Poverty in Kenya has been on the increase over the last decade. It is estimated that 56% of the total population live … in absolute poverty. Most of the poor reside in rural areas where agriculture is the main livelihood activity. Majority … of Kenya's farmers are smallholders. They account for 75% of the total agricultural output and about 70% of marketed …

consequences on poor farmers are substantial with a large number of people falling back into poverty during drought years. The …Drought is a major constraint affecting rice production especially in rainfed areas of Asia. Despite its importance in … rice growing areas, the magnitude of economic losses arising from drought, its impact on farm households and farmers …

to the goal of poverty reduction. In this study, the role of productive water use for the rural community of the Ukambani … district in Kenya was monitored, thereby focusing on income contributions and improvements in nutritional status. …

affluence levels within the maize agro-ecologies in Kenya, and a shift from large to smallholder intensification and multiple …, lowland coastal strip and lake Victoria region tend to grow drought tolerant tuber crops (such as cassava and sweet potatoes …) alongside maize in appreciable land sizes. Similarly the dry areas grow drought tolerant legumes such as pigeon pea alongside …

21st century. Little is known about the impact of ENSO-related drought on the welfare of farm households in developing … objective is to measure household resilience towards drought periods and identify its influencing factors to deduce policy … implications. Using consumption-related indicators, we develop an index measuring household drought resilience; we then identify …

districts in Kenya. We show that adopters of improved maize varieties have higher yields per acre and that poverty is negatively …Adoption of technologies that increase farm yields is a prerequisite for poverty alleviation in agrarian societies …. However, the link between adoption of improved agricultural technologies and poverty reduction is not well understood or …

farmers, highlighting that Bt cotton contributes to poverty reduction and rural development. …

In spite of rapid overall economic growth in the 1990s, rural poverty in Pakistan did not decline. Panel data covering … impact on rural poverty. …

findings have important implications on the future development strategy in promoting lagging regions development and poverty … reduction. While the overall economic development will be the main instrument to bring the majority poor out of poverty, a …

change in rice price on the one hand, and poverty and food insecurity (measured by calorie intake) on the other, are … increase in the real income of consumers following lower prices for a staple food, the poverty rate is calculated to fall from … 0.24 to 0.16. The measures of poverty gap and poverty severity are also expected to fall, by 0.07 and 0.26 respectively …