Strategic approaches to targeting technology generation: assessing the coincidence of poverty and drought-prone crop production

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dc.creatorHyman, Glenn G.
dc.creatorFujisaka, Sam
dc.creatorJones, Peter G.
dc.creatorWood, S.
dc.creatorVicente, M. Carmen de
dc.creatorDixon, John A.
dc.date2008-07
dc.date2014-10-02T08:33:19Z
dc.date2014-10-02T08:33:19Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:18:53Z
dc.descriptionThe world s poorest and most vulnerable farmers on the whole have not benefited from international agricultural research and development. Past efforts have tried to increase the production of countries in more favourable environments; farmers with relatively higher potential for improvement benefited most from these advances. Current and future crop improvement efforts will focus more on marginal environments, especially those prone to drought. The objective of this research is to guide crop improvement efforts by prioritizing areas of high poverty, the key problem of high drought risk and the crops grown and consumed in these areas. Global spatial data on crop production, climate and poverty (as proxied by child stunting) were used to identify geographic areas of high priority for crop improvement. The analysis employed spatial overlay, drought modelling and descriptive statistics to identify where best to target technology generation to achieve its intended human welfare goals. Analysis showed that drought coincides with high levels of poverty in 15 major farming systems, especially in South Asia, the Sahel and eastern and southern Africa, where high diversity in drought frequency characterizes the environments. Thirteen crops make up the bulk of food production in these areas. A database was developed for use in agricultural research and development targeting and priority setting to raise the productivity of crops on which the poor in marginal environments depend.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/44134
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/100866
dc.languageen
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.rightsLimited Access
dc.sourceHyman, G.; Fujisaka, S.; Jones, P.; Wood, S.; Vicente, M.C. de; Dixon, J. 2008. Strategic approaches to targeting technology generation: assessing the coincidence of poverty and drought-prone crop production. Agricultural Systems 98(1).
dc.subjectfarming systems
dc.subjectcrops
dc.subjectdrought
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectappropriate technology
dc.subjectdeveloping countries
dc.subjectspatial database
dc.subjectsistemas de explotación
dc.subjectcultivos
dc.subjectsequía
dc.subjectpobreza
dc.subjecttecnología apropiada
dc.subjectpaíses en desarrollo
dc.subjectbase de datos espacial
dc.titleStrategic approaches to targeting technology generation: assessing the coincidence of poverty and drought-prone crop production
dc.typeJournal Article

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