Livelihoods and agro-ecological gradients: A meso-level analysis in the Indo-Gangetic Plains, India
Livelihoods and agro-ecological gradients: A meso-level analysis in the Indo-Gangetic Plains, India
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10.1016/j.agsy.2010.09.004
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发表时间：
2011-01-01
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6.6
通讯作者：
Thorpe, William
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作者：
Erenstein, Olaf;Thorpe, William
印度-恒河平原（IGP）的稻麦系统长期以来一直是南亚通过绿色革命实现农业转型的典范。同样的系统现在也代表了绿色革命后的停滞和公平挑战，尽管受到研究和开发界的相当大的关注。广阔的灌溉平原表面上的同质性掩盖了资产、生计战略和生计结果的巨大差异。本文分析了农村生计和潜在的农业生态梯度在IGP绘制村庄调查和二手数据作为表征工具。该文件的贡献有两个方面：（一）对整个印度土著人民政府的农业社区的社会经济情况有了新的认识，以提高研究与发展干预措施的效力和效率，特别是减贫;以及（ii）说明了在中观层面上实施生计分析的新方法，以解决空间尺度问题，并在广阔的地理区域内将微观层面的背景现实联系起来。农业研发界需要更积极主动地将这种社会经济多样性纳入其研发议程，这样才能成功地维持生产力增长，公平地改善农村生计，并确保这一重要生态区域的环境可持续性。(C)2010爱思唯尔有限公司保留所有权利。
Rice-wheat systems in the Indo-Gangetic Plains (IGP) have long exemplified South Asia's agricultural transformation through the Green Revolution. The same systems now also typify the post-Green Revolution stagnation and equity challenges, despite receiving considerable attention from the research and development (R&D) community. The apparent homogeneity of vast irrigated plains masks significant diversity in assets, livelihood strategies and livelihood outcomes. The paper analyzes the rural livelihoods and underlying agro-ecological gradients in the IGP drawing on village surveys and secondary data as characterization tools. The contribution of the paper is twofold: (i) new knowledge of the socio-economic circumstances in farming communities across the Indian IGP to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of R&D interventions and particularly poverty alleviation; and (ii) an illustration of a novel approach to operationalize livelihood analysis at the meso-level so as to address spatial scale issues and link microlevel contextual realities across a vast geographical area. The agricultural R&D community needs to incorporate this socio-economic diversity more proactively into its R&D agenda if it is to succeed in sustaining productivity gains, improving rural livelihoods equitably, and securing environmental sustainability in this important eco-region. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.