Agricultural Research and the Rural Poor

Agricultural Research and the Rural Poor
Author: Stephen Biggs
Publisher:
Total Pages: 154
Release: 1991
Genre: Social Science
ISBN:

Review of recent trends in social science analysis of agricultural research, identifying gaps in research and outlining areas of high potential payoff to future research. The major themes treated in the evolution of theory on the generation and diffusion of agricultural technology since the 1950s are reviewed. A framework is constructed for setting research priorities, including historical, technological, and institutional dimensions. Examples in applying the framework are given and areas of high future payoff are identified. An extensive bibliography, arranged by theme, is also included.

Agricultural Research and Poverty Reduction

Agricultural Research and Poverty Reduction
Author: Peter Hazell
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Total Pages: 55
Release: 2001
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0896296393

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.

Science and Poverty

Science and Poverty
Author: Ruth Meinzen-Dick
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Total Pages: 31
Release: 2004
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0896295281

Agricultural research, livelihoods, and poverty

Agricultural research, livelihoods, and poverty
Author: Adato, Michelle
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2007-06-11
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0801887216

Those who study global poverty and ways to reduce it face a perennial set of questions: Do advances in knowledge, research, and technology make a real difference in the lives of poor people? What effect does research have on the poor? Who benefits? The contributors to Agricultural Research, Livelihoods, and Poverty shed light on these questions through a collection of case studies that explore the types of impact that agricultural research has had on livelihoods and poverty in low-income countries.

Agricultural Change and Rural Poverty

Agricultural Change and Rural Poverty
Author: Dharm Narain
Publisher: International Food Policy Research Insitute
Total Pages: 266
Release: 1985
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

Collection of conference papers on the impact of agricultural development on rural area poverty in developing countries, partic. India - analyses poverty concepts and trends, dynamics of agricultural production, agricultural technology and agricultural price, role of infrastructure development, and relationship between the green revolution and equitable income distribution; considers the agricultural income approach to poverty measurement; reports on the Japanese experience. Graphs, references, statistical tables. Conference held in New Delhi 1982 Apr 11 to 14.