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Public Participation in Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Projects in South and Southeast Asia: A Literature Review
Facilitators of participatory approaches to community development in agricultural and natural resource management settings frequently encounter dilemmas due to embedded social and power structures that potentially interfere with achieving desired outcomes. These dilemmas underscore the need for...Volume 14 Issue No. 1 (June 2017) -
Economic Transformation of Agriculture in Asia: Past Performance and Future Prospects
As an economy develops, agriculture faces distinctly different problems: food insecurity, sectoral income inequality, and food trade deficits associated with declining comparative advantage. Fear of widespread famine was Asia's major agricultural problem in the 1960s, which was subsequently...Volume 9 Issue No. 1 (June 2012) -
Food Security in Asia and the Pacific: The Role of Smallholders
This paper discusses the challenges and opportunities faced by small farmers in Asia and the Pacific region in raising agricultural productivity and in diversifying into high-value commodities. About 87 percent of the world's 500 million small farms (less than 2 hectares) are in this region...Volume 9 Issue No. 1 (June 2012) -
Food Security: Challenges and Opportunities for Eastern Europe and Central Asia
Population growth, accelerated urbanization, and higher incomes are expected to increase food demand by about 70 percent by 2050—involving 1 billion extra tons of cereals and 200 million extra tons of meat (FAO 2009a). The region of Eastern Europe and Central Asia includes major food producing...Volume 9 Issue No. 1 (June 2012) -
The Role of Labor Markets and Human Capital in Poverty Reduction: Evidence from Asia and Africa
Using long-term panel data sets of rural households in the Philippines, Thailand, Bangladesh, and Tamil Nadu (India), a short-term panel data set in Mozambique, and cross-section data sets in Kenya, Uganda, and Ethiopia, the roles of labor markets in the long-term process of poverty reduction in...Volume 7 Issue No. 1 (June 2010) -
Sustainability and Governance of Microfinance Institutions: Recent Experiences and Some Lessons for Southeast Asia
Microfinance has become an important tool for poverty reduction in many parts of the world, including Asia and the Pacific region. Microfinance institutions (MFIs) target the poor through innovative approaches which include group lending, progressive lending, regular repayment schedules, and...Volume 3 Issue No. 1&2 (December 2006) -
Rural Poverty in Southeast Asia: Issues, Policies, and Challenges
Economic growth among Southeast Asian countries during the last 25 years has averaged at five percent per year and has been accompanied by a decline in the relative importance of agriculture in the national output and employment. The response of poverty to this growth and structural transformation...Volume 2 Issue No. 1&2 (December 2005) -
The Role of Agricultural Colleges and Universities in Rural Development and Lifelong Learning in Asia
The paper expounds on the challenges confronting institutions of higher agricultural education (HAE) in the context of the significant role of education in alleviating poverty, especially in rural areas, and in light of the changing needs of rural areas and economies. Specifically, HAE institutions...Volume 2 Issue No. 1&2 (December 2005) -
Averting Hunger and Food Insecurity in Asia
The recent years have seen a resurgence of economic growth in Asia. The region's growth of roughly 5% achieved in 2003 came close to the level achieved prior to the East Asian financial crisis in the late 1990s. Remarkably, too, despite this crisis that led most countries in East Asia to either...Volume 1 Issue No. 1 (June 2004) -
Water Resources and Irrigation Policy Issues in Asia
Freshwater is a finite resource that is being continuously exploited to meet the requirements of an increasing population. The estimated average available water per capita worldwide decreased from about 40,000 cubic meter (m3) in 1800 to 17,000 m3 in 1950, 12,900 m3 in 1970 and 7,000 m3 in 1997...Volume 1 Issue No. 1 (June 2004)
