Developing and connecting markets for poor farmers
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International Food Policy Research Institute
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Agricultural markets play a key role in the lives of poor people in developing countries. More than half the population in developing regions (58 percent) and more than three-quarters of the poor—defined as those living on less than US$1 per day—live in rural areas where agriculture typically constitutes 50–90 percent of household income. As a result, the development of efficient agricultural markets has a large impact on the economic opportunities of rural households. Rural households, however, are subject to a number of constraints that make their participation in the market both costly and risky, often leaving them “unconnected.” This brief summarizes these constraints and examines policy interventions to address them.
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poverty, hunger, food policies, food security, capacity building, vulnerability, cash transfers, malnutrition, economic development, social safety nets, health care, property rights, climate change, gender, policies, millennium development goals