?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F3780%2F&rft.title=Poverty+and+natural+resource+management+in+the+semi-arid+tropics%3A+revisiting+challenges+and+conceptual+issues.+Working+Paper+Series+no.+14&rft.creator=Shiferaw%2C+B&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=As+many+of+the+poor+in+developing+countries+depend+on+agriculture+for+their+livelihoods%2C+agricultural+development+is+widely+regarded+as+a+viable+strategy+for+reducing+poverty+and+conservation+of+the+natural+resources+base.+This+recognition+has+necessitated+a+wide+range+of+interventions+to+increase+the+productivity+of+agriculture+and+enhance+food+security+in+poor+areas.+Despite+such+efforts+and+the+increased+momentum+towards+globalization%2C+along+with+increasing+scarcity+of+land+and+water+resources%2C+poverty+and+resource+degradation+have+increased+in+some+marginalized+areas%2C+especially+in+sub-saharan+Africa.+A+number+of+studies+in+recent+times+have+postulated+a+self-reinforcing+downward+spiral+between+poverty%2C+population+pressure%2C+and+natural+resource+degradation.+These+interlinkages+seem+to+be+valid+for+certain+arid+and+semi-arid+areas+with+fragile+and+marginal+environments+where+biophysical+and+socioeconomic+constraints+limit+investment+opportunities.+With+emphasis+in+semi-arid+rainfed+areas%2C+this+study+examines+the+livelihood-environmental+linkages+in+light+of+the+existing+theories+and+empirical+evidence%3B+synthesizes+major+lessons%3B+suggests+research+and+policy+implications%3B+and+advances+a+more+holistic+and+interdisciplinary+analytical+framework+for+understanding+the+most+limiting+structural+constraints%2C+farmer+decision+behavior%2C+and+investment+strategies.&rft.publisher=International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics&rft.date=2002&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F3780%2F1%2FPovertyAndNaturalResourceManagement_2002.pdf&rft.identifier=++Shiferaw%2C+B++(2002)+Poverty+and+natural+resource+management+in+the+semi-arid+tropics%3A+revisiting+challenges+and+conceptual+issues.+Working+Paper+Series+no.+14.++Working+Paper.+International+Crops+Research+Institute+for+the+Semi-Arid+Tropics%2C+Patancheru%2C+Andhra+Pradesh%2C+India.+++++