agricultural-food sector; reducing national and rural poverty; creating employment; and improving nutrition by diversifying diets … first value chain to reduce poverty in the Northern and Southern regions where irrigated and rainfed rice cultivation …

to reduce poverty than increasing export-crop production. This conclusion is based on case studies of ten low …

literature disaggregating the growth–poverty relationship in agriculture. Although our estimated elasticities are higher for …

variability and change on economic growth and poverty reduction in Zambia. The hydro-crop model is first used to estimate the … DCGE model to assess the impact of climate variability on economic growth and poverty. We find that climate variability … below the national poverty line by 2016. A similar method is also used to examine the potential impact of climate change on …

particularly erratic, and while the incidence of poverty has declined, it still remains high. The Malawian government, within the …, simply achieving the CAADP target of six percent will not be sufficient to halve poverty by 2015, i.e. achieving the first … the poverty line by 2015 and significantly improve the well-being of both rural and urban households." from authors …

, CAADP growth benefits both rural and urban households, and reduces poverty by more than half within 10 years. However …

rest of the economy, and although the incidence of poverty has declined, it still remains high. The Zambian government … agricultural growth will not be sufficient to meet the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG1) of halving poverty by 2015. To … poverty line by 2015, and significantly improve the well-being of both rural and urban households." from authors' abstract …