SABIIA - Sistema Aberto e Integrado de Informação em Agricultura (Sabiia)

Neder, Henrique Dantas.

É realizada a aplicação de uma metodologia para a construção de um índice de pobreza multivariada abrangendo um conjunto de variáveis que vão além do conceito de insuficiência de renda (considerado em medidas de pobreza unidimensionais), incluindo condições domiciliares, de saneamento, de mercado de trabalho e de educação. Comparam-se os resultados obtidos por esta metodologia e aqueles obtidos pela construção de um índice de pobreza unidimensional para os anos de 1995 e 2004, considerando-se as Unidades da Federação do Brasil. O principal aspecto relevante encontrado é que os indicadores de pobreza multivariada têm um ordenamento bastante distinto para as Unidades da Federação quando comparados com o ordenamento do indicador de pobreza baseado na...

Analysis of Factors Influencing Adoption of Dairy Technologies In Western Kenya

Palavras-chave: Pobreza rural; Desenvolvimento rural; Pobreza multivariada; Indicadores sociais; Rural poverty; Rural development; Multivariate poverty; Social indicators; Food Security and Poverty.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/106087

Makokha, Stella Nabwile; Karugia, Joseph Thuo; Staal, Steven J.; Oluoch-Kosura, Willis.

Indicators of poverty in western Kenya show high poverty levels. The area has low dairy development yet the potential for dairy development is quite high. Dairy farming has the potential to reduce poverty by increasing incomes and reducing unemployment. This paper reports factor interrelationships in dairy adoption with a view to understanding factors that influence adoption. The binary probit model was used to analyse data from 1575 households. Contrary to findings from similar studies elsewhere, some factors had a negative association with adoption, thus unfolding a unique adoption process. The association between the factor interactive affects and technology adoption highlighted the importance of exploring factor interrelationships. The widely held...

Poverty Targeting, Resource Degradation and Heterogeneous Endowments A Micro-Simulation Analysis of a Less Favored Ethiopian Village

Palavras-chave: Adoption; Factor interrelationship; Spatial factors; Agricultural and Food Policy; Demand and Price Analysis; Environmental Economics and Policy; Farm Management; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Productivity Analysis; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/52094

Kuiper, Marijke H.; Ruben, Ruerd.

Persistent and widespread poverty in less favored areas (LFAs) is attributed to fragile natural resources and poor markets. Limited assets may keep households outside the reach of poverty policies targeted at LFAs. We explore in a stylized manner the role of heterogeneous household assets for (1) policies aimed at poverty reduction; (2) within-village income inequality; (3) soil erosion. With a farm-household microsimulation model we analyze for each household in a remote Ethiopian village three sets of policies: technology improvement, infrastructure investment, and off-farm employment through migration or cash for work (CFW) programs. Combating poverty with a single policy, migration reduces the poverty headcount most. Because of self-selection, CFW...

Does supplementary food program help children during the crisis? Evidence from Indonesian Panel Data

Palavras-chave: Less-favored areas; Farm households; Poverty; Erosion; Micro-simulation; Ethiopia; Food Security and Poverty; Resource /Energy Economics and Policy; C6; Q12; Q56.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25340

Satriawan, Elan.

This study evaluates the effectiveness of supplementary food program that was aimed to help the children to maintain their health when facing the 1997/98 economic crisis in Indonesia. To do so we apply difference-in-difference method for two different kinds of sample: unmatched and matched one. The results from unmatched (using pooled OLS and fixed-effect) and matched (average treatment effect based on propensity scores) tend to be consistent: during 1997/98 crisis, children who were exposed to the program have better nutritional status relative to those who were not. Yet with matching sample we manage to produce higher estimated program effect on nutritional status of the treated children. This result may suggest that the use of matched sample may even...

Rift Valley Fever: An Economic Assessment of Agricultural and Human Vulnerability

Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty.

Ano: 2006

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/21210

Hughes-Fraire, Randi; Hagerman, Amy D.; McCarl, Bruce A.; Gaff, Holly.

This research focused on the assessment of the U.S. agricultural sector and human vulnerability to a Rift Valley Fever (RVF) outbreak and the implications of a select set of alternative disease control strategies. Livestock impact assessment is done by using an integrated epidemic/economic model to examine the extent of RVF spread in the Southeast Texas livestock population and its consequences plus the outcome of implementing two different control strategies: emergency vaccination and larvicide vector control separately plus when they are used simultaneously. Human impact assessment utilized an inferential procedure, which comprises of a cost of illness calculation to assess the dollar cost of human illnesses and deaths, as well as a Disability Adjusted...

Smallholder Cash Cropping, Food Cropping and Food Security in Northern Mozambique: Summary, Conclusions and Policy Recommendations

Palavras-chave: Rift Valley Fever; Outbreak; Welfare; Vaccination; Larvicide.; Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/98629

Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Directorate of Economics, Republic of Mozambique

Levies on Agricultural Commodities: Who Benefits? A Rapid Assessment

Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Mozambique; Cash cropping; Food cropping; Crop Production/Industries; Food Security and Poverty; Q18.

Ano: 1997

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56022

Mwiinga, Billy; Shawa, Julius J.; Jayne, Thomas S.; Shaffer, James D..

This report provides an initial assessment of the impact of agricultural commodity taxes levied by local district authorities on the national objectives of food security, poverty alleviation and economic growth. A study was undertaken to provide government with a better understanding of the effects of the grain levy on the national policy objectives of promoting food security, poverty alleviation, and economic growth in Zambia.

Tipo: Report

Palavras-chave: Food security; Food policy; Agricultural commodity taxes; Zambia; Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Food Security and Poverty; Q18.

Ano: 2005

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/54469

Nonfarm Employment and Poverty Reduction in Rural Ghana: A Propensity-Score Matching Analysis

Owusu, Victor; Abdulai, Awudu.

This article investigates the impact of nonfarm employment on farm household income and way out of poverty, using farm household data from Brong-Ahafo region of Ghana. A propensity score matching model is used to evaluate the impact participating in both wage and self-employment. Separate estimates are also provided for males and females. The results from the study show that nonfarm employment has a positive and robust effect on farm household income and a negative and significant effect on the likelihood of being poor. Self-employment was found to have much higher impacts than wage employment, reflecting the fact that most employment opportunities in the rural areas are in the former sector.

The Effect of Distance and Road Quality on Food Prices, Marketing Margins, and Traders' Wages: Evidence from Zaire

Palavras-chave: Non-farm employment; Poverty; Matching; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods.

Ano: 2009

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/51363

Minten, Bart; Kyle, Steven C..

Major investments in infrastructure rehabilitation have been undertaken by govemments, development banks and donors in developing countries in recent decades. In Sub-Saharan Africa roaddeterioration isperceivedtobeoneofthemaincausesforthelimitedsupplyresponseafter price liberalization in agricultural markets. Studies of the quantitative effects on marketing margins are rare. This analysis shows that the wholesale -producer food price margin is strongly influenced by the quality of the road infrastructure. Evidence from Zaire shows that food prices decrease faster than transportation costs increase and that traders' wages are higher on bad roads. A trader's model incorporating uncertainty in input costs is used to explain this phenomenon.

Tipo: Working Paper

Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty; Labor and Human Capital; Marketing.

Ano: 1995

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/121304

Smallholder Heterogeneity and Maize Market Participation in Southern and Eastern Africa: Implications for Investment Strategies to Increase Marketed Food Staple Supply

Mather, David; Boughton, Duncan; Jayne, Thomas S..

In many African countries, as well as in other parts of the world where a significant part of the rural population is poor and food insecure, policymakers face what is called the food price dilemma. On the one hand, they need to provide farmers with incentives to increase the quantity of marketed food staples to feed a growing population, especially in rapidly growing urban centers where unrest can be politically destabilizing. On the other hand, because staple foods account for a large portion of total household expenditures for both urban and rural households, policymakers also are drawn to policies that lower the retail price of staple foods for consumers. Achieving both objectives – increasing marketed supplies of food staples while maintaining low...

Tipo: Working Paper

Palavras-chave: Maize; Africa; Food security; Food supply; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Crop Production/Industries; Food Security and Poverty.

Ano: 2011

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118473

AN OPERATIONAL TOOL FOR EVALUATING POVERTY OUTREACH OF DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AND PROJECTS

Zeller, Manfred; Sharma, Manohar P.; Henry, Carla; Lapenu, Cecile.

Development institutions and projects frequently seek to target poorer segments of the population. Yet, existing methods for evaluating their outreach are generally unsuited to most operational settings, since they are either too costly and cumbersome (e.g., detailed income or household surveys), or they produce results that are not comparable between villages or regions within a country (e.g., participatory poverty appraisals). This paper presents a new and operationally suitable method to measure the poverty of clients of development projects in relation to the general population of nonclients. The method was developed in response to demands by donors and development practitioners for a low-cost evaluation instrument that could be used as a regular...

ASSESSING FOOD PRODUCTION POTENTIALS IN THE FINAL STATE OF STATIONARY POPULATIONS

Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty.

Ano: 2001

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16443

Weber, Adolf.

The Impact of ‘Rice for the Poor’ on Household Consumption

Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty.

Ano: 1986

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/13347

Pangaribowo, Evita Hanie.

This study investigates the impact of the 'Rice for the Poor' program - an almost universal program of Indonesian Social Safety Net (SSN) Programs launched in 1998. The general aim of the program was to mitigate the decrease of household nutrition well-being. The program has provided highly subsidized rice for poor households. Using the Indonesian Family Life Survey, this study implements propensity score matching combined with difference in difference method. It is revealed that the program has increased households' consumption on nutrient-rich, animal source food though aid-fungibilty was also present.

Tipo: Presentation

Palavras-chave: Impact evaluation; ‘Rice for the Poor’; Nutrient-rich food; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty.

Ano: 2012

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124358

POVERTY, FOOD SECURITY, AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Pinstrup-Andersen, Per; Pandya-Lorch, Rajul.

THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM, AND FOOD INSUFFICIENCY

Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy; Food Security and Poverty.

Ano: 1995

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16346

Gundersen, Craig; Oliveira, Victor.

The ability of food stamps to ameliorate food insufficiency in the U.S. is estimated with self-selection models which incorporate the systematic differences between eligible food stamp participants and non-participants. The analysis is performed with a sample of eligible households from the 1992 Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP).

Public Spending and Poverty Reduction in an Oil-Based Economy: The Case of Yemen

Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty.

Ano: 1998

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20839

Chemingui, Mohamed Abdelbasset.

This study is part of a collaborative project between the International Food Policy Research Institute and the Arab Planning Institute in Kuwait on public policy and poverty reduction in the Arab region. The purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of an increase in public spending in priority areas on economic growth and poverty reduction in Yemen. To accomplish this objective, the study builds a dynamic Computable General Equilibrium model to provide a baseline scenario of changes in the economy and poverty levels in Yemen during the period 1998-2016. Alternative scenarios are then compared to isolate the specific impact of several policies on poverty. The scenarios assume an increase in public spending devoted to three priority areas (agriculture,...

Impacto dos rendimentos de aposentadoria e pensão na redução da pobreza rural

Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty.

Ano: 2007

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/42412

Maia, Alexandre Gori; Oliveria, Marcelli Mariano; Ballini, Rosangela; Dedecca, Claudio Salvadori.

Este trabalho analisa o impacto dos rendimentos de aposentadoria e pensão sobre a redução da pobreza no Brasil. Mais especificamente, a análise terá como foco as diferenças existentes entre as famílias das áreas urbanas e rurais do país, nos anos de 1995 e 2006. A hipótese central é de que as aposentadorias e pensões cumprem importante papel no rendimento das famílias mais pobres e das áreas rurais, contribuindo principalmente para a redução da pobreza nas regiões mais precárias do país. Esta dependência teria ainda aumentado no período analisado devido, sobretudo, à vinculação dos rendimentos de aposentaria e pensão ao salário mínimo e aos ganhos reais observados por este no período.------------------------This papers analyzes the impacts of retirement...

PROBLEMS IN BREAKING THE POVERTY CYCLE

Palavras-chave: Rendimento de aposentadoria e pensão; Pobreza rural; Distribuição de renda; Retirement pensions; Rural poverty; Income distribution; Food Security and Poverty.

Ano: 2008

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/108073

Cizon, Francis A..

The Cost of Food Self-Sufficiency and Agricultural Protection in South Korea

Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty.

Ano: 1966

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/17533

Beghin, John C.; Bureau, Jean-Christophe; Park, Sung Joon.

As part of its food security policy, South Korea has been pursuing food self-sufficiency using high tariffs and high administrative prices in key agricultural and food markets. Using a dual approach to trade and trade restrictiveness indices, we analyze the impact of these market distortions on welfare and trade volume. Then, we compute optimum distortions, which minimize the welfare cost of observed self-sufficiency and production objectives. We rationalize these optimum distortions to what could be claimed as legitimate protection under a "food security" (FS) box in World Trade Organization negotiations. FS-box protection is sensitive to changes in the definition and the extent of the FS objectives. We show that FS via production targets and reliance on...

Intensity of Food Stamp Use and Transient and Chronic Poverty: Evidence from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics

Palavras-chave: Agricultural distortions; Food security; Korea; Protection; Targeting; WTO negotiations; Food Security and Poverty.

Ano: 2002

URL: http://purl.umn.edu/24879

Atasoy, Sibel; Mills, Bradford F.; Mykerezi, Elton.

The relationship between food assistance and inter-annual family poverty dynamics is examined using data from the 1995-2003 Panel Study of Income Dynamics. We generate expenditure-based poverty measures to examine the determinants of transient and chronic poverty, with particular focus on the differential role that Food Stamp Program (FSP) participation may have on each dimension of poverty. Results indicate that transient poverty accounts for a larger share of economic hardship than chronic poverty. Both dimensions of poverty are reduced at nearly the same rate by additional months of FSP participation. In general, the determinants of chronic and transient poverty are not found to differ significantly; both aspects of poverty appear to be correlated with...