Agriculture plays an important role in terms of employment and its contribution to gross domestic product in many … African countries. Thus, any policy initiative targeted towards poverty reduction in Africa should consider the agricultural …

evidence indicates that agriculture is significantly more effective than nonagriculture in reducing poverty among the poorest … and the lower poverty-reducing effect of non-agriculture in the presence of extractive industries. …The role of agriculture in development remains much debated. This paper takes an empirical perspective and focuses on …

highlight that the scope for reducing poverty in lagging rural regions is often substantial in agriculture, also in countries …Using 2000-04 panel data this study analyses the pathways rural households followed out of poverty in two lagging … provinces of China, Inner Mongolia and Gansu. Rising labour productivity in agriculture has been key, and still holds much …