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Summary
Ruth Haug, ‘From Integrated Development to Sustainable Livelihoods: What is the Role of Food and Agriculture?’, Forum for Development Studies, 1999: 2, pp. 181–201.
The article reviews different paradigms which have dominated the discussions on how to facilitate rural development and livelihood security in the South, viewed from a food and agriculture entry point. The article focuses on food security as one of the important elements of sustainable livelihood approaches, analysing reasons for rural poverty and food insecurity, reviewing the possible impact of the World Food Summit of 1996, and making recommendations regarding future action in relation to political and institutional changes as well as changes in the agricultural research for development agenda. Finally, the article suggests different ways in which sustainable livelihood approaches may contribute more efficiently to rural poverty reduction as compared to efforts in the past.