• Media type: E-Book
  • Title: Beyond food production : the role of agriculture in poverty reduction
  • Contributor: Bresciani, Fabrizio [Other]; Valdés, Alberto [Other]
  • Corporation: Edward Elgar Publishing
  • imprint: Cheltenham; Northampton, Mass: Edward Elgar and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, c2007
  • Published in: Edward Elgar E-Book Archive
  • Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (viii, 232 p); ill
  • Language: English
  • DOI: 10.4337/9781781009796
  • ISBN: 9781781009796
  • Identifier:
  • RVK notation: QS 200 : Agrarmarktstudien
    ZB 50003 : Ländergruppen/Entwicklungsländer
    ZB 55000 : International, Allgemeines
    QS 800 : Ernährung
  • Keywords: Entwicklungsländer > Schwellenländer > Armut > Landwirtschaftsentwicklung > Agrarproduktion
  • Origination:
  • Footnote: Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Description: Synthesis and theoretical background -- Country case studies.

    The importance of agricultural growth to poverty reduction is well known, but the specific channels through which the poor can take advantage of growth require further research. Beyond Food Production takes on this challenge, investigating four important channels: rural labor markets, farm incomes, food prices, and linkages to other economic sectors