Farm Productivity and Rural Poverty in India

Gaurav Datt and Martin Ravallion

No 97041, FCND Discussion Papers from CGIAR, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: 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 were via wages and prices, though these effects took time. The benefits to the poor were not confined to those near the poverty line.

Keywords: Food Security and Poverty; Productivity Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 47
Date: 1998-03
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.97041

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