Abstract
Crop diversification is one of the most cost‐effective way of reducing uncertainties in farmer's income, especially among poor smallholder farmers. However, poverty is a complex concept, which includes more dimensions than only income. This review investigates the contribution of crop diversification to Sustainable Development Goal 1(SDG1) “No poverty” by also considering other dimensions of poverty, namely gender equality, food security and nutrition, and vulnerability to climate change. It demonstrates that the contribution of crop diversification to food security and nutrition, gender equality, and reduction of poor farmers' vulnerability to climate change has not been properly researched. Several factors across the studies analysed were found to influence the implementation of crop diversification, but these were hardly connected to poverty reduction. New research and policy impact evaluation methods that follow a sustainability approach perspective to poverty need to be undertaken in order to assess the contribution of crop diversification to SDG1.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 795-808 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Sustainable Development |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 21 Jan 2019 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 2019 |
Bibliographical note
I am grateful to Professor Maggie Gill and Dr Leslie Lipper for initial discussions, to Dr Leslie Lipper for arranging the meetings with the experts at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and to the experts at FAO for the valuable discussions on the topic. I would also like to thank Kirsten MacSween for revising the English. This research has been funded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), NE/N005619/1.Keywords
- agriculture
- climate change
- food security
- gender
- poverty dimensions
- BIODIVERSITY
- SMALLHOLDER FARMERS
- FOOD SECURITY
- CLIMATE-CHANGE
- VULNERABILITY
- ADAPTATION STRATEGIES
- AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION
- REDUCTION
- DIVERSITY
- ALLEVIATION
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