The impact of investments in agricultural research on total factor productivity in China.

Rozelle, Scott; Jin, Shi; Huang, Jingkai; Hu, Ruoyu; Evenson, Robert E.; Gollin, Douglas

doi:10.1079/9780851995496.0361

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“…In China, after a rapid increase from 4.5 t/ha in 1959 to 6.6 t/ha in 1981, experimental yield increased little in the 1980s and 1990s ranging from 6.5 t/ha to 6.8 t/ha. Similar to these trends, Rozelle et al (2003) found that the TFP for rice increased little from the mid‐1980s to the mid‐1990s.…”

Section: Research Benefits and Contribution Of International Researchsupporting

confidence: 57%

National and international agricultural research and rural poverty: the case of rice research in India and China

Fan

Chan‐Kang

Qian

et al. 2005

Agricultural Economics

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We measure the total benefits from rice varietal improvement research in China and India, using variety adoption and performance data over the last two decades. Genetic or pedigree information is used to partition the total benefits between these two countries and International Rice Research Institute (IRRI). Finally, reported elasticities of poverty reduction with respect to agricultural output growth are used to assess the effects of national and international research on poverty reduction in rural India and China. The results indicate that rice varietal improvement research has contributed tremendously to increase in rice production, accounting for 14% to 24% of the total production value over the last two decades in both countries. Rice research has also helped reduce large numbers of rural poor. IRRI played a crucial role in these successes. In 1999, for every US$1 million invested at IRRI, more than 800 and 15,000 rural poor were lifted above the poverty line in China and India, respectively. These poverty reduction effects were even larger in the earlier years. Copyright 2005 International Association of Agricultural Economics.

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Section: Research Benefits and Contribution Of International Researchsupporting

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National and international agricultural research and rural poverty: the case of rice research in India and China

Fan

Chan‐Kang

Qian

et al. 2005

Agricultural Economics

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“…One of the most important capital inflows which helps alleviate poverty in developing countries is foreign aid [55][56][57]. The effects of foreign aid range from poverty alleviation and combating food insecurity to a broader spectrum of issues, including strengthening domestic food production, the establishment of agriculture institutes, and the promotion of agriculture development [58][59][60]. Both the World Bank and the OECD strongly focus on the role of aids in support of agriculture development and poverty reduction in developing countries [61,62].…”

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The Impact of Foreign Capital Inflows on Agriculture Development and Poverty Reduction: Panel Data Analysis for Developing Countries

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Combating poverty through the development of agricultural production and providing rural people with new employment and income opportunities in agriculture has become one of the major concerns of both policymakers and scholars worldwide. In many developing countries, government policies have failed to achieve the desired poverty alleviation goals due to the lack of financial resources. Despite that, few comprehensive studies have so far unambiguously identified the effects of the exogenous factor of capital inflows on the level of poverty and agriculture development. In this paper, the authors attempt to shed light on the poverty–agriculture–capital trilemma pattern by revealing the impacts of six types of foreign capital inflows on the parameters of poverty reduction and agriculture development. The panel unit root test and pool mean group estimation techniques were employed for observing the short-term and long-term linkages between dependent and explanatory variables across fourteen developing economies of Latin America, Asia, and Eastern Europe. It was revealed that poverty reduction could be positively affected by an increase in the values of agricultural exports, foreign direct investment, foreign development assistance, and remittances received from migrant workers. The level of agriculture could be improved by deeper integration of developing economies to global food supply chains as either suppliers or consumers of food and agricultural products.

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“…From an initial focus on building agricultural institutions, increasing food production and promoting agricultural growth, aid has tended to re‐focus on a wider range of second generation problems such as policy reforms for more open, liberal economies (Herdt, ). Agricultural research investment contributed immensely to China's agricultural productivity growth over the past 40 years (Fan et al ., ; Rozelle et al ., ) and also in India (Janaiah et al ., ). Rates of return on agricultural research investment are found to be close to or above 50% (World Bank Operations Evaluation Department, , ; Anderson and Feder, ; Fan et al ., , ; Fan and Pardey, ; Fan and Rao, ; Lipton, ).…”

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Foreign Aid and the Quest for Poverty Reduction: Is Aid to Agriculture Effective?

Kaya

Gunter

2013

J Agricultural Economics

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Development statistics estimate that three quarters of the poor live in rural areas and most of them depend on agriculture and related activities for their livelihood. Consequently, research focusing on economic growth and poverty reduction has found that sustainable rapid transition out of poverty requires a special emphasis on the agricultural sector. This study contributes to the debate on aid effectiveness by disaggregating total aid into subcategories and specifically investigating the relationship between aid given to the agricultural sector and poverty reduction. If agricultural development is more effective in reducing poverty than some other types of development, then foreign aid directed towards agriculture may be more efficient in increasing the well-being of the poor than aid directed to some other sectors or uses. Our analysis uses panel data for developing aid recipient countries to empirically test this relationship. We find a significant relationship between agricultural aid and poverty reduction in our estimates.

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The impact of investments in agricultural research on total factor productivity in China.

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National and international agricultural research and rural poverty: the case of rice research in India and China

National and international agricultural research and rural poverty: the case of rice research in India and China

The Impact of Foreign Capital Inflows on Agriculture Development and Poverty Reduction: Panel Data Analysis for Developing Countries

Foreign Aid and the Quest for Poverty Reduction: Is Aid to Agriculture Effective?

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