Agricultural growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental sustainability: having it all
Many developing countries have achieved impressive growth rates in agriculture in recent decades....[but] hunger and malnutrition persist in many countries, often because past patterns of agricultural growth were insufficient or failed to adequately benefit the poor. These patterns have sometimes ha...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
1999
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| author | Hazell, Peter B. R. |
| author_browse | Hazell, Peter B. R. |
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| description | Many developing countries have achieved impressive growth rates in agriculture in recent decades....[but] hunger and malnutrition persist in many countries, often because past patterns of agricultural growth were insufficient or failed to adequately benefit the poor. These patterns have sometimes harmed the environment and exacerbated poverty and food insecurity among rural people, even as agriculture has met national food needs and contributed to export earnings. But poverty and environmental degradation are not an inevitable outcome of agricultural growth. Rather, these negative effects reflect inappropriate economic incentives for managing modern inputs in intensive farming systems, insufficient investment in many heavily populated backward areas, inadequate social and poverty concerns, and political systems that are often biased against rural people. With appropriate government policies and investments, institutional development, and agricultural research, there is no reason why agricultural development cannot simultaneously contribute to growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental sustainability. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1614682025-01-10T06:44:24Z Agricultural growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental sustainability: having it all Hazell, Peter B. R. developing countries agricultural growth environmental protection Many developing countries have achieved impressive growth rates in agriculture in recent decades....[but] hunger and malnutrition persist in many countries, often because past patterns of agricultural growth were insufficient or failed to adequately benefit the poor. These patterns have sometimes harmed the environment and exacerbated poverty and food insecurity among rural people, even as agriculture has met national food needs and contributed to export earnings. But poverty and environmental degradation are not an inevitable outcome of agricultural growth. Rather, these negative effects reflect inappropriate economic incentives for managing modern inputs in intensive farming systems, insufficient investment in many heavily populated backward areas, inadequate social and poverty concerns, and political systems that are often biased against rural people. With appropriate government policies and investments, institutional development, and agricultural research, there is no reason why agricultural development cannot simultaneously contribute to growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental sustainability. 1999 2024-11-21T09:55:54Z 2024-11-21T09:55:54Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161468 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Hazell, P. B. R. 1999. Agricultural growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental sustainability;having it all. 2020 Policy Brief. 59. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161468 |
| spellingShingle | developing countries agricultural growth environmental protection Hazell, Peter B. R. Agricultural growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental sustainability: having it all |
| title | Agricultural growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental sustainability: having it all |
| title_full | Agricultural growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental sustainability: having it all |
| title_fullStr | Agricultural growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental sustainability: having it all |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agricultural growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental sustainability: having it all |
| title_short | Agricultural growth, poverty alleviation, and environmental sustainability: having it all |
| title_sort | agricultural growth poverty alleviation and environmental sustainability having it all |
| topic | developing countries agricultural growth environmental protection |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/161468 |
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