Agricultural Resources Information System (AgRIS): An e ...
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P.Kumar and T.Woodhead (2002) 12 portrays that works of Nobel Laureate, Professor Amartya Sen have clearly demonstrated that during years when non-agricultural rural employment increases, rural poverty declines, and that the converse also holds. On-farm, off-farm, and on-off-farm rural employment is essential to combat rural poverty and to secure adequate livelihood within the households of smallholders and land-less agricultural labourers. Rural Non-Farm (RNF) Income is very important to food security and risk management. 1.9 Land access is highly correlated with poverty. Poverty, low agricultural productivity and natural resources degradation are severe interrelated problems in Less-Favoured Areas (LFAs) 13 . Small Farms are often more efficient producers than large farms in developing countries, and the right kinds of investments in many LFAs can yield favourable economic returns while directly benefiting the Poor (Peter Hazell and Lawrence Haddad, 2001) 14 . Many expected benefits arising from rapid agricultural growth in Favoured Areas (FAs) have been confirmed through empirical 12 R.B.Singh, P.Kumar and T.Woodhead (2002): “Smallholder Farmers in India: Food Security and Agricultural Policy”, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (Bangkok, Thailand), March 2002, RAP publication: 2002/03 13 Less-Favoured Areas (LFAs) include lands that have low agricultural potential as well as areas that may have high agricultural potential but have limited access to infrastructure and markets. 14 Peter Hazell and Lawrence Haddad (2001) : “Agricultural Research and Poverty Reduction”, 2020 Brief 70 (August 2001), International Food Policy Research Centre (IFPRI), Washington D.C 10
esearch: “trickle-down” benefits for the poor, including those residing in LFAs, and “higher social returns” for a nation than investments in LFAs. Studies also highlight that investments in FAs have faced diminishing returns and increased social and environmental problems. Anecdotal evidence suggests that investments in LFAs can yield relatively high-rates of economic return and significantly reduce poverty, given alternate uses of land and labour of people in these areas. In the first edition of his "Essay on the Principle of Population (1798)", Thomas Malthus formally framed the debate about whether food resources would be sufficient to feed an increasing world population. 1.10 Higher agricultural productivity raises the disposal incomes in the rural households and pushes up the demand support that industry so desperately needs. Non-farm activities, often with linkages to agriculture and natural resources, have important multiplier effects. The World Bank/NCAER 15 study indicates that the poor often face additional barriers, associated with low social status and low wealth. These findings resonate with observations 15 NCAER – National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi (India) 11
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esearch: “trickle-down” benefits for the poor, including those<br />
residing in LFAs, and “higher social returns” for a nation than<br />
investments in LFAs. Studies also highlight that investments in<br />
FAs have faced diminishing returns and increased social and<br />
environmental problems. <strong>An</strong>ecdotal evidence suggests that<br />
investments in LFAs can yield relatively high-rates of economic<br />
return and significantly reduce poverty, given alternate uses of<br />
land and labour of people in these areas. In the first edition of<br />
his "Essay on the Principle of Population (1798)", Thomas<br />
Malthus formally framed the debate about whether food<br />
resources would be sufficient to feed an increasing world<br />
population.<br />
1.10 Higher agricultural productivity raises the disposal incomes<br />
in the rural households and pushes up the demand support that<br />
industry so desperately needs. Non-farm activities, often with<br />
linkages to agriculture and natural resources, have important<br />
multiplier effects. The World Bank/NCAER 15 study indicates that<br />
the poor often face additional barriers, associated with low social<br />
status and low wealth. These findings resonate with observations<br />
15 NCAER – National Council of Applied Economic Research, New Delhi (India)<br />
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