How agricultural research affects urban poverty in developing countries: the case of China

This paper develops a framework to measure the impact of agricultural research on urban poverty. Increased investments in agricultural R&D can lower food prices by increasing food production, and lower food prices benefit the urban poor because they often spend more than 60% of their income on food....

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Autores principales: Fan, Shenggen, Fang, Cheng, Zhang, Xiaobo
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155994
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author Fan, Shenggen
Fang, Cheng
Zhang, Xiaobo
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description This paper develops a framework to measure the impact of agricultural research on urban poverty. Increased investments in agricultural R&D can lower food prices by increasing food production, and lower food prices benefit the urban poor because they often spend more than 60% of their income on food. Application of the framework to China shows that these food price effects are large and that the benefits for the urban poor have been about as large as the benefits for the rural poor.
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spelling CGSpace1559942025-11-06T05:17:10Z How agricultural research affects urban poverty in developing countries: the case of China Fan, Shenggen Fang, Cheng Zhang, Xiaobo public investment agriculture agricultural research urban poverty This paper develops a framework to measure the impact of agricultural research on urban poverty. Increased investments in agricultural R&D can lower food prices by increasing food production, and lower food prices benefit the urban poor because they often spend more than 60% of their income on food. Application of the framework to China shows that these food price effects are large and that the benefits for the urban poor have been about as large as the benefits for the rural poor. 2001 2024-10-24T12:42:58Z 2024-10-24T12:42:58Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155994 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Fan, Shenggen; Fang, Cheng; Zhang, Xiaobo. 2001. How agricultural research affects urban poverty in developing countries: the case of China. EPTD Discussion Paper 83. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155994
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agriculture
agricultural research
urban poverty
Fan, Shenggen
Fang, Cheng
Zhang, Xiaobo
How agricultural research affects urban poverty in developing countries: the case of China
title How agricultural research affects urban poverty in developing countries: the case of China
title_full How agricultural research affects urban poverty in developing countries: the case of China
title_fullStr How agricultural research affects urban poverty in developing countries: the case of China
title_full_unstemmed How agricultural research affects urban poverty in developing countries: the case of China
title_short How agricultural research affects urban poverty in developing countries: the case of China
title_sort how agricultural research affects urban poverty in developing countries the case of china
topic public investment
agriculture
agricultural research
urban poverty
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155994
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