Impact of Technological Innovation on the Poor

The author examines the dynamics of participation in and welfare impact of integrated aquaculture-agriculture (IAA) value chain by using three-year panel data. Education and household size, access to extensions and market information, community-based organisations (CBO) membership are positively associated with IAA participation.

Autorentext

Abu Hayat Md. Saiful Islam studied Agricultural Economics and international Rural Development at the Bangladesh Agricultural University in Mymensingh (Bangladesh), the Humboldt University of Berlin (Germany) and the Gent University (Belgium). He received a PhD in Agricultural Economics from the University of Bonn (Germany) and is conducting teaching and research at the Bangladesh Agricultural University in Mymensingh.

Inhalt

Contents: Performance of Integrated Aquaculture-Agriculture (IAA) Value Chain - Determinants and constraints of smallholder participation dynamics in the IAA value chain activities - Welfare impact of IAA value chain participation dynamics - Socio-environmental Impacts of Rice-Fish Based IAA - Household Panel Data - Integrated Aquaculture-Agriculture - Welfare - Value chain - Indigenous smallholders - Bangladesh.