Food prices, nutrition, and the Millennium Development Goals
Food prices, nutrition, and the Millennium Development Goals

This report published by World Bank examines how rapid increases in food prices impact poverty, hunger, and general progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It summarizes the effects of food prices on several MDGs, stressing that recent food price spikes have prevented millions of households from escaping extreme poverty.

See Also

Report: Global economic prospects 2012 - uncertainties and vulnerabilities.

Report: World development report 2012.

Report: The state of food insecurity in the world 2011.

Report: High food prices in Asia-Pacific.

Report: Global hunger index 2011.

Report: Food price escalation in South Asia - a serious and growing concern.

Report: Escalating food prices.

Bill: National Food Security Bill, 2011.

Feature: What is causing food inflation.

Latest News from Down To Earth

CAPART up for overhaul

It is a government agency that was set up specially to fund non-profits working on rural development. But of late the Council for People’s Action and Advancement of Rural Technology (CAPART) has been plagued by allegations of corruption and inefficiency. After a few failed attempts to reform CAPART, the government has now decided to overhaul the agency which has close to 12,000 NGOs associated with it.

Supreme Court order triggers NREGS wage debate

The Supreme Court has reiterated the Karnataka High Court order, directing the Centre to pay the minimum daily wage rate applicable in Karnataka to labourers employed in the state under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). The Centre had fixed the wage rate for agricultural workers in Karnataka at Rs 82, as per a January 2009 notification; the high court held that the appropriate wage rate of Rs 119.42 should be paid. (Karnataka's minimum wage rate has since been revised to Rs 145 and MGNREGS wage to Rs 125).

Government Policies and Action Plans

Report of the committee for revision of MGNREGA operational guidelines

The report was prepared by Dr. Mihir Shah, Member, Planning Commission to examine ways in which the Operational Guidelines of MGNREGA could be revised.

Roadmap for the Panchayati Raj (2011-16): an all India perspective

This document discusses the status of Panchayats and approach to roadmap, strengthening democratic functioning of the Panchayats, functions of the Panchayats, functionaries of the Panchayats, Panchayat finances and accounting, e-Panchayat, Panchayat (Extension to Scheduled areas) Act, decentralized governance in the north east states, legal framework & the road ahead.

NREGA and Other Anti-Poverty Programmes

Does India‘s employment guarantee scheme guarantee employment?

Poverty

This paper examines the performance thus far of MGNREGS in meeting the demand for work across states. It focuses in the scheme‘s ability to reach India‘s rural poor and other identity-based groups, notably backward castes, tribes and takes a closer look at women‘s participation and how this is influenced by the
rationing of work under MGNREGS.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2012
Puja Dutta, Rinku Murgai, Martin Ravallion, Dominique van de Walle
The World Bank
Tags:
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), India, Unemployment, Rural Poverty, Women

Environment assessment and environment management framework for the National Rural Livelihood Project (NRLP)

Poverty

This is an environmental assessment study for the proposed National Rural Livelihood Project (NRLP) to be implemented in 100 districts and 400 blocks of 12 Indian states with an aim to increase and sustain income of the poor, especially women.

Publication Date: 
02/02/2011
Ministry of Rural Development
Tags:
Rural Development, India, Environment Management, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Land Use, Land Degradation, Water Resources, Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, Energy, Forests, Poverty

Caste, politics and public good distribution in India: Evidence from NREGS in Andhra Pradesh

Economic and Political Weekly
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), Andhra Pradesh, Panchayats, Scheduled Castes, Politics, Statistics, India, Governance And Institutions, Poverty

A study report on appraisal of NREGA programme in Thane and Akola districts of Maharashtra

Central Institute of Fisheries Education
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Maharashtra, Akola (D), Thane (D), Governance And Institutions, Poverty

India chronic poverty report: towards solutions and new compacts in a dynamic context

Indian Institute of Public Administration
Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes, India, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), National Rural Health Mission (NRHM)

Monitoring and streamlining convergence of NREGS with other ongoing schemes in three pilot districts in Uttarakhand

Ministry of Rural Development
National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Champawat (D), Nainital (D), Pauri Garhwal, Governance And Institutions, Poverty

Evaluation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in Tamil Nadu

Indian Institute of Technology
Rural Development, National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), Tamil Nadu, Dindigul (D), Kanchipuram (D), Cuddalore, Thiruvallur (D), Poverty

Community and Natural Resource Management

Southern revival

Poverty

While management of natural resources is crucial, micro finance is a catalyst for achieving sustainable agriculture. The experience of HIH shows how micro finance has played a supportive role in the ecological journey of a large number of farmers in Tamil Nadu.
http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines/india/2-finance-for-farming...

Publication Date: 
01/06/2010
Jeevan
Leisa India
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Tags:
Finance, Agriculture, Farmers, Tamil Nadu, Watershed Development, Kanchipuram (D), Cuddapah (D), Chamarajnagar (D), Karnataka, Rural Poverty, Poverty

Indian Farm Forestry Development Co-operative Limited (IFFDC) Wasteland Forestation Project

Poverty

This document details the IFFDC Wasteland Forestation Project plantations in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan. The project has assisted farmers, especially women, to promote forestation on wastelands and marginally productive lands by organising Primary Farm Forestry Co-operatives (PFFCs) and thus making it a people's participative programme.

Publication Date: 
01/05/2009
Community & Biodiversity Alliance
Tags:
Land Tenure, Wastelands, Water Conservation, Afforestation, Climate Impacts, Farmers, Women, Biodiversity, Public Participation, India, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Forests, Poverty

Natural resources and chronic poverty in India: a review of issues and evidence

Chronic Poverty Research Centre
Agriculture, Water Resources, Drinking Water, Irrigation, Forest Resources, Forest Conservation, Migration, Landless, Poverty, India

Workshop on 'Community, Conservation and Institutions: The Case of Orans/Devbani'

Krishi Avam Paristhitiki Vikas Sansthan
Fodder, Livestock, Water Conservation, Forest Conservation, Forest Rights Act 2006, Climate Change, Sacred Groves, Medicinal Plants, Sariska NP, Biodiversity, Biodiversity Conservation, Benefit Sharing, Public Participation, NGO, Rajasthan, Alwar (D), Poverty

Overcoming the challenges of doing participation in environment and development

Stockholm Environment Institute
Environment, Development, Public Participation, India, Developing Countries, Coastal Development, Poverty

Constraints for people's participation in wasteland afforestation programme

Indian Forester
Forests, Land Ownership, Wastelands, Land Reclamation, Wasteland Development, Afforestation, Sultanpur (D), Sultanpur (D), Poverty

A seat at the table: including the poor in decisions for development and environment

World Resources Institute
Environment, Land Use, Water Quality, Development, Poverty, Public Participation, Cameroon, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Paraguay, India, Washington DC, World Resources Institute, Joseph Foti, Lalanath de Silva, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)

Rural Development

Participatory poverty assessment through livelihood analysis: An Indian case

Poverty

Analysis of poverty and its dimensions are various as the ways in which poverty affects the daily sustenance of the poor. Poverty, many a times is simply viewed as an issue of income. What poverty means for the poor is a wide range of dynamic aspects. This paper presents results of analysis that emanate from Participatory Poverty Assessment (PPA) which was conducted in Sohenkhera village, Chittorgarh district of Rajasthan. Using a mixture of qualitative and quantitative methods, entire households of the village were covered for the study.

Publication Date: 
01/04/2012
M.V. Sajeev, S. Naskar, G. Biswas & et al
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Tags:
Poverty, India, Chittaurgarh (D), Rajasthan, Rural Poverty, Farmers, Debt, Land Ownership, Livestock

Evaluation study on rural roads component of Bharat Nirman

Planning Commission
Rural Roads, Rural Development, Bharat Nirman, Economic Development, Planning, Poverty, India

Roof above the head: qualitative assessment of rural housing in India

NCAER
Land Ownership, Land Acquisition, Drinking Water, Development, Economy, Rural Housing, Housing Finance, Housing Construction, Sanitation, Electricity, Rural Development, India, Sustainable Development, Poverty

Bioenergy and rural development in developing countries: a review of existing studies

Center for Development Research
Environment, Energy, Rural Development, India, Developing Countries, Biofuel, Poverty

Transforming rural livelihoods in India

DFID
Land Resources, Water Resources, Climate Change, Rural Development, Economic Development, India, Food Security, Rural Poverty, Poverty

Reducing poverty and hunger in Asia: the role of agricultural and rural development

International Food Policy Research Institute
Agriculture, Malnutrition, Rural Development, Economic Development, Poverty, Anti-Poverty Programmes, Asia, India

Climate adaptation, local institutions, and rural livelihoods

International Forestry Resources and Institutions
UNFCCC, Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, Rural Development, Global, Poverty

Gender and Poverty

Gender and governance in agricultural extension services: insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia

Poverty

Three out of four poor people in the developing world live in rural areas, and most of them depend—directly or indirectly—on agriculture for their livelihoods. Providing economic services, such as agricultural extension, is essential for using agriculture for development.

Publication Date: 
02/03/2010
Regina Birner, Sonia Madhvani, Eija Pehu
The World Bank
Tags:
Agriculture, Development, Farmers, Women, Rural Development, Governance, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Poverty

Women can do it

Panchayati Raj Update
Rural Water Supply, Toilets, Wastewater Recycling, Lowcost Toilets, Rural Sanitation, Women, Rural Health, Rural Development, Governance And Institutions, Panchayats, Maharashtra, Kolhapur (D), Nagpur (D), Sangli (D), Satara (D), Poverty

Women, food security and agriculture in a global marketplace: a significant shift

International Center for Research on Women (ICRW)
Agriculture, Development, Women, Economic Development, India, Global, South Asia, Food Security, Poverty

The Global Tiger Recovery Program - Initial Draft

Global Tiger Initiative
Wildlife, Ecosystem Services, India, Climate Change, Carbon Sequestration, Nepal, Watershed Development, Food Security, Poverty, Poaching, Protected Area Conservation, Wildlife And People, Tiger, Tiger Conservation, South Asia

Gender, ecology and development in Karnataka: situation and tasks ahead

Institute for Social and Economic Change
Environment, Development, Women, Eco Development, Ecology, Poverty, Karnataka

Biofuels for sustainable rural development and empowerment of women: case studies from Africa and Asia

ENERGIA
Agriculture, Biodiesel, Biofuel, Women, Rural Electrification, Rural Development, Africa, Ghana, South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Asia, Cambodia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, India, Poverty

Books

Status of NREGA in Chattisgarh: Key issues & hard options

Report on 'NREGA Tribunal' held in Raipur, Chattisgarh on 7th November, 2006. The Tribunal deliberated that NREGA, though a path-breaking programme, has failed to break off the ground, impacting the life of people very minimally.

Poverty & water

A global spread of case studies is used to illustrate that water is not simply an issue of physical scarcity, but rather a complex and politically driven issue with profound future implications, both in the developing world and outside it. The book argues that for the international community to achieve the Millennium Development Goals, governments must step in to protect the rights of the poor.

Enviornment Education
Drawing lines

Poverty Lines
Poverty-Environment Initiative

UNDP-UNEP Poverty-Environment Initiative
Chronic Poverty

Chronic Poverty in India