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| Title | Assessing the impact of agricultural research on poverty using the sustainable livelihoods framework |
| Author |
Adato, Michelle Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela |
| ORCID | http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4782-3074 Meinzen-Dick, Ruth; |
| Year | 2002 |
| Abstract | As the goals of international agricultural research move beyond increasing food production to the broader aims of reducing poverty, both agricultural research and studies of its impact become more complex. Yet examining the magnitude and mechanisms through which different types of agricultural research are able to help the poor is essential, not only to evaluate claims for continued funding of such research, but more importantly, to guide future research in ways that will make the greatest contribution to poverty reduction. This paper reports on the approach used in a multicountry study of the poverty impact of research programs under the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). The studies use an expanded understanding of poverty that goes beyond income- or consumption-based headcounts or severity measures, to consider many other factors that poor people in different contexts define as contributing to their vulnerability, poverty, and well-being. The sustainable livelihoods framework provides a common conceptual approach to examining the ways in which agricultural research and technologies fit (or sometimes do not fit) into the livelihood strategies of households or individuals with different types of assets and other resources, strategies that often involve multiple activities undertaken at different times of the year. This paper reports on the conceptual framework, methods, and findings to date of these studies. It provides an overview of the sustainable livelihoods approach, how it can be applied to agricultural research, and describes detailed methods and results from five case studies: (1) modern rice varieties in Bangladesh; (2) polyculture fishponds and vegetable gardens in Bangladesh; (3) soil fertility management practices in Kenya; (4) hybrid maize in Zimbabwe; and (5) creolized maize varieties in Mexico. |
| Series Name | FCND Discussion paper |
| Series Number | 128 |
| Publisher | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) |
| Place of publication | Washington, D.C. |
| Language | English |
| Record Type | Discussion paper |
| Peer Reviewed - PR or Non-PR | Non-PR |
| Subject - country location |
KENYA ZIMBABWE MEXICO BANGLADESH EAST AFRICA CENTRAL AMERICA AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA AFRICA NORTH AMERICA |
| Subject - keywords |
Soil fertility -- Kenya. Hybrid maize Maize Fish-culture -- Bangladesh. Rice Sustainable livelihoods. Agricultural research. Poverty alleviation. Research Food production Poverty agricultural economics Soil fertility Polyculture vegetable crop hybrid Sustainability |
| IFPRI Descriptors | IFPRI1 |
| IFPRI Division |
FCND EPTD |
| Access Rights | Open Access |
| Related Documents | Brief http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/47975 |
| LOC call number | FCND DP128 |
| Physical description | 57 pages |
| IFPRI Web link | http://www.ifpri.org/divs/eptd/dp/eptdp89.htm |
| Requests | mailto:ifpri-library@cgiar.org |
| CONTENTdm file name | 71384.cpd |
| Date cataloged | 2015-10-12 |
| Date modified | 2015-10-12 |
| OCLC number | 780173817 |
| CONTENTdm number | 71383 |
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| Title | fcndp128 29 |
| Access Rights | Open Access |
| Requests | mailto:ifpri-library@cgiar.org |
| CONTENTdm file name | 71355.pdfpage |
| Date cataloged | 2015-03-20 |
| Date modified | 2015-03-20 |
| CONTENTdm number | 71354 |
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