Sustainable Poverty Reduction in Less-favoured Areas

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Ruerd Ruben, J. Pender, Arie Kuyvenhoven
CABI, 2007 M01 1 - 472 pages
Less-favored areas with limited agricultural potential or difficult access conditions, support 40 percent of the world's rural population suffering from chronic poverty. While agricultural innovations and rural development programs have begun to be implemented within developing countries, they do not address the specific obstacles faced by this large population. Instead, a targeted approach is needed to identify different resource management strategies for particular types of households and communities as well as creating balanced investments aimed at sustainable intensification of rural livelihoods.
Such efforts have been the focus of the research program on Regional Food Security Policies for Natural Resource Management and Sustainable Economies (RESPONSE). Through the study of less-favored areas in Africa, Latin America, and South and East Asia, development pathways allowing for the careful adjustment of resource use strategies at the field, farm-household and village level are explored.

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Contents

Problems Options and Strategies
1
Development Strategies for Poor People in Lessfavoured Areas
63
Resource Management Options
133
Livelihoods and Food Security
203
Markets and Institutional Development
271
Strategies and Policy Priorities
419
Index
467
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