Technology adoption, agricultural productivity, and road infrastructure in Bhutan

Agricultural productivity increases are one of the desired outcomes from sensible food security and agricultural policies. Increased productivity might lead to improved welfare of rural populations through several pathways. First, increased productivity ensures higher food availability and higher in...

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Autores principales: Minten, Bart, Dukpa, Chencho
Formato: Informe técnico
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154963
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Dukpa, Chencho
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description Agricultural productivity increases are one of the desired outcomes from sensible food security and agricultural policies. Increased productivity might lead to improved welfare of rural populations through several pathways. First, increased productivity ensures higher food availability and higher incomes at the farm household level. Second, increased food availability leads to lower prices of agricultural products and higher real wages, to the benefit of poor net buyers and wage laborers respectively. Third, a well-performing agricultural sector has important economic multiplier effects on the vibrancy of the off-farm rural economy. However, policy makers are often hampered by a lack of information on agricultural productivity, the constraints that farmers face, and the levers that they can use to improve productivity.
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spelling CGSpace1549632025-11-06T05:02:12Z Technology adoption, agricultural productivity, and road infrastructure in Bhutan Minten, Bart Dukpa, Chencho productivity food security agricultural policies economic development agricultural sector infrastructure markets food availability technology adoption capacity development Agricultural productivity increases are one of the desired outcomes from sensible food security and agricultural policies. Increased productivity might lead to improved welfare of rural populations through several pathways. First, increased productivity ensures higher food availability and higher incomes at the farm household level. Second, increased food availability leads to lower prices of agricultural products and higher real wages, to the benefit of poor net buyers and wage laborers respectively. Third, a well-performing agricultural sector has important economic multiplier effects on the vibrancy of the off-farm rural economy. However, policy makers are often hampered by a lack of information on agricultural productivity, the constraints that farmers face, and the levers that they can use to improve productivity. 2010 2024-10-01T14:05:11Z 2024-10-01T14:05:11Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154963 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Ministry of Agriculture and Forests Minten, Bart and Dukpa, Chencho. 2010. Technology adoption, agricultural productivity, and road infrastructure in Bhutan. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and Ministry of Agriculture and Forests (MoAF). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/154963
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food security
agricultural policies
economic development
agricultural sector
infrastructure
markets
food availability
technology adoption
capacity development
Minten, Bart
Dukpa, Chencho
Technology adoption, agricultural productivity, and road infrastructure in Bhutan
title Technology adoption, agricultural productivity, and road infrastructure in Bhutan
title_full Technology adoption, agricultural productivity, and road infrastructure in Bhutan
title_fullStr Technology adoption, agricultural productivity, and road infrastructure in Bhutan
title_full_unstemmed Technology adoption, agricultural productivity, and road infrastructure in Bhutan
title_short Technology adoption, agricultural productivity, and road infrastructure in Bhutan
title_sort technology adoption agricultural productivity and road infrastructure in bhutan
topic productivity
food security
agricultural policies
economic development
agricultural sector
infrastructure
markets
food availability
technology adoption
capacity development
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