that biofuels investment enhances growth and poverty reduction despite some displacement of food crops by biofuels. Overall … reduces the incidence of poverty by about six percentage points over a 12-year phase-in period. Benefits depend on production …

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

poverty. In short run, the oil-biofuels nexus was clearly the driving force behind the surge in food prices, but export … sharply in many countries, and that global poverty levels have increased markedly. The good news is that the supply response … clear that additional people will fall into poverty and become food insecure. Lastly, the global food system is …

Shaheen Akter and John Farrington..."What makes exit from poverty .... …

-being and investigates its implication for poverty reduction. Data were collected randomly from 245 smallholders in the province …

producing jatropha feedstock for biodiesel. Under all scenarios, biofuels investments accelerate GDP growth and reduce poverty … are drawn away from food production. A skills-shortage amongst female workers also limits poverty reduction. Policy …

technologies on consumption expenditure and poverty measured by headcount, poverty gap and poverty severity indices. The paper is … impacts of improved groundnut variety adoption on per capita consumption expenditure and on poverty reduction. The findings …