and household data set collected in Tamil Nadu, India where tank irrigation systems have been managed collectively for … poverty among them. Our analyses also find that the dissemination leads to the overexploitation of groundwater, and thus … wells creates double tragedies: not only increased poverty among the no-well-access farmers but also overexploitation and …

contribute to social objectives such as poverty reduction. To promote synergy in the implementation of PES, however, a number of …

-econometric studies that analyze the role of infrastructure in mitigating chronic and transient poverty. This paper aims to bridge this … irrigation enhances households’ access to the credit market which, in turn, contributes to further reduction in transient poverty … poverty. The structural estimation results support the validity of our theoretical framework. …

major cotton producing area of northern Mozambique. Cotton is especially relevant to rural poverty reduction because … technology adoption and poverty reduction. Policy changes to align private and social profitability of cotton production with Bt … the adoption of Bt cotton varieties could result in a sizeable reduction in poverty as measured by the predicted change in …

The paper examines the impact of local institutions on development and poverty in the rural areas of India. Recent …

give high rates of return in African and Asia and has a substantial impact on poverty, currently reducing this number by 27 … million per annum, whereas productivity growth in industry and services has no impact. The per capita "cost" of poverty …

poverty alleviation goals. However, the issue of whether the poor benefit more from agricultural research that pursues … efficiencyequity tradeoffs. This paper estimates the potential impacts of agricultural research on economic surplus and poverty …. Although introducing a poverty dimension does not result in a significant shift in strategic priorities, greater benefits to …

Agricultural research in marginal dry areas can contribute to reducing poverty through the development of technological … implications on where and how research must be targeted to have impact on poverty. Households less endowed in land and natural … discuss the pathways that these different groups can undertake to escape poverty, with emphasis on those that use agricultural …