Projects of Rural development and agriculture
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Support for research and discussion on CENAGRO-based policies
GRADE received a donation from the International Fund for Agricultural Development Adaptation (IFAD) to extend the 2012 Agriculture and Livestock Census analysis and update the policy guidelines for rural poverty reduction in Peru. The donation objectives are: a) expand the potentiality and restriction knowledge to improve poor people’s well-being in the rural zones; b) develop […]
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Agricultural value chains in Peru
The study seeks to determine the potential of the agricultural value chains (CVA) in Peru as an instrument to fight against rural poverty, through the creation of new income generation opportunities for rural households in these conditions. Secondary information on CVAs currently operating will be used, as well as the 2012 Agriculture and Livestock Census […]
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Elaboration of indicators for public agriculture policy based on the 2012 Agriculture Census
The objective is to prepare a set of indicators based on the 2012 Agriculture Census and that may be used for the design and evaluation of the public agriculture policy.
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Impacts of public rural investment in the development of regions and population well-being levels (2002-2012)
The study seeks to estimate the relation between public investment and rural poverty from an aggregated view of the set of investments implemented by different government levels in each department of the country for the 2002-2012 period. Starting with the construction of relevant categories of public investment for rural development, conclusions may be set out […]
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Evaluation of the Agrarian Competitiveness Program – IADB
A retrospective analysis will be conducted within the Third Agrarian Competitiveness and Innovation Program on the evolution and performance of the framework of agricultural and livestock policies of Peru during the effective term of the three programmatic loans (policy-based programs -PBPs). Furthermore, an analysis will also be conducted on the evolution of the main macroeconomic […]
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Learning about the complementarities of conditional cash transfer programs and productive support programs for rural households in poverty situation
The Project pursues two objectives. In the first place, it seeks to evaluate the complementarity impacts of the interventions of the JUNTOS and FONCODES programs in three dimensions: (i) vulnerability and living conditions of intervened households; (ii) strategies for generation of sustainable income; and (iii) investment in human capital of their youngest members. In the […]
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Experiments to understand readiness for technological innovation in rural areas McGill-GRADE
The Project will undertake economic experiments to elicit aversion to risk and uncertainty of small farmers and explore how risk and uncertainty affect readiness to undertake technological innovations.
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Comparative Study of public interventions for rural development in the Peruvian Andes
Building upon the systematization of the impacts of the two interventions currently underway in the southern Andes of Peru, the Project seeks to discuss the advantages and limitations of the different intervention styles in an effort to improve the well-being of the population in this region. The first intervention, known as the “Sierra Sur” project, […]
