Agricultural Research, Livelihoods and Poverty - Studies of Economic and Social Impacts in Six Countries

List of Figures ix List of Tables xi List of Boxes xv Foreword xvii Preface xix Acknowledgments xxv Introduction: Evolving Concerns in the Study of Impact 1(19) Michelle Adato Ruth Meinzen-Dick Integrating Social and Economic Analyses to Study Impacts on Livelihoods and Poverty: Conceptual Frameworks and Research Methods 20(36) Michelle Adato Ruth Meinzen-Dick Peter Hazell Lawrence Haddad Rice Research, Technological Progress, and Poverty: The Bangladesh Case 56(47) Mahabub Hossain David Lewis Manik L. Bose Alamgir Chowdhury Assessing the Impact of Vegetable and Fishpond Technologies on Poverty in Rural Bangladesh 103(46) Kelly Hallman David Lewis Suraiya Begum Impacts of Agroforestry-Based Soil Fertility Replenishment Practices on the Poor in Western Kenya 149(49) Frank Place Michelle Adato Paul Hebinck Mary Omosa Assessing the Impact of High-Yield Varieties of Maize in Resettlement Areas of Zimbabwe 198(40) Michael F. C. Bourdillon Paul Hebinck John Hoddinott Bill Kinsey John Marondo Netsayi Mudege Trudy Owens Improved Maize Germplasm, Creolization, and Poverty: The Case of Tuxpeno-Derived Material in Mexico 238(47) Mauricio R. Bellon Michelle Adato Javier Becerril Dubravka Mindek National and International Agricultural Research and Rural Poverty: The Case of Rice Research in India and China 285(23) Shenggen Fan Connie Chan-Kang Keming Qian K. Krishnaiah Agricultural Research and Urban Poverty in China and India 308(23) Shenggen Fan Impacts of Agricultural Research on Poverty: Synthesis of Findings and Implications for Future Directions 331(38) Ruth Meinzen-Dick Michelle Adato Contributors 369(4) Index 373