing of the poor. The evidence shows that governments should view the sector's contribution in wider terms, recognizing both its interaction with other economic sectors, and that labor markets and trade policies can play a critical role in mediating agriculture's impact on poor households' incomes. To achieve effective rural poverty strategies the book calls for a broad economy-wide perspective on the role of agriculture in the overall growth process.--Publisher's description.

Author : Mwangi S. Kimenyi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Administrative agencies
ISBN : STANFORD:36105029397598

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Agriculture, Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction by Mwangi S. Kimenyi Pdf

Author : Samuel Benin, James Thurlow, Xinshen Diao, Allen Kebba, and Nelson Ofwono
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Agricultural Growth and Investment Options for Poverty Reduction in Uganda by Samuel Benin, James Thurlow, Xinshen Diao, Allen Kebba, and Nelson Ofwono Pdf

Author : Peter Hazell,Lawrence James Haddad
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780896296398

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Agricultural Research and Poverty Reduction by Peter Hazell,Lawrence James Haddad Pdf

The nature and extent of poverty; How agricultural research can help the poor; On-farm productivity impacts; Impact on Inter-regional migration; Impact on the nonfarm economy; Impact on food prices and diet quality; Targeting agricultural research to benefit the poor; Strategies for pro-poor agricultural research; Research strategies for smallholder farmers, for landless laborers and for more nutritious foods; The role of public research and extension systems.

Author : Rita Mishra
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 9387295389

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Agricultural Growth for Poverty Alleviation by Rita Mishra Pdf