@article{753910e1e69648e8bfca1f5418c9abd1,
title = "Can agricultural intensification help attain Sustainable Development Goals? Evidence from Africa and Asia",
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.",
keywords = "Agricultural policy, food security, gender, land tenure, poverty, social inequality",
author = "Neil Dawson and Adrian Martin and Laura Camfield",
note = "Funding Information: The work was funded by the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) programme, grant number NE/L001411/1. The ESPA programme is funded by the Department for International Development (DFID), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). We thank the participants in Rwanda and Laos whose time and openness made this study possible. We thank Thomas Sikor for guidance, colleagues from the Faculty of Forestry at the National University of Laos for logistical support and research assistance, The Wildlife Conservation Societies of Laos and Rwanda, Rwanda Development Board and Lao Government for contributions to the research. Funding Information: The work was funded by the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) programme, grant number NE/L001411/1. The ESPA programme is funded by the Department for International Development (DFID), the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019, {\textcopyright} 2019 University of East Anglia. Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.",
year = "2019",
month = may,
day = "4",
doi = "10.1080/01436597.2019.1568190",
language = "English",
volume = "40",
pages = "926--946",
journal = "Third World Quarterly",
issn = "0143-6597",
publisher = "Routledge",
number = "5",
}
