Agricultural Biotechnology, Poverty Reduction, and Food Security
Asian Development Bank | May 2001
Abstract
Although the absolute numbers of people living in poverty in Asia today are unacceptable, the situation could be much worse. In 1970, 60 percent of all Asians lived in poverty. That figure has been cut by almost half, with about one third of all Asians living in poverty in 2000. Also, countries such as Bangladesh, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), and India have moved from periodic famines to almost self-sufficiency in food production. However, further efforts are needed to reduce poverty by another 50 percent by 2015, as targeted by world leaders during the World Food Summit in 1997. The latter half of the twentieth century saw impressive advances in science and technology. We now have the capacity to apply this knowledge to reduce poverty and improve food security. This Working Paper discusses how biotechnology can be used to safely and effectively reduce poverty and improve food security in Asia.
Citation
Asian Development Bank. 2001. Agricultural Biotechnology, Poverty Reduction, and Food Security. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/3032. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.Print ISBN
971-561-362-4
Keywords
Sustainable agriculture
Agriculture
Commercial agriculture
Fight Against Poverty
Poverty In Developing Countries
Rural Poverty Alleviation
Urban Poverty
Rural Poverty
Agricultural education
Sustainable development
Environmental management
Agricultural investment
Disadvantaged Groups
Poverty Elimination
Economic and Social Development
Social Conditions
Agribusiness
Agricultural diversification
Agricultural resource
Farm produce
Land capability for agriculture
Food Supply
Rural land use
Technological innovations
Agricultural innovations
Farm supply industry
Natural resource
Adaptive natural resource management
Produce trade
Poor
Price Indexes
Intergrated rural development
Cost and standard of living
Population
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