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Agricultural research and urban poverty: The case of China

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Mexico, DF (Mexico) CIMMYT : 2003Description: p. 79ISBN:
  • 970-648-104-4
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 338.91 WAT
Summary: This paper develops a framework to measure the impact of agricultural research on urban poverty. Increased investment in agricultural research and development (R&D) will lower food prices through increased food production. Lower food prices will, in turn, help the urban poor, as they often spend more than 60% of their income on food. Using China as a case, the study empirically estimated these effects. These effects are large, and are comparable to those on rural poverty.
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This paper develops a framework to measure the impact of agricultural research on urban poverty. Increased investment in agricultural research and development (R&D) will lower food prices through increased food production. Lower food prices will, in turn, help the urban poor, as they often spend more than 60% of their income on food. Using China as a case, the study empirically estimated these effects. These effects are large, and are comparable to those on rural poverty.

Global Maize Program

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0310|AGRIS 0301|AL-Economics Program|R01PROCE

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