Agriculture key to poverty reduction (Financial Express)
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India’s Financial Express published an opinion piece co-authored by IFPRI’s Senior Research Fellow, Will Martin, on five new insights that highlight agriculture remains the key to reducing poverty in developing countries. In the article, Martin, based on a new research paper, argued that growth in agriculture remains in general two to three times more effective at reducing poverty than an equivalent amount of growth generated in other sectors.
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