Assessing the impact of agricultural research on poverty using the sustainable livelihoods framework
As the goals of international agricultural research move beyond increasing food production to the broader aims of reducing poverty, both agricultural research and studies of its impact become more complex. Yet examining the magnitude and mechanisms through which different types of agricultural resea...
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| author | Adato, Michelle Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. |
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| description | As the goals of international agricultural research move beyond increasing food production to the broader aims of reducing poverty, both agricultural research and studies of its impact become more complex. Yet examining the magnitude and mechanisms through which different types of agricultural research are able to help the poor is essential, not only to evaluate claims for continued funding of such research, but more importantly, to guide future research in ways that will make the greatest contribution to poverty reduction. This paper reports on the approach used in a multicountry study of the poverty impact of research programs under the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). The studies use an expanded understanding of poverty that goes beyond income-or consumption-based headcounts or severity measures, to consider many other factors that poor people in different contexts define as contributing to their vulnerability, poverty, and well-being. The sustainable livelihoods framework provides a common conceptual approach to examining the ways in which agricultural research and technologies fit (or sometimes do not fit) into the livelihood strategies of households or individuals with different types of assets and other resources, strategies that often involve multiple activities undertaken at different times of the year. This paper reports on the conceptual framework, methods, and findings to date of these studies. It provides an overview of the sustainable livelihoods approach, how it can be applied to agricultural research, and describes detailed methods and results from five case studies: (1) modern rice varieties in Bangladesh; (2) polyculture fishponds and vegetable gardens in Bangladesh; (3) soil fertility management practices in Kenya; (4) hybrid maize in Zimbabwe; and (5) creolized maize varieties in Mexico. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1555722025-03-11T21:16:46Z Assessing the impact of agricultural research on poverty using the sustainable livelihoods framework Adato, Michelle Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. soil fertility hybrids maize fish culture rice sustainability agricultural research poverty alleviation As the goals of international agricultural research move beyond increasing food production to the broader aims of reducing poverty, both agricultural research and studies of its impact become more complex. Yet examining the magnitude and mechanisms through which different types of agricultural research are able to help the poor is essential, not only to evaluate claims for continued funding of such research, but more importantly, to guide future research in ways that will make the greatest contribution to poverty reduction. This paper reports on the approach used in a multicountry study of the poverty impact of research programs under the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). The studies use an expanded understanding of poverty that goes beyond income-or consumption-based headcounts or severity measures, to consider many other factors that poor people in different contexts define as contributing to their vulnerability, poverty, and well-being. The sustainable livelihoods framework provides a common conceptual approach to examining the ways in which agricultural research and technologies fit (or sometimes do not fit) into the livelihood strategies of households or individuals with different types of assets and other resources, strategies that often involve multiple activities undertaken at different times of the year. This paper reports on the conceptual framework, methods, and findings to date of these studies. It provides an overview of the sustainable livelihoods approach, how it can be applied to agricultural research, and describes detailed methods and results from five case studies: (1) modern rice varieties in Bangladesh; (2) polyculture fishponds and vegetable gardens in Bangladesh; (3) soil fertility management practices in Kenya; (4) hybrid maize in Zimbabwe; and (5) creolized maize varieties in Mexico. 2002 2024-10-24T12:42:18Z 2024-10-24T12:42:18Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155572 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Adato, Michelle; Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. 2002. Assessing the impact of agricultural research on poverty using the sustainable livelihoods framework. FCND Discussion Paper brief 128. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155572 |
| spellingShingle | soil fertility hybrids maize fish culture rice sustainability agricultural research poverty alleviation Adato, Michelle Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S. Assessing the impact of agricultural research on poverty using the sustainable livelihoods framework |
| title | Assessing the impact of agricultural research on poverty using the sustainable livelihoods framework |
| title_full | Assessing the impact of agricultural research on poverty using the sustainable livelihoods framework |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the impact of agricultural research on poverty using the sustainable livelihoods framework |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the impact of agricultural research on poverty using the sustainable livelihoods framework |
| title_short | Assessing the impact of agricultural research on poverty using the sustainable livelihoods framework |
| title_sort | assessing the impact of agricultural research on poverty using the sustainable livelihoods framework |
| topic | soil fertility hybrids maize fish culture rice sustainability agricultural research poverty alleviation |
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