Industry Matters for Poverty: A Critique of Agricultural Fundamentalism

Hasan, Rana; Quibria, M. G.

doi:10.1111/j.0023-5962.2004.00253.x

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“…Thus, Hasan and Quibria (2004) found that, while growth in agriculture is most effective for poverty reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, growth in industry is most effective for East Asia and in services for Latin America. Ravallion and Datt (1996) and Foster and Rosenzweig (2005) for India, and Suryahadi, Suryadarma, and Sumarto (2008) for Indonesia, all find that agricultural growth is key to reducing poverty in rural areas.…”

Section: Labor Productivity and Povertymentioning

confidence: 99%

Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction: Additional Evidence

Janvry¹,

Sadoulet²

2009

The World Bank Research Observer

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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. The authors present 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 productivity, but that this relation varies sharply across regional contexts. GDP growth originating in agriculture induces income growth among the 40 percent poorest, which is on the order of three times larger than growth originating in the rest of the economy. The power of agriculture comes not only from its direct poverty reduction effect but also from its potentially strong growth linkage effects on the rest of the economy. Decomposing the aggregate decline in poverty into a rural contribution, an urban contribution, and a population shift component shows that rural areas contributed more than half the observed aggregate decline in poverty. Finally, using the example of Vietnam, the authors show that rapid growth in agriculture has opened pathways out of poverty for farming households. While the effectiveness of agricultural growth in reducing poverty is well established, the effectiveness of public investment in inducing agricultural growth is still incomplete and conditional on context. JEL codes: O13, I31 Poverty reduction can be achieved through two instruments: transfers and propoor growth. Transfers require foreign aid or taxation of the incomes accruing to the non-poor and distribution through a variety of social programs. It has been widely used, especially in dealing with emergencies or to achieve quick poverty reduction results, and to address poverty among categories of the population that could not generate autonomous incomes even under the best of circumstances. It has the appeal of relative ease of implementation compared to promoting autonomous income growth of the poor. Sustained poverty reduction throughThe World Bank Research Observer

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Section: Labor Productivity and Povertymentioning

confidence: 99%

Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction: Additional Evidence

Janvry¹,

Sadoulet²

2009

The World Bank Research Observer

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137

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“…One study [19] estimated that more than 50% of the food needed to feed the projected nine billion world population in 2050 will be produced by smallholders. In terms of poverty reduction, supporting smallholder agriculture is expected to have a greater impact in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, as developing non-agricultural sectors are seen as more important for poverty reduction in East Asia and Latin America [20].…”

Section: Supporting Smallholders Promotes Global Food Securitymentioning

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Rice production constraints and ‘new’ challenges for South Asian smallholders: insights into de facto research priorities

John

Fielding

2014

Agric & Food Secur

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Background: The international community and national agricultural research systems (NARS) recognize the importance of supporting smallholders in order to reduce poverty and promote the food security status of some of the most vulnerable groups in the world. South Asia has the largest food-insecure population in the world, and in several farming systems in the region, rice is the most important staple crop. This study examined the extent to which agricultural research has prioritized the greatest factors that constrain smallholder productivity in those farming systems. It also explored the degree to which research has connected production constraints and environmental challenges faced by rice smallholders.

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“…In recent years a number of critics of "agricultural fundamentalism" (Hasan and Quibria 2004) favored nonagricultural (i.e., urban-based) pathways to development, particularly in light of domestic and global conditions inimical to smallholder agriculture (e.g., Collier 2008, Ellis 2005. Even advocates of agriculture-led development do recognize that the role of agriculture depends on the degree of economic integration within the domestic economy, and between the domestic and world economy.…”

Section: A the Role Of Agriculture In Developmentmentioning

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Agriculture and Structural Transformation in Developing Asia: Review and Outlook

Briones¹,

Felipe

2013

SSRN Journal

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Industry Matters for Poverty: A Critique of Agricultural Fundamentalism

Cited by 49 publications

References 8 publications

Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction: Additional Evidence

Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction: Additional Evidence

Rice production constraints and ‘new’ challenges for South Asian smallholders: insights into de facto research priorities

Agriculture and Structural Transformation in Developing Asia: Review and Outlook

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