Diversification into Horticulture and Poverty Reduction: A Research Agenda

By K. Weinberger, T. Lumpkin. 2007

398 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Business and International Management, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Plant Science

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In Business and International Management

1. J. Donovan
2. Emmy B. Simmonsb
3. Pepijn Schreinemachersa
4. Marco C. S. Wopereisc
5. D. Feliciano
6. D. Mithöfer

In General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

1. D. Roy
2. D. Feliciano
3. D. Mithöfer
4. P. Birthal
5. D. Negi
6. M. Qaim

In Plant Science

1. T. Hodgkin
2. R. Kahane
3. D. Feliciano
4. D. Mithöfer

Citations in the corpus

• Agrobiodiversity for food security, health and income (2013, background): “As far as indigenous vegetables are concerned, AVRDC considers them rather more undervalued than underutilized (Weinberger and Lumpkin 2007).”
• Tapping the economic and nutritional power of vegetables (2017, background): “Weinberger and Lumpkin (2007) showed that vegetable production in six Asian countries used on average 297 labor-days per hectare per season against 116 labor-days for cereal production.”
• Guides for value chain development: a comparative review (2015, background): “…in which smallholders are considered to have a comparative advantage – for example, specialty crops like coffee and horticulture that require high labour inputs – has been considered an opportunity to combine economic growth and poverty-reduction goals (Bacon, 2005; Weinberger and Lumpkin, 2007).”
• A review on the contribution of crop diversification to Sustainable Development Goal 1 “No poverty” in different world regions (2019, background): “Many studies (e.g., Bravo‐Ureta, Solis, Cochi, & Quiroga, 2006; Harris & Orr, 2014; Oladele, 2011; Weinberger & Lumpkin, 2007) have analysed the relation between crop diversification and poverty alleviation by investigating its contribution to rural incomes and creation of employment opportunities.”
• Assessing the Impact of Crop Diversification on Farm Poverty in India (2015, background): “…staples toward high-value crops (HVCs) is one of the alternatives that can augment incomes, generate employment, and reduce poverty (Ali & Abedullah, 2002; Barghouti, Kane, Sorby, & Ali, 2004; Birthal, Joshi, Roy, & Thorat, 2013; Joshi, Gulati, Birthal, & Tewari, 2004; Weinberger & Lumpkin, 2007).”