The use of mobile phones in poverty reduction and development has ignited much interest over the past decade. To take …, education and agriculture. This paper examines how such m-services could be and are already being used to facilitate … of mobile phones already point to the potential benefits for poverty reduction and rural development. However, there is a …

emissions from agriculture are tallied. The development and effective diffusion of new agricultural practices and technologies … is nowhere more pronounced than in developing countries where agricultural productivity remains low; poverty …

farmers who are in transition from traditional to alternative agriculture in terms of adoption of innovative technologies. In …

Land use change is a key requirement for improving rural incomes and making a significant reduction in poverty levels … land use changes required for poverty alleviation coincide with that required for carbon sequestration, significant … is significant potential for sequestration payments to contribute to poverty alleviation, considerable effort will be …

Agricultural commercialization as a mechanism to alleviate rural poverty raises concerns about small land-holders, non … increasing, sensitivity analysis and scenarios suggest high variability and limited short-term impact on poverty alleviation …

exempt. Furthermore, U.S. agriculture is characterized by a large percentage of illegal migrants, and workers who are illegal … may or may not receive wages above minimum levels. This paper presents a case study, drawing from agriculture, that …

The second of three books in IFPRI's climate change in Africa series, East African Agriculture and Climate Change: A … contributors of East African Agriculture and Climate Change present plausible future scenarios that combine economic and … biophysical characteristics to explore the possible consequences for agriculture, food security, and resources management to 2050 …