Understanding Poverty in Cash-crop Agro-forestry Systems: Evidence from Ghana and Ethiopia
Understanding Poverty in Cash-crop Agro-forestry Systems: Evidence from Ghana and Ethiopia
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DOI：
10.1016/j.ecolecon.2018.07.021
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发表时间：
2018-12-01
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7
通讯作者：
Norris, K.
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作者：
Hirons, M.;Robinson, E.;Norris, K.
本文考察了经济作物收入与贫困的其他方面之间的联系，以质疑有关农业收入与减轻贫困之间关系的假设。该分析将贫困视为一个多维度和社会分解的现象。本文采用混合方法的方法，加纳和埃塞俄比亚的案例研究，探讨两个关键问题。首先，经济作物的收入如何与贫困的其他方面联系起来。第二，收入和土地是如何按社会分类的。然后，论文利用定性数据来批判性地反思在研究社区中如何理解贫困。结果显示，在不同的收入四分位数中，一些（但不是全部）贫困指标有所不同，不同的社会群体也存在显著差异。分析表明，尽管经济作物是必不可少的，但专注于增加经济作物的收入不一定会对福祉产生可预测的或渐进的影响。此外，该分析还强调了诸如公共服务的提供、土地持有的性质和地方治理质量等背景因素如何调节收入增加带来的潜在减贫结果。可持续强化战略的未来发展应侧重于普遍存在的权衡和支撑贫穷动态的基本社会关系。
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.