Rural Development and Agriculture
GRADE researchers have a continuing interest in the state of agricultural and livestock production and the impacts of economic policy and reforms on the rural economy in Peru. Studies are carried out into forest economics, the impacts of public infrastructure on the rural economy, the main drivers of private investment, the dynamics of rural employment and migration, and rural financial systems.
Senior Researchers
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Javier Escobal D`Angelo
PhD en Economic Development - Wageningen University
Javier holds a PhD in Economic Development from Wageningen University, in the Netherlands, and a Master’s degree from New York University, where he also carried out doctoral studies in Economics. He is currently a Senior Researcher at GRADE. He is also Co-Researcher in the Young Lives/Niños del Milenio longitudinal study, which follows more than 2000 children during the […]
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Ricardo Fort Meyer
PhD en Economic Development - Wageningen University
Ricardo Fort is an economist with a Master in Applied Economics from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a PhD in Economic Development from Wageningen University in the Netherlands. He currently works as a Senior Researcher at the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE), where he works on projects related to the economic development of […]
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Manuel Glave Testino
PhD en Economics - University of Illinois en Champaign
Manuel Glave has a PhD in Economics from the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. He is a Senior Researcher at GRADE where he specialises in rural development, environmental economics and natural resources, and where he undertakes analysis of public policy relating to agriculture and the environment. He is a Senior Professor in the Department of […]
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Eduardo Zegarra Méndez
PhD en Agricultural and Applied Economics - University of Wisconsin
Eduardo Zegarra is an economist from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and has a PhD in Agricultural and Applied Economics from the University of Wisconsin, specializing in rural development and natural resource management. His dissertation explores the workings and failures of the water market in Chile. He has researched and published on a wide […]
Adjunct Researchers
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Elena Borasino Deustua
Master en - Wageningen University
Elena holds a master’s degree in International Development with mention in Development Economics from Wageningen University. Currently she is an Adjunct Researcher at GRADE.
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Mauricio Espinoza Hermoza
PhD candidate en - Wageningen University & Reseach
Mauricio is an Adjunct Researcher at GRADE. He holds a master’s degree in Agriculture, Environment and Regional Economics from Pennsylvania State University and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He is currently a PhD candidate in Economic Development at Wageningen University & Reseach in the Netherlands. His areas of […]
External Affiliated Researchers
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Carmen Ponce San Román
PhD en Economics - Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Carmen Ponce is an External Affiliated Researcher at GRADE and is currently affiliated as Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean at York University (Toronto, Canada). She has a Ph.D. in Economics from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and a MSc. In Economics from the University of Texas […]
Publications
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JournalThe Journal of Development Studies
Revisiting the Determinants of Non-farm Labour Income in the Peruvian Andes: The Role of Intra-Seasonal Climate Variability and Widespread Family Networks
2023 Carmen Ponce
As previous literature shows, non-farm income represents up to 50 per cent of rural household income in developing countries. Mostly due to a lack of representative information on climate and family networks, two key factors have been excluded in previous studies on income diversification: (i) the role of intra-seasonal climate variability (affected by climate change), […]
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Cerrando, ¿qué brechas?: análisis de la inversión pública en la Amazonía peruana
Perú: el problema agrario en debate. Sepia XIX2022 Álvaro Hopkins, Karla Vergara, Miguel Angel La Rosa, Manuel Glave
The study analyzes the relationship between public investment in infrastructure and the closing of gaps in the Peruvian Amazon during the first two decades of the 21st century. This analysis transcends the economic sphere by considering social and environmental dimensions as part of a territorial approach to sustainable development. It is based on the hypothesis […]
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COVID-19 y las migraciones de la ciudad al campo en el Perú: identificación de amenazas y oportunidades para el uso sostenible del capital natural
2022 Ricardo Fort, Mauricio Espinoza, Álvaro Espinoza
El Perú es uno de los países más fuertemente golpeados por la pandemia del COVID-19 en el mundo. El confinamiento nacional obligatorio que empezó a regir a mediados de marzo de 2020 y fue ampliado en varias oportunidades hasta finales de junio del mismo año, trajo como consecuencia la paralización de diversos sectores económicos y […]
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JournalJournal of Development Economics
Land reform and human capital development: Evidence from Peru
2020 Michael Albertus, Mauricio Espinoza, Ricardo Fort
The early establishment and persistence of landholding inequality is linked to poor long-run development outcomes. One crucial channel runs through human capital: large landowners historically underinvested in public goods such as schools, restricted workers and their children from to attending school, and extracted surplus from laborers that could have been invested in human capital. By […]
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JournalWorld Development
Challenges in using RCTs for evaluation of large-scale public programs with complex designs: Lessons from Peru
2020 Javier Escobal, Carmen Ponce
The use of randomized control trials (RCTs) to evaluate public policies and interventions in developing countries faces several challenges. These include limited budgets to finance sample designs and sample sizes required to evaluate multifaceted interventions, potential small-sample bias arising from such limited samples, and difficulties in random assignment when participants self-exclude from parts of the […]
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Collective land access rights for enhancing smallholder livelihoods
2015, , Gerardo Damonte, Manuel Glave,
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Electrification and Educational Outcomes in Rural Peru
2015,
The authors study the effects of electrification on educational outcomes in Peru by taking advantage of a program that rapidly increased electricity coverage in rural areas. Using household survey panel data from 2007-2010, we document that: i) girls living in treated districts are more likely to be enrolled in school, and this effect is larger […]
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Provision of public services and welfare of the poor: learning from an incomplete electricity privatization process in rural Peru
2007Lorena Alcazar, Maximo Torero,
The results in this paper suggest that management of electricity firms by the private sector leads to a significant improvement in the quality of the provision of electricity.
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Minería y economía de los hogares en la sierra peruana: impactos y espacios de conflicto
2007Eduardo Zegarra,
Este estudio es una exploración cuantitativa del impacto de la actividad minero-metálica en los hogares de la sierra peruana, en el que hemos empleado métodos estándares de evaluación de impactos.
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JournalWorld Development
Intra-seasonal climate variability and crop diversification strategies in the Peruvian Andes: A word of caution on the sustainability of adaptation to climate change
2019
Agricultural systems are highly sensitive to climate change. Most studies focus on the effect of heat and water availability on crop yields, but little is known about the impact of changes in intra-seasonal climate variability (particularly challenging in mountain regions). Also, beyond the effect on crop yields –mostly focused on single cropping systems and major […]
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JournalAgriculture and Human Values
Does certification improve hired labour conditions and wageworker conditions at banana plantations?
2019
Certification of banana plantations is widely used as a device for protecting and improving socio-economic conditions of wageworkers, including their incomes, working conditions and—increasingly—voice [related to labour relations and workplace representation]. However, to date, evidence about the effectiveness of certification in these domains is scarce. Researchers collected detailed field data on (1) economic benefits for […]
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JournalCuaderno de Difusión
Políticas de seguridad alimentaria y protección de la agricultura familiar en la estrategia regional de seguridad alimentaria en la región Puno
2016
This research seeks to analyze the elaboration process of the Regional Food Security Strategy (ERSA) of Puno, as well as its formal content, in order to contrast it with the Voluntary Guidelines. This analysis is highly relevant in the specific case of Puno, a highland region of Peru, which presents worrying indicators of food insecurity […]
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JournalEconomía y Sociedad
Impactos del programa Juntos en las decisiones productivas de los hogares rurales del Perú
2015Eduardo Zegarra,
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JournalWorld Development
Explaining spatial diversity in Latin American rural development: structures, institutions, and coalitions
2015, Javier Escobal, ,
This article summarizes the results of a research program conducted in 11 Latin America countries, addressing two questions: (1) what factors determine territorial development dynamics that lead to economic growth, poverty reduction, and improved income distribution? (2) What can be done to stimulate this kind of territorial dynamics? We highlight five “bundles of factors” that […]
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La artículación de un espacio económico: formación de la economía regional de Piura
Historia económica del norte peruano: señoríos, haciendas y minas en el espacio regional2017
Sobre el libro (descripción extraída de la web del Instituto de Estudios Peruanos): Por su proximidad al estrecho de Panamá, y su relativamente fácil conexión con los puertos de la costa, el norte peruano desarrolló una economía peculiar dentro del conjunto del país. Sus características incluyen un activo sector de agricultura y ganadería comercial, una […]
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Impactos del proyecto desde una aproximación cuantitativa
Combinando protección social con generación de oportunidades económicas: una evaluación del programa Haku Wiñay2016
Este capítulo presenta los resultados de la evaluación de impacto —con enfoque cuantitativo—del proyecto Haku Wiñay en las condiciones de vida de hogares que además han sido usuarios del programa Juntos. Como se mencionó en el capítulo 2, el proyecto busca incidir en diversas esferas de la vida de los hogares, y es de esperar […]
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Combinando programas sociales con otras intervenciones
Combinando protección social con generación de oportunidades económicas: una evaluación del programa Haku Wiñay2016
Javier Escobal y Carmen Ponce presentan una discusión sobre la experiencia internacional en torno a la combinación de programas sociales con intervenciones de corte productivo desde una perspectiva histórica. Este capítulo permite iniciar la reflexión sobre el impacto del proyecto Haku Wiñay en entornos intervenidos por el programa Juntos, pues identifica consensos y retos compartidos, […]
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Estrategias de articulación de los productores agrarios en la costa peruana: ¿asociatividad, vinculación con empresas o ambas?
Agricultura peruana: nuevas miradas desde el censo agropecuario2015Ricardo Fort,
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El uso de encuestas y censos agropecuarios para desarrollar una tipología de la pequeña y mediana agricultura familiar en el Perú
Agricultura peruana: nuevas miradas desde el censo agropecuario2015Javier Escobal,
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Land grabbing in Latin America: opportunity or threat?
2014Gerardo Damonte,
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Latin America’s rural family farmers: evolutions in access to markets and rural income structure
2014, Manuel Glave,
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Improving Environmental Management of Extractives through Environmental Impact Assessments
2013Gerardo Damonte,
The Brief focuses on three particularly noteworthy innovations implemented in Peru: mine closure plans; regulation and approval mechanisms; and citizen participation.
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Estrategias de intervención para el desarrollo rural en la Sierra sur del Perú: un estudio comparativo
2012Javier Escobal, Carmen Ponce, , ,
Aportes para la construcción de un sistema de aprendizaje de las experiencias de desarrollo rural a partir de la comparación de dos proyectos para mejorar las condiciones de vida de la población rural pobre de la Sierra: Sierra Sur y Sierra Productiva
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El agro peruano en un nuevo partidor / Angustias laborales en el Perú de hoy
2000Javier Escobal,
El agro peruano en un nuevo partidor / Angustias laborales en el Perú de hoy.
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De la Amazonía su palma. Aportes a la gestión territorial en la región Loreto
2016Elena Borasino, Manuel Glave,
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¿Es necesaria una Estrategia Nacional de Desarrollo Rural en el Perú? Aportes para el debate y propuesta de implementación
2015Ricardo Fort,
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Agricultura peruana: nuevas miradas desde el Censo Agropecuario
2015Javier Escobal, Ricardo Fort, Eduardo Zegarra,
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América Latina hacia la inclusión social. Avances, aprendizajes y desafíos
2014, , , , , Gerardo Damonte, Manuel Glave, , , ,
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Projects
- Partial formulation of Development and Innovation Strategies (EDIR) in the regions of Ayacucho, Apurimac and CuscoSeptember 2020
- A rural development strategy in Latin AmericaAugust 2020
- Effects of the Rainforest Alliance certification on the banana sector in EcuadorJuly 2020
- Managing success and failure: Comparative study of the local management of the Administrative Board of Sanitation Service (JASS) in the rural community of San Andrés de Yanacca and the rural community of Llactacunca for the improvement of rural sanitationJanuary 2020
- Mechanisms for articulated management and intersectoral and intergovernmental coordination with a territorial approach for the implementation of the National Family Agriculture Plan 2019-2021December 2019
- Impact evaluation of Work for Progress (W4P) program in QuispicanchisOctober 2018
- Agro-export boom and diversification in Peru: an analysis of survival of products and companiesAugust 2018
- Impact of a productive project on the use of time profiles of members of rural households: gender structure in a context of change in the income generation strategies of the poorest householdsApril 2017 - September 2017
- Evaluation of the IFAD Country ProgramMarch 2017
- Life strategies in a context of transformations in rural highlands: climate change, migration corridors and income diversificationDecember 2016 - November 2017
News
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Eduardo Zegarra shares his thoughts on the impact of the climate crisis on Peruvian agriculture. Via La República
May 22, 2023 Rural development and agriculture
“Farmers usually use a fraction of their production for their own food and with the resources obtained from the sale of their products they purchase other foods to complete their diet. Therefore, lower production means lower sales and, therefore, less income to cover their living expenses”. Read the comments of Eduardo Zegarra, Senior Researcher at […]
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Estrategia de desarrollo e innovación regional – EDIR: resúmenes de 6 regiones
April 24, 2023 Rural development and agriculture
En el marco de proceso de implementación de las Agencias Regionales de Desarrollo (ARD) que lidera la Secretaria de Descentralización de la Presidencia del Consejo de Ministros, con el apoyo de la Unión Europea, la cooperación alemana implementada por la GIZ y la cooperación española – AECID, compartimos con ustedes la Estrategia de Desarrollo e […]
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Podcast CIES: Pathways to inclusive rural development in Peru, with Ricardo Fort
March 21, 2023 Rural development and agriculture
“We need a much broader view of the country and the territory to understand how we can create other opportunities in rural areas, in intermediate cities or in larger cities so that people who are currently trying to survive in rural areas have more possibilities to get ahead”. Ricardo Fort, senior researcher at GRADE, spoke […]
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The Reform Agrarian versus children, by Roxana Barrantes and Ricardo Fort
February 22, 2023 Rural development and agriculture, Education and learning, Poverty and equality
“We found was a negative and persistent effect over time of the Agrarian Reform on children’s years of schooling in higher-affected districts, due, in good measure, to the particular type of reform that was implemented in Peru.” In their new article for Jugo de Caigua, Roxana Barrantes (IEP) and Ricardo Fort (GRADE) write about the […]
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GRADE joins an IDRC’s project on regenerative and inclusive agri-food systems in Latin America and the Caribbean
February 8, 2023 Rural development and agriculture, Ethnicity, gender and citizenship
GRADE is part of a new IDRC’s project on how to accelerate the transition to regenerative and inclusive agrifood systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. In the face of the vulnerability of natural ecosystems in Latin America and the Caribbean, and their impact on food security and livelihoods, an innovative business approach has emerged that […]
Events
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Ricardo Fort will be panelist at Rimisp Siembra Desarrollo project closing seminar
05/07/2023 9:30 am (hora Perú) Zoom de Rimisp Rural development and agriculture
Our Senior Researcher Ricardo Fort will be a panelist at the closing seminar of the Latin American Center for Rural Development’s (Rimisp) Siembra Desarrollo project “Smallholder agriculture and food resilient to COVID-19”. Along with Ricardo, other panelists will be Julio Berdegué, former FAO Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean, Ileana Gómez, Senior Researcher […]
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La Noche de las Ideas: Eduardo Zegarra joins a film discussion on the paradox of hunger and small-scale agriculture
18/05/2023 6:30 pm Sala de cine de la Alianza Francesa de Lima (Av. Arequipa 4595 – Lima) Rural development and agriculture
Eduardo Zegarra, Senior Researcher at GRADE, will participate in the film discussion Feeding Consciousness: the paradox of hunger and small-scale agriculture in a globalized world, organized by the French Embassy in Peru, the French Institute, the Alliance Française in Peru and Agronomes et Vétérinaires sans Frontières. During this session, the short film “The Paradox of […]
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CEPES launched the book “II Agrarian Reform”. Eduardo Zegarra is one of the authors
29/09/2022 6:00 pm Facebook de CEPES Rural development and agriculture
Our Senior Researcher Eduardo Zegarra and Giovanna Vásquez from Conveagro presented the book “II Agrarian Reform: Family Farming as the focus of public policies”, published by the Peruvian Center for Social Studies (CEPES) and of which they are two of the authors. Panelists at the event were: Fernando Eguren (CEPES), Maria Isabel Remy (Instituto de […]
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Eduardo Zegarra will join a forum on the potential and challenges for sustainable family farming, on the sidelines of the 50th anniversary of CIPCA
09/09/2022 8:00 am Auditorio Principal de la Universidad Nacional de Piura Rural development and agriculture
Our Senior Researcher Eduardo Zegarra will join a forum on family farming on the sidelines of the 50 years of institutional life of the Center for Research and Promotion of the Peasantry (CIPCA). The event will be held in Piura. The forum will address the following topics: public policies for the promotion of family farming, family farming: […]
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Eduardo Zegarra was a speaker at the PERUSAN dialogue Zero hunger and food security: priority in regional and municipal agendas
02/09/2022 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Zoom de PERUSAN Rural development and agriculture, Health and nutrition
“We have very serious flaws in the agri-food systems, which are highly distorted by the presence of industrial interests in which the importation of transgenic and processed foods predominates. There is little connection between the food industry and national agricultural production. Not even the State buys from family farming, which is abandoned to its fate”. […]
- Education and Learning
- Employment, Productivity and Innovation
- Rural Development and Agriculture
- Ethnicity, Gender and Citizenship
- Methodologies for Research and Evaluation of Policy and Programmes
- Poverty and Equity
- Natural Resources, Extractive Industries and Social Conflict
- State Reform and Public Institutions
- Health and Nutrition
- Urbanization and Sustainable Cities
