The family farm in a globalizing world: the role of crop science in alleviating poverty

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dc.creatorLipton, Michael
dc.date2005
dc.date2024-11-21T09:51:25Z
dc.date2024-11-21T09:51:25Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:04:23Z
dc.descriptionThe topic of family farms has been gaining prominence in the academic, policy, and donor communities in recent years. Small farms dominate the agricultural landscape in the developing world, providing the largest source of employment and income to the rural poor, yet smallholders remain highly susceptible to poverty and hunger. With the advance of globalization and greater integration of agricultural markets, the need for increases in agricultural productivity for family farms is particularly pressing. Raising productivity and output of small farmers would not only increase their incomes and food security, but also stimulate the rest of the economy and contribute to broad-based food security and poverty alleviation. In this paper, Michael Lipton builds an argument for greater focus on pro-smallholder crop science as a key solution to generate increases in productivity and income. Increasing the levels of investment into agricultural technology, improving water and land use and distribution, and creating positive incentives for developing-country farmers come to the forefront of the paper as critical steps that must be taken to ensure massive reduction in global poverty. Favorable demographic trends over the next few decades provide a window of opportunity for reforms and action that must not be squandered.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/160642
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/93702
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceLipton, Michael. The family farm in a globalizing world: the role of crop science in alleviating poverty. 2020 Discussion Paper 40. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/160642
dc.subjectglobalization
dc.subjectpoverty alleviation
dc.subjectdeveloping countries
dc.subjectrural poor
dc.subjectagricultural productivity
dc.subjectagricultural technology
dc.subjectsmall farmers
dc.subjectcrops
dc.subjectrural population
dc.subjectsmall farms
dc.subjectappropriate technology
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjectland use
dc.subjectmarkets
dc.subjectwater use
dc.titleThe family farm in a globalizing world: the role of crop science in alleviating poverty
dc.typeWorking Paper

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