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  1. Conclusion: integrating ecology and poverty reduction by Ingram, J.C., DeClerck, Fabrice A.J., Rumbaitis del Rio, Cristina

    Published 2012
    “…As discussed throughout the chapters of the two volumes comprising this series on Integrating Ecology and Poverty Reduction, in recent years an increasing amount of global attention has focused on the role of the natural environment in contributing to poverty reduction (McNeely and Scherr 2003; Ash and Jenkins 2007; World Bank 2007; Tekelenburg et al. 2009; Chivian and Bernstein 2008; Galizzi and Herklotz 2008). …”
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  2. Food prices and poverty reduction in the long run by Headey, Derek D.

    Published 2014
    “…The magnitudes of these effects vary across specifications and are not precisely estimated, but they are large enough to suggest that the recent increase in global food prices has significantly accelerated the rate of global poverty reduction.…”
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  3. Agricultural investment for growth and poverty reduction in Nigeria by Alpuerto, Vida, Diao, Xinshen, Salau, Sheu, Nwafor, Manson

    Published 2009
    “…This study assesses public investment required for agricultural growth and poverty reduction in Nigeria. Using time series data for public spending and agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) growth, the econometrically estimated results show that one percent of growth in agricultural spending generates 0.24 percent of growth in agricultural TFP. …”
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  4. Options for agricultural growth for poverty reduction in Nigeria by Diao, Xinshen, Nwafor, Manson, Alpuerto, Vida

    Published 2009
    “…The report emphasizes that in designing an agricultural strategy and in prioritizing growth, it is important to consider the following four factors at the subsector level: (i) the size of a subsector in the economy, (ii) growth multiplier effect through linkages of a subsector with the rest of the economy, (iii) poverty reduction – growth elasticity effect through growth primarily led by a subsector, and (iv) market opportunities and price effect for individual agricultural products.…”
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