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022			_a0308-521X
024	8		_ahttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2010.09.004
040			_aMX-TxCIM
041			_aeng
090			_aCIS-6062
100	1		_aErenstein, O. _gFormerly Socioeconomics Program _8INT2677 _9848
245	1	0	_aLivelihoods and agro-ecological gradients : _ba meso-level analysis in the Indo-Gangetic Plains, India
260			_aUnited Kingdom : _bElsevier, _c2011.
500			_aPeer review
500			_aPeer-review: Yes - Open Access: Yes|http://science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=MASTER&ISSN=0308-521X
520			_aRice-wheat systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) have long exemplified South Asia's agricultural transformation through the Green Revolution. The same systems now also typify the post-Green Revolution stagnation and equity challenges, despite receiving considerable attention from the research and development (R&D) community. The apparent homogeneity of vast irrigated plains masks significant diversity in assets, livelihood strategies and livelihood outcomes. The paper analyzes the rural livelihoods and underlying agro-ecological gradients in the IGP drawing on village surveys and secondary data as characterization tools. The contribution of the paper is twofold: (i) new knowledge of the socio-economic circumstances in farming communities across the Indian IGP to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of R&D interventions and particularly poverty alleviation; and (ii) an illustration of a novel approach to operationalize livelihood analysis at the meso-level so as to address spatial scale issues and link microlevel contextual realities across a vast geographical area. The agricultural R&D community needs to incorporate this socio-economic diversity more proactively into its R&D agenda if it is to succeed in sustaining productivity gains, improving rural livelihoods equitably, and securing environmental sustainability in this important eco-region.
526			_aWC _cFP1
536			_aSocioeconomics Program
546			_aText in English
594			_aINT2677
650		7	_aLivelihoods _2AGROVOC _92558
650		7	_aCropping systems _2AGROVOC _91068
650		7	_aIntegrated crop-livestock systems _2AGROVOC _924461
650		7	_aSurveys _2AGROVOC _96476
651		7	_2AGROVOC _91956 _aSouth Asia
700			_aThorpe, W. _96285
773	0		_tAgricultural Systems _gv. 104, no. 1, p. 42-53 _dUnited Kingdom : Elsevier, 2011. _wG444466 _x0308-521X
856	4		_uhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12665/1039 _yAccess only for CIMMYT Staff
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