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Book SynopsisThe importance of agricultural growth to poverty reduction is well known, but the specific channels through which the poor can take advantage of growth require further research.
Beyond Food Production takes on this challenge, investigating four important channels: rural labor markets, farm incomes, food prices, and linkages to other economic sectors.
Using six developing country cases, this study elucidates the mechanisms linking agriculture growth to economic development and the wellbeing of the poor. The evidence shows that governments should view the sector's contribution in wider terms, recognizing both its interaction with other economic sectors, and that labor markets and trade policies can play a critical role in mediating agriculture's impact on poor households' incomes. To achieve effective rural poverty strategies the book calls for a broad economy-wide perspective on the role of agriculture in the overall growth process.
This book will be of great interest to students of international agricultural development as well as economists and professionals serving in international development organizations.
Trade Review'The book is an important contribution to understanding the nature of the linkages that could help agricultural growth reduce poverty in developing countries. . . The findings will be helpful for development planning in the future.' -- Frithjof Kuhnen, Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture
Table of ContentsContents: PART I: SYNTHESIS AND THEORETICAL BACKGROUND 1. The Role of Agriculture in Poverty Reduction: A Synthesis of the Country Case Studies Fabrizio Bresciani and Alberto Valdés 2. Agricultural Growth and Poverty Reduction Ramón López PART II: COUNTRY CASE STUDIES 3. Chile Ramón López and Gustavo Anríquez 4. Mexico Isidro Soloaga and Mario Torres 5. India Manoj Panda 6. Indonesia Sudarno Sumarto and Asep Suryahadi 7. Ghana Ramatu M. Al-Hassan and John Baptist D. Jatoe 8. South Africa Johann Kirsten, Julian May, Sheryl Hendriks, Mike Lyne, Charles L. Machethe and Cecilia Punt Index
