Poverty alleviation

Kotschi, J. (2000) Poverty alleviation in the South. Can organic farming help Proceedings of the 13th International IFOAM Scientific Conference, Basel, Switzerland, pp 652-5. 

Raynolds, L.T. (2002). Poverty Alleviation through Participation in Fair Trade Coffee Networks Existing Research and Critical Issues, Background paper prepared for project funded by the Community Resource Development Program, The Ford Foundation, New York. http //www.colostate.edu/Depts/Sociology/FairTradeResearchGroup. 

Mahale, P. and Soree, Y. 2002. National study India. In UNESCAP (ed.) Organic Agriculture and Rural Poverty Alleviation. Potential and Best Practices in Asia. United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), Bangkok, pp. 73-97. 

Poverty Alleviation. Potential and Best Practices in Asia. United Nations Economic and... 

Johannsen, J. (2005) Organic Farming. A contribution to sustainable poverty alleviation in developing countries - German NGO Forum Environment Development, Knotenpunkt GmbH, Bonn. 

Based on this demand, in 2006 FiBL launched a network of long-term farming system comparisons in the tropics (Kenya, India and a site in Latin America that has yet to be defined). The aim of this project is to examine the contribution of organic agriculture to food security, poverty alleviation and environmental conservation. It covers cash crop-oriented systems as well as subsistence crop-based systems under a wide range of agro-ecological and socio-economic conditions. 

Wunder, S. (2001). Poverty alleviation and tropical forests—What scope for synergies World Development, 29(11), 1817-1833. 

Ho, C.T. Simon, J.E. Shahidi F. Shao. Y., In Dietary Supplements. Ho, C.T. Shao, Y. Simon, J.E., Eds. American Chemical Society Symposium Series 925. American Chemical Society Washington, DC, 2008 2-8. International Trade Centre, ITC Trade Map http //www.trademap.org/. Ndoye, O., In Non-Timber Forest Products between Poverty Alleviation and Market Forces. Pfund, J.L. Robinson, P., Eds. Intercooperation Switzerland, 2005 14-19. 

Shackleton, S. Campbell, B. Lotz-sisitka H. Shackleton, C., Links between Local Trade in Natural Products, Livehhoods and Poverty Alleviation in a Semi Arid Region of South Africa, World Dev, 2008, 36 (3), 505-526. 

Perez, M.R., In Non-timber Forest Products between Poverty Alleviation and Market Forces, Pfund, J.L. Robinson, P., Eds. Intercooperation Berne, Switzerland, 2005 pp 8-13. 

Besley T, Coate S (1992) Workfare Versus Welfare Incentive Arguments for Workfare Requirements in Poverty-alleviation Programs. American Economic Review 82(1), 249-261... 

CABI Bioscience s Biopesticides Programme is committed to the development and use of biopesticides as safe, environmentally friendly alternatives to chemical pesticides. The Programme carries out collaborative inter-disciplinary research and development, offers training in insect pathology, runs the International Biopesticide Consortium for Development (IBCD), disseminates information and promotes the role and value of biopesticides in sustainable crop production, poverty alleviation and wealth generation. 

Poverty Alleviation, Agricultural Production, Agricultural Productivity, Agricultural Technologies, Income Generation, MDGs... 

Ycet al, 2000). Also, sweet potato is a typical food security crop because it can be harvested little by little over several months. It is because of these unique features and nutritional value of the sweet potato that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has selected it as a candidate crop to be grown and incorporated into the menus for astronauts on space missions. The sweet potato has immense potential and has a major role to play in human nutrition, food security, and poverty alleviation in developing countries. 

Baflos, Philippines and Baflos, Los (2000). Rice Research for Food Security and Poverty Alleviation. Proceedings of the International Rice Research Conference, International Rice Research Institute. 

Baas, S. and J. Rouse, 1997. Poverty alleviation the role of rural institutions and participation. Rome FAO. Bebbington, A.J., 1999. Capitals and capabilities a framework for analyzing peasant viability, rural livelihoods and poverty. World Development 27, 2021-2044. 

Safety nets are never the whole or suffioient answerto poverty reduction or risk management. They must operate within the existing policy context and be balanced with existing or planned safety nets, sooial insurance, and other social or poverty alleviation policies. No single presoription fits all oircumstances. The mix of support to the chronic poor, the transient poor, and vulnerable groups will be complex, and, until the safety net is adequate for all, the subject of difficult and controversial triage decisions. 

Trade-off between infrastructure development and poverty alleviation objectives The ratio of net transfers to total costs is low because of the share of nonwage inputs and because of foregone earnings... 

Understanding and measuring poverty and vulnerability to poverty are crucial for designing effective poverty alleviation policies and programs. Here is an attempt to briefly illustrate the multiple dimensions of poverty and the methods often used to define and measure poverty and vulnerability to poverty. 

Caldes, Natalia, David Coady, and John A. Malucdo. 2006. The Cost of Poverty Alleviation Transfer Programs A Comparative Analysis of Three Programs in Latin America. World Development 5 (5) 818-37. 

Coady, David, Paul Dorosh, and Bart Min ten. 2008. Evaluating Alternative Approaches to Poverty Alleviation Rice Tariffs Versus Targeted Transfers in Madagascar. Working Paper 08/9. Washington, DC International Monetary Fund. 

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