Farm productivity and rural poverty in India

Datt, G. and Ravallion, M. (1998) Farm productivity and rural poverty in India. Journal of Development Studies, 34 (4). pp. 62-85.

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Abstract

Armed with new data, we return to an old question from the pages of this journal: to what extent do India's rural poor share in agricultural growth? Combining data from 24 household sample surveys spanning 35 years with other sources, we estimate a model of the joint determination of consumption‐poverty measures, agricultural wages, and food prices. We find that higher farm productivity brought both absolute and relative gains to poor rural households. A large share of the gains was via wages and prices, though these effects took time. The benefits to the poor were not confined to those near the poverty line.

Item Type: Article
Author Affiliation: International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington DC
Subjects: Social Sciences
Divisions: General
Depositing User: Mr Siva Shankar
Date Deposited: 12 Sep 2012 10:23
Last Modified: 12 Sep 2012 10:24
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220389808422529
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/7856

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