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DOI | 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.07.021 |
Understanding Poverty in Cash-crop Agro-forestry Systems: Evidence from Ghana and Ethiopia | |
Hirons, M.1; Robinson, E.2; McDermott, C.1; Morel, A.1,3; Asare, R.4; Boyd, E.5; Gonfa, T.6; Gole, T. W.6; Malhi, Y.1; Mason, J.4; Norris, K.3 | |
2018-12-01 | |
发表期刊 | ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS
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ISSN | 0921-8009 |
EISSN | 1873-6106 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 154页码:31-41 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | England; Ghana; Sweden; Ethiopia |
英文摘要 | This paper examines the linkages between cash-crop income and other dimensions of poverty to interrogate assumptions regarding the relationship between agricultural income and poverty alleviation. The analysis treats poverty as a multi-dimensional and socially disaggregated phenomenon. The paper employs a mixed methods approach to case studies of Ghana and Ethiopia to explore two critical issues. First, how income from cash crops is linked with other dimensions of poverty. Second, how income and land are socially disaggregated. The paper then draws on qualitative data to critically reflect on how poverty is understood within studied communities. The results show that some, but not all, indicators of poverty vary across income quartiles and that significant differences exist across social groups. The analysis suggests that although cash crops are essential, focusing on increasing income from cash crops will not necessarily have a predictable or progressive impact on wellbeing. Furthermore, the analysis highlights how contextual factors, such as the provision of communal services, the nature of land holdings and the quality of local governance mediate the potential poverty alleviating outcomes of income increases. Future development of sustainable intensification strategies should focus on the prevalence of trade-offs and the fundamental social relations underpinning poverty dynamics. |
英文关键词 | Poverty Agriculture Ghana Ethiopia Cocoa Coffee |
领域 | 资源环境 |
收录类别 | SCI-E ; SSCI |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000446282700004 |
WOS关键词 | ECOSYSTEM SERVICES ; SUSTAINABLE INTENSIFICATION ; ECOLOGICAL INTENSIFICATION ; TRADE-OFFS ; AGRICULTURE ; SYNERGIES ; DYNAMICS ; FUTURE ; TRAPS ; LAND |
WOS类目 | Ecology ; Economics ; Environmental Sciences ; Environmental Studies |
WOS研究方向 | Environmental Sciences & Ecology ; Business & Economics |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/16080 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
作者单位 | 1.Univ Oxford, Sch Geog & Environm, ECI, Oxford, England; 2.Univ Reading, Sch Agr Policy & Dev, Reading, Berks, England; 3.Zool Soc London, Inst Zool, London, England; 4.Nat Conservat Res Ctr, Kaneshie Accra, Ghana; 5.Lund Univ, Ctr Sustainabil Studies, LUCSUS, Lund, Sweden; 6.Environm Climate Change & Coffee Forest Forum, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Hirons, M.,Robinson, E.,McDermott, C.,et al. Understanding Poverty in Cash-crop Agro-forestry Systems: Evidence from Ghana and Ethiopia[J]. ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS,2018,154:31-41. |
APA | Hirons, M..,Robinson, E..,McDermott, C..,Morel, A..,Asare, R..,...&Norris, K..(2018).Understanding Poverty in Cash-crop Agro-forestry Systems: Evidence from Ghana and Ethiopia.ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS,154,31-41. |
MLA | Hirons, M.,et al."Understanding Poverty in Cash-crop Agro-forestry Systems: Evidence from Ghana and Ethiopia".ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS 154(2018):31-41. |
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