From Green Revolution to Agricultural Transformation: The Case of Short Duration Rice Varieties in Bangladesh

Most of the world’s extreme poor are located in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and South Asia (SA), live in rural areas, and depend on agriculture as their main source of income. A vast majority are smallholder farmers, and improving their incomes can help them escape poverty. In areas where a Green Revol...

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Main Author: CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/128955
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description Most of the world’s extreme poor are located in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and South Asia (SA), live in rural areas, and depend on agriculture as their main source of income. A vast majority are smallholder farmers, and improving their incomes can help them escape poverty. In areas where a Green Revolution-style intensification may not be an option, an alternative is to diversify income sources in agriculture by changing farming systems to introduce higher value crops and to extend labor calendars to reduce periods of forced idleness. When looking at the origins of rural poverty, it is indeed notable that lack of opportunities to use labor productively during an important fraction of the year is highly correlated with low per capita consumption. This is what the Agricultural Transformation tries to achieve. This research was supported by ISPC-SPIA under the grant “Strengthening Impact Assessment in the CGIAR (SIAC) (https://cas.cgiar.org/spia/news/strengthening-impact-assessment-cgiar-siac-2013-2016).”
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spelling CGSpace1289552025-10-10T16:24:35Z From Green Revolution to Agricultural Transformation: The Case of Short Duration Rice Varieties in Bangladesh CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council income farmers crops green revolution agriculture duration world intensification systems farming poverty rural areas farming systems smallholder farmers africa asia rural poverty consumption rice transformation labour agricultural transformation south asia s varieties sub-saharan africa Most of the world’s extreme poor are located in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and South Asia (SA), live in rural areas, and depend on agriculture as their main source of income. A vast majority are smallholder farmers, and improving their incomes can help them escape poverty. In areas where a Green Revolution-style intensification may not be an option, an alternative is to diversify income sources in agriculture by changing farming systems to introduce higher value crops and to extend labor calendars to reduce periods of forced idleness. When looking at the origins of rural poverty, it is indeed notable that lack of opportunities to use labor productively during an important fraction of the year is highly correlated with low per capita consumption. This is what the Agricultural Transformation tries to achieve. This research was supported by ISPC-SPIA under the grant “Strengthening Impact Assessment in the CGIAR (SIAC) (https://cas.cgiar.org/spia/news/strengthening-impact-assessment-cgiar-siac-2013-2016).” 2018-09 2023-02-25T17:09:09Z 2023-02-25T17:09:09Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/128955 en Open Access CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council ISPC. (2018). From Green Revolution to Agricultural Transformation: The Case of Short Duration Rice Varieties in Bangladesh, Brief N. 71. Rome: Independent Science and Partnership Council
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farmers
crops
green revolution
agriculture
duration
world
intensification
systems
farming
poverty
rural areas
farming systems
smallholder farmers
africa
asia
rural poverty
consumption
rice
transformation
labour
agricultural transformation
south asia
s
varieties
sub-saharan africa
CGIAR Independent Science and Partnership Council
From Green Revolution to Agricultural Transformation: The Case of Short Duration Rice Varieties in Bangladesh
title From Green Revolution to Agricultural Transformation: The Case of Short Duration Rice Varieties in Bangladesh
title_full From Green Revolution to Agricultural Transformation: The Case of Short Duration Rice Varieties in Bangladesh
title_fullStr From Green Revolution to Agricultural Transformation: The Case of Short Duration Rice Varieties in Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed From Green Revolution to Agricultural Transformation: The Case of Short Duration Rice Varieties in Bangladesh
title_short From Green Revolution to Agricultural Transformation: The Case of Short Duration Rice Varieties in Bangladesh
title_sort from green revolution to agricultural transformation the case of short duration rice varieties in bangladesh
topic income
farmers
crops
green revolution
agriculture
duration
world
intensification
systems
farming
poverty
rural areas
farming systems
smallholder farmers
africa
asia
rural poverty
consumption
rice
transformation
labour
agricultural transformation
south asia
s
varieties
sub-saharan africa
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