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Seasonal Migration and Moving Out of Poverty in Rural India: Insights from Statistical Analysis
Rural households in many countries have used temporary or seasonal migration as a strategy to cope with natural shocks such as drought, means of employment and income generation during lean season, and to move out of poverty. This paper studies the linkages between migration, employment in economic...Volume 13 Issue No. 2 (December 2016) -
Growth, Poverty, and Food Policy in the Philippines: Lessons for the Post-COVID-19 Era
The Philippine economy’s growth has accelerated since 2010, outperforming its Asian peers in the current decade. However, poverty reduction is comparatively weak in response to growth, suggesting that growth has been less inclusive than expected. Poverty in the Philippines is still largely a...Volume 21 20th Anniversary Issue (October 2024) -
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) -
Does Land Conflict Matter to Farm Productivity? A Case Study of Cambodia
Land-related conflicts in Cambodia have been garnering much attention. The Cambodian government, through the Prime Minister, pledged to resolve land-related disputes, as they not only hurt the people but negatively impact on the national development agenda. Land disputes are estimated to involve...Volume 15 Issue No. 2 (December 2018) -
Drought Risk in Cambodia: Assessing Costs and a Potential Solution
The two major natural hazards that threaten Cambodia are flood and drought. Millions of people have been affected by these natural disasters which have put to waste millions of hectares of paddy rice lands on which depend the lifeblood of the rural economy as well as that of the whole country. Given...Volume 11 Issue No. 2 (December 2014) -
Assessment of a Farmer Base Network in Promoting an Integrated Farming System at the Mekong Delta in Vietnam
This study analyzed forces driving the emergence of farmer networks in Vietnam and quantified the benefits of an integrated farming system (IFS) and the role of a farmer network in promoting IFS in the Mekong Delta. This case study applied a combination of literature review, participatory community...Volume 10 Issue No. 2 (December 2013) -
The Enabling Environment for Inclusive Agribusiness in Southeast Asia
Smallholder farmers constitute a sizable subset of the population in the ASEAN region and therefore are important stakeholders to consider in realizing the broader goals of inclusive development and poverty reduction. Linking them to various agriculture-related activities across the value chain...Volume 13 Issue No. 2 (December 2016)
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