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To evaluate the extent to which rural agricultural growth and farm productivity gains reduce poverty and improve living standards among impoverished populations.

April 1, 1998The Journal of Development Studies

Farm productivity and rural poverty in India

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To evaluate the extent to which rural agricultural growth and farm productivity gains reduce poverty and improve living standards among impoverished populations.
Analyzed historical data compiled from 24 household sample surveys spanning a 35-year period alongside external agricultural data sources.
Estimated an econometric model examining the joint determination of consumption-poverty measures, agricultural wages, and food prices over time.
Higher farm productivity yielded both absolute and relative welfare gains for impoverished rural households.
Substantial shares of poverty alleviation operated indirectly through long-term shifts in agricultural wages and food prices.
Economic benefits reached the severely impoverished rather than remaining confined to households adjacent to the poverty line.

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Longitudinal survey analysis reveals reduced poverty across rural households, indicating that agricultural productivity gains lower prices and raise wages.

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Datt et al. (1998) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a156cfb37103a43379fb944 https://doi.org/10.1080/00220389808422529

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Longitudinal survey analysis reveals reduced poverty across rural households, indicating that agricultural productivity gains lower prices and raise wages.

Farm productivity and rural poverty in India

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