{"id":11674,"date":"2015-01-26T08:38:19","date_gmt":"2015-01-26T08:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=11674"},"modified":"2024-09-19T16:52:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T15:52:10","slug":"green-agricultural-policies-and-poverty-reduction","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/publication\/green-agricultural-policies-and-poverty-reduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Green agricultural policies and poverty reduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><p><strong>Headline issue <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since developing countries typically have large agricultural sectors, the implementation of green agricultural policies can play a key role in helping shift to low-carbon economies. However, the challenge of greening agriculture in the developing world involves creating policies that also deliver wider development objectives &ndash; a task that is necessary in order to gain political support, but which can be difficult to achieve.<\/p>\n<p>This brief analyses 24 projects in 17 countries, including Brazil, China, Costa Rica, India, South Africa and Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key findings <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Poorly designed projects can conflict with efforts to reduce poverty and, worse, some green agricultural projects actually increase levels of poverty.<\/li>\n<li>Taking into account economic, social and cultural factors in the design and implementation of green programmes is fundamental for increasing the participation of poorer people. Policy-makers should therefore consider: the availability of credit; property rights and land ownership arrangements; labour market conditions; the strength of local institutions and legal context; and social and cultural norms.<\/li>\n<li>Green agricultural policies should be complemented with policies or initiatives that tackle local market imperfections. This type of policy works best where good information is available about local socio-economic and institutional conditions.<\/li>\n<li>Participants in green agricultural initiatives should be allowed to choose appropriate interventions from a menu of options. This makes the best use of their knowledge and enables them to best match the options to their individual circumstances.<\/li>\n<li>With smart and informed policy design, adverse impacts of green agricultural policies on cutting poverty can be greatly reduced. Potential synergies between the two can even be exploited.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><p>Headline issue Since developing countries typically have large agricultural sectors, the implementation of green agricultural policies can play a key&hellip;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[395,673,914,145,154,449,912,224,913,245,210,490,241,911,895,915,781,815,916],"publication-type":[1682],"topic_area":[4692,4694,4700],"class_list":["post-11674","publication","type-publication","status-publish","hentry","tag-agriculture","tag-bangladesh","tag-bolivia","tag-brazil","tag-china","tag-colombia","tag-costa-rica","tag-developing-countries","tag-ecuador","tag-ethiopia","tag-india","tag-indonesia","tag-mexico","tag-mozambique","tag-nepal","tag-nicaragua","tag-south-africa","tag-uganda","tag-zimbabwe","publication-type-policy-publications","topic_area-adaptation-and-resilience","topic_area-policy-evaluation","topic_area-land-and-oceans"],"acf":{"downloads":{"ref_value":"field_52f16cc1a80f2","value":["https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2087_GRI_LSE-Agriculture-GGGI-policy_lores_51.pdf"],"type":"download","post_type":""},"profile_link":{"ref_value":"field_52f164b5189e9","value":["stefania-lovo","mintewab-bezabih","gregor-singer-2"],"type":"relationship","post_type":"profile"},"spotlight":{"ref_value":"field_52f80896506d3","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""},"exclude_from_sync":{"ref_value":"field_560538b0e7350","value":"1","type":false,"post_type":""},"rss_newsletter":{"ref_value":"field_54f5c2c1544d8","value":"","type":false,"post_type":""},"show_translations_widget":{"ref_value":"field_6203d588c41e8","value":"0","type":false,"post_type":""}},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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