?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F1198%2F&rft.title=Overcoming+Poverty+in+Rural+India%3A+Focus+on+Rainfed+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.creator=Rao%2C+K+P+C&rft.creator=Bantilan%2C+M+C+S&rft.creator=Singh%2C+K&rft.creator=Subrahmanyam%2C+S&rft.creator=Deshingkar%2C+P&rft.creator=Rao%2C+P+P&rft.creator=Shiferaw%2C+B&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=This+study+is+a+comprehensive+analysis+of+the+nature%2C+the+dynamics+and+the+determinants+of+poverty+in+the%0D%0Asemi-arid+tropics+(SAT).+It+uses+the+sustainable+livelihood+framework+to+identify+the+underlying+determinants%0D%0Aof+poverty+and+the+pathways+in+moving+out+of+poverty.+Quantitative+analysis+based+on+the+most+recent+National%0D%0ASample+Surveys+(NSS)+of+India+(1999-2000+round)+generated+classifications+of+relevant+typologies+including%0D%0Aagroecological+zones%2C+occupational+groups%2C+irrigation+access+and+social+groups.+It+shows+that+poverty+in+India+is%0D%0Aconcentrated+most+in+the+SAT+and+humid+areas.+It+identifies+caste+and+occupational+groups+facing+highest%0D%0Aincidence+of+poverty.+The+typologies+systematized+the+establishment+of+linkages+between+rural+poverty+and+the%0D%0Asemi-arid+tropics.%0D%0AThe+study+presents+a+synthesis+of+evidence+and+lessons+learnt+from+the+village+level+studies+(VLS)+by+the%0D%0AInternational+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics+(ICRISAT)+and+other+household+level+case%0D%0Astudies+-+income+and+expenditure+levels%2C+incidence+of+poverty+and+under-nutrition+and+coping+strategies+when%0D%0Afaced+with+droughts+and+other+income+shocks.+The+empirical+analysis+uses+both+the+quantitative+and+the%0D%0Aqualitative+data+to+document+the+existing+and+emerging+evidences+on+the+spatial+and+the+social+dimensions+of%0D%0Apoverty.+The+poverty+diagnostics+and+strategic+assessment+of+the+issues+confronting+SAT+generated+a%0D%0Acomprehensive+perspective+from+both+the+micro+and+the+macro+levels%2C+thus+deepening+our+understanding+of%0D%0Athe+multi-dimensional+nature+of+SAT+poverty.%0D%0AThe+study+reviews+the+existing+poverty+alleviation+programs+(their+merits+and+demerits+and+successes+and%0D%0Afailures)+and+concludes+with+a+set+of+recommendations+on+strategies+to+increase+the+contribution+of+SAT%0D%0Aagriculture+to+poverty+reduction.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=2005&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F1198%2F1%2FRA_00415.pdf&rft.identifier=++Rao%2C+K+P+C+and+Bantilan%2C+M+C+S+and+Singh%2C+K+and+Subrahmanyam%2C+S+and+Deshingkar%2C+P+and+Rao%2C+P+P+and+Shiferaw%2C+B++(2005)+Overcoming+Poverty+in+Rural+India%3A+Focus+on+Rainfed+Semi-Arid+Tropics.++Monograph.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics.+++++