Can agricultural intensification help attain Sustainable Development Goals? Evidence from Africa and Asia

Neil Dawson; Adrian Martin; Laura Camfield

doi:10.1080/01436597.2019.1568190

Can agricultural intensification help attain Sustainable Development Goals? Evidence from Africa and Asia

Neil Dawson (Lead Author), Adrian Martin, Laura Camfield

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Abstract

Market-oriented agricultural intensification is a major development strategy, yet its alignment with sustainable development goals (SDGs) is unclear. We apply indicators for SDG 2 (eradicate hunger) regarding income, food production, food security and land tenure to recent intensifications in Rwanda and Laos to reveal their disaggregated impacts. We find while market-oriented intensification may generate poverty reduction, it also exacerbated marginalisation and poverty through various forms of land tenure insecurity. Ethnicity and gender were influential factors in Rwanda, and post-conflict resettlement policies in Laos. We discuss implications for development practice and selection of suitable indicators to reflect the ambition of the SDGs.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	926-946
Number of pages	21
Journal	Third World Quarterly
Volume	40
Issue number	5
Early online date	1 Mar 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2019.1568190
Publication status	Published - 4 May 2019

Keywords

Agricultural policy
Food security
Land tenure
Poverty
Social inequality
Gender

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