Dawson, Neil, Martin, Adrian ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2916-7712 and Camfield, Laura
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0165-9857
(2019)
Can agricultural intensification help attain Sustainable Development Goals? Evidence from Africa and Asia.
Third World Quarterly, 40 (5).
pp. 926-946.
ISSN 0143-6597
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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.
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