CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH

An Assessment of the Impact of
Agricultural Research in South Asia
since the Green Revolution

Peter B.R. Hazell

Centre for Environmental Policy
Imperial College London

August 2008

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Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR), 2009

The Science Council of the CGIAR encourages fair use of this material provided proper citation is made.

Correct citation: Hazell P.B.R.. 2008. An Assessment of the Impact of Agricultural Research in South Asia since the Green
Revolution. Science Council Secretariat: Rome, Italy.

ABSTRACT

This study critically reviews and assesses the large body of evidence on the impacts of agricultural research by the CGIAR and its partners in South Asia. The long history of research, the extensive databases available and the vast literature on impacts that exist in this region provide a fertile ground for this study, which aims to systematically examine and understand the complexities of how research has led to outputs, uptake, outcomes and impacts, and the distributional consequences of these.