| 74th EAAE
Seminar Livelihoods and Rural Poverty: Technology, Policy and
Institutions 12-15 September 2001
Call for Papers
(Andrew Dorward, Imperial College at Wye)
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BACKGROUND
In 1998, the 57th Symposium of the EAAE (European Association of Agricultural
Economists) was held at Wageningen under the title "Agricultural Markets:
Beyond Liberalisation". Participants reviewed the extent and effects of
agricultural market liberalisation in developing countries, problems that have
arisen, and ways in which these problems are being addressed.
As we enter the new millennium, the concept of ‘livelihoods’ is being
adopted by an increasing number of development agencies as a guiding framework.
The holistic view of the economic, natural resource and social assets,
activities and environments of poor rural people is widely welcomed, but there
are also questions about its analytical value and operational validity. At the
same time, rural people in developing countries are faced by new challenges:
new technologies offer both opportunities and threats to poor farmers and
interact with population pressure and environmental, policy and institutional
change.
This seminar will provide a timely opportunity for a review of understanding
about the livelihoods of the rural poor, and in particular of the interacting
effects of technology, policy and institutions on rural peoples’
livelihoods and welfare.
OBJECTIVES AND TOPICS
The main objective of this seminar is to bring together economists and other
scientists working in the field of rural and agricultural development in
developing countries in order to discuss new insights into rural poverty, its
causes and potential cures, from the perspective of an understanding of rural
peoples’ livelihoods and of the dynamic effects of changes in
technologies, institutions and policies. The following major topics will be
addressed:
- Livelihood
concepts and approaches (including for example a historical perspective, recent
developments, key issues, macroeconomic considerations, etc.)
- Technology and
innovation (including for example C&IT, GMO, low external input
agriculture, etc)
- Natural
resources and the environment (including for example water and land property
rights & conflicts, disaster responses, etc)
- Governance and
rural organisations (including for example policy implementation issues, social
capital, decentralisation, role of the state, etc.)
- Public goods
and access to markets, institutions
- Farm –
Off farm and intersectoral interactions (including for example the role of
agriculture and the non-farm sector, migration, etc.)
These themes may
overlap in places but are intended to provide an inclusive focus for the
organisation of sessions and of papers. Analyses may focus on micro, meso,
macro or international issues, and concerns about the gender and social
vulnerability will cut across all themes.
CALL FOR PAPERS
There will be three categories of papers:
- Key note,
invited papers, max 20 pages/ 10,000 words for plenary presentation
- Contributed
papers, max 15 pages/ 7.500 words, for plenary or parallel sessions
- Poster papers,
max 10 pages/ 5,000 words, for the poster session.
Contributed papers
will be subject to a double blind review process and should be submitted by
31st December 2000. It is intended to try to get a selection of papers
published in a special issue of some academic journal or, if that is not
possible, in a book. Abstracts for poster papers should be submitted by 31st
March 2001.
LANGUAGE
Presentation of papers and discussions will be in English. Papers should
preferably be submitted in English but could also be accepted in either Spanish
or French. Subsequent publication (where appropriate) will be in English.
DATE AND LOCATION
The seminar will be held on September 12th to 15th, 2001 at Imperial College at
Wye (formerly Wye College), UK.
REGISTRATION
The deadline for the final registration will be 31st July 2001. Registration
fees will cover a welcome buffet, the seminar dinner, refreshments and lunches
during the seminar and copies of papers presented. Costs will be announced
shortly. Non-EAAE members will also have to pay the membership fee for the
EAAE.
ORGANISATION
The seminar will be organised by the Agrarian Development Unit, Agricultural
Economics and Business Management Group, T H Huxley School, Imperial College of
Science, Technology and Medicine (formerly Agrarian Development Unit within Wye
College, University of London).
FURTHER INFORMATION
Contact: Andrew Dorward, Jonathan Kydd and Jamie Morrison, Imperial College at
Wye (email A.Dorward@ic.ac.uk, J.Kydd@ic.ac.uk, J.A.Morrison@ ic.ac.uk).
Agricultural Economics and Business Management Group, T H Huxley School,
Imperial College at Wye, Wye, ASHFORD, Kent TN25 5AH, UK Tel +44 (0)1233 812401
Fax +44 (0)1233 813498
(Andrew Dorward)
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