This study examines the relationship between agricultural technology adoption and poverty with a focus on New Rice … there is a scope for reducing poverty through the accelerated adoption of NERICA varieties by farmers. …

-econometric studies that analyze the role of infrastructure in mitigating chronic and transient poverty. This paper aims to bridge this … irrigation enhances households’ access to the credit market which, in turn, contributes to further reduction in transient poverty … poverty. The structural estimation results support the validity of our theoretical framework. …

major cotton producing area of northern Mozambique. Cotton is especially relevant to rural poverty reduction because … technology adoption and poverty reduction. Policy changes to align private and social profitability of cotton production with Bt … the adoption of Bt cotton varieties could result in a sizeable reduction in poverty as measured by the predicted change in …

poverty alleviation goals. However, the issue of whether the poor benefit more from agricultural research that pursues … efficiencyequity tradeoffs. This paper estimates the potential impacts of agricultural research on economic surplus and poverty …. Although introducing a poverty dimension does not result in a significant shift in strategic priorities, greater benefits to …

The paper examines the impact of local institutions on development and poverty in the rural areas of India. Recent …

give high rates of return in African and Asia and has a substantial impact on poverty, currently reducing this number by 27 … million per annum, whereas productivity growth in industry and services has no impact. The per capita "cost" of poverty …

contribute to social objectives such as poverty reduction. To promote synergy in the implementation of PES, however, a number of …

The present work provides evidence that non linear co-integration between Mexico and the US maize prices exists, at …

in Mexico, using the case of small-scale guava farmers in the state of Michoacán. Several findings emerge. The most …