Right Target, Wrong Mechanism? Agricultural Modernization and Poverty Reduction in Uganda

Agricultural Research and Poverty Reduction

Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction: Additional Evidence

Agricultural growth has long been recognized as an important instrument for poverty reduction. Yet, measurements of this relationship are still scarce and not always reliable. This paper presents additional evidence at both the sectoral and household levels based on recent data. Results show that rural poverty reduction has been associated with growth in yields and in agricultural labor product...

Gender and Reduction of Poverty in Iran

Agricultural Biotechnology and Poverty Reduction in Low-income Countries

— While biotechnology innovation is concentrated in high income, ‘‘Tier I’’ countries, international diffusion of innovations to improve the diet, health, and incomes of the poorest will be largely driven by ‘‘Tier II’’ innovators such as China and Brazil. Adoption of beneficial biotechnologies in ‘‘Tier II’’ and ‘‘Tier III’’ countries will increase as more transgenic versions of conventionally...

Agricultural Science and Technology Policy for Growth and Poverty Reduction

This paper argues that the largely unrealized potential of agricultural science and technology (S&T) in promoting growth and poverty reduction in developing countries results from deeply rooted incompatibility among policy environments, institutional arrangements, and micro conditions and behavior in agricultural research and development (R&D). Achieving growth and poverty reduction based on gr...