Search Results - "poverty reduction"

The Impact of Biofortified Iron Bean Adoption on Productivity, and Bean Consumption, Purchases and Sales by Vaiknoras, K., Larochelle, Catherine

“…These findings are promising for the continued adoption of iron beans in Rwanda and elsewhere and provide evidence that biofortified crops are a good investment for nutrition, food security, and poverty reduction.…”
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A comparative analysis of milk sectors - Nairobi, Kathmandu and Santa Cruz: Opportunities for pro-poor policies by Anderson, S., Rushton, Jonathan, Tulachan, P.M., Staal, Steven J., Herrero, Mario

“…The paper considers demand for milk and milk products, changes in milk supply and trading pathways, the policy frameworks, changes in demand and market share, and growth in the sector and poverty reduction. The policy implications for propoor development of the milk sector are discussed.…”
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Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Training Guide by Dejene, Sintayehu W., Terefe, Tadesse, Belay, Berhanu, Amha, Yosef, Demissie, Teferi Dejene

“…Climate change endangers the country's agriculture development, natural resources, biodiversity conservation, and government poverty-reduction efforts. Climate change-related impacts such as food insecurity, malnutrition, poverty, biodiversity loss, and loss of livelihood are deeply intertwined and continue to be the country's primary development challenges. …”
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Reactive assistance or proactive protection? Social protection and climate resilience in the Sahel region by Desai, Bina, Meddings, George, Läderach, Peter R.D., Campbell, Raramai

“…In this context, aligning social protection and climate change adaptation objectives may have the potential to accelerate chronic poverty reduction as well as adaptive capacities of poor households and increase climate resilience. …”
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The political economy of reforming costly agricultural policies by Resnick, Danielle, Vos, Rob, Martin, Will

“…Many of these policies have facilitated hunger and poverty reduction, but they also have fostered agricultural production systems that threaten environmental sustainability through increased greenhouse gas emission and land use expansion. …”
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2023 ATOR: The call for nutrition-smart food systems by Ulimwengu, John M., Magne Domgho, Léa Vicky, Collins, Julia

“…A shift from agriculture to manufacturing was one of the hallmarks of job creation, poverty reduction, and rapid growth in low-income countries during the latter half of the 20th century. …”
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Double Jeopardy: COVID-19, coup d'etat and poverty in Myanmar by Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity

“…COVID and the coup d’état reversed a decade of growth and poverty reduction, but the full extent of the crisis on household poverty has remained uncertain because of the challenges of conducting large-scale in-person welfare surveys during the pandemic and recent political instability. …”
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Agrifood processing in Africa: Status, challenges, and opportunities by Ellis, Mia, Fang, Jared, McMillan, Margaret S.

“…Ashift from agriculture to manufacturing was one of the hallmarks of job creation, poverty reduction, and rapid growth in low-income countries during the latter half of the 20th century. …”
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Black soldier fly farming for feed and biofertilizer: a practical guide by Adamtey, Noah, Badu, E., Ayimba, N., Kimathi, F., Gebrezgabher, Solomie A.

“…The aim of this guide is to facilitate the utilization of Black Soldier Fly (BSF) as an alternative protein and fertilizer source, contributing to employment generation and poverty reduction. It is designed to support farmers, small and medium enterprises (SMEs), Extension Agents, and other stakeholders in acquiring the necessary knowledge and skills to engage in BSF farming as a viable business opportunity. …”
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Relief from usury: Impact of a self-help group lending program in rural India by Hoffmann, Vivian, Rao, Vijayendra, Surendra, Vaishnavi, Datta, Upamanyu

“…Provision of low-cost credit to the poor through self-help groups (SHGs) has been embraced as a key poverty-reduction strategy in developing countries, but evidence on the impact of this approach is thin. …”
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Tenure security research: Key findings and lessons learned by McLain, Rebecca

“…Tenure insecurity has a variety of negative consequences for natural resource management, agricultural productivity, and poverty reduction, but the sources of tenure insecurity differ for men and women, and for individual, household, and collective lands. …”
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PIM gender research: 2017 in review by Crimi, Gabriella

“…Investing in research and initiatives that seek to foster gender equality and women’s empowerment is essential to realizing the full potential of agriculture as an engine of economic growth, poverty reduction, and development. As such, a critical reflection on gender analysis within PIM’s outputs not only serves the program’s gender strategy but also is instrumental to achieving PIM’s goals of a food-secure present and future. …”
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Food policy in a complex, changing world: Event synopsis by International Food Policy Research Institute

“…IFPRI helped make the case that agriculture, as a driver of poverty reduction and broadbased economic growth, requires investment. …”
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Promoting exports of low-aflatoxin groundnut from Malawi by Edelman, Brent, Aberman, Noora-Lisa

“…Malawi’s National Export Strategy is built on the premise that the promotion of exports and domestic value addition can contribute to economic growth and poverty reduction in a meaningful way. Groundnut shows particularly high potential because regional de-mand is strong and Malawi’s farmers are already quite familiar with improved methods for growing the crop (Government of Malawi, 2013). …”
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Mapping the path to sustainability through coherence analysis of Colombia’s land, food, and water policies by Buritica, Alexander, Howland, Fanny Cecile, Mideros, Maria Fernanda, Castro Nunez, Augusto

“…The study assesses how these policies contribute to objectives such as poverty reduction, food security, health, gender equality, climate action, and land conservation. …”
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Agriculture and small towns in Africa by Dorosh, Paul A., Thurlow, James

“…We find larger linkages between agricultural production and small towns and show that redirecting urban growth toward towns rather than cities leads to broader‐based economic growth and poverty reduction. In contrast, industry and services, particularly within cities, are far less effective in reaching rural areas and the poor. …”
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Biofuels, poverty, and growth: A computable general equilibrium analysis of Mozambique by Arndt, Channing, Benfica, Rui, Tarp, Finn, Thurlow, James, Uaiene, Rafael

“…We find that biofuels investment enhances growth and poverty reduction despite some displacement of food crops by biofuels. …”
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Mozambique [in Strategies and priorities for African agriculture] by Thurlow, James

“…Gross domestic product (GDP) grew at 8 percent per year during 1996– 2003 while the national poverty rate fell from 69 to 55 percent (World Bank 2010). Much of this poverty reduction occurred in rural areas, where a rebound in agricultural production led to large improvements in household incomes and food security. …”
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Poverty rate and government income transfers: A spatial simultaneous equations approach by Jeanty, P. Wilner, Ulimwengu, John M.

“…Furthermore, counties located in devolution states perform better in both poverty reduction and income transfer. These findings are missing from extant literature that focuses only on the poverty-reducing impact of welfare payments.…”
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Shocks, groups, and networks in Bukidnon, the Philippines by Quisumbing, Agnes R., Mcniven, Scott, Godquin, Marie

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