Working Group on Agriculture

Publications

ADB Publications

• Biofuels and Rural Renewable Energy in the GMS
• An Overview and Strategic Framework for Biofuel Development [ PDF: 787kb | 66 pages ]
• Global and Regional Development Impact of Biofuels [ PDF: 932kb | 38 pages ]
• Cambodia: Status and Potential for the Development of Biofuels and Rural renewable Energy [ PDF: 1,197kb | 59 pages ]
• Lao PDR: Status and Potential for the Development of Biofuels and Rural renewable Energy [ PDF: 934kb | 38 pages ]
• Myanmar: Status and Potential for the Development of Biofuels and Rural renewable Energy [ PDF: 1,848kb | 74 pages ]
• PRC: Status and Potential for the Development of Biofuels and Rural renewable Energy [ PDF: 956kb | 43 pages ]
• Viet Nam: Status and Potential for the Development of Biofuels and Rural renewable Energy [ PDF: 1,365kb | 70 pages ]

ADBI Reports*

• Contract Farming
• No. 49
  "Contract Farming and Poverty Reduction: the Case of Organic Rice Contract Farming in Thailand" [ PDF ]
  Authors: Sununtar Setboonsarng, PinSun Leung, and Junning Cai
  Date Published: 22 May 2006
• No. 89
  “Global Partnership in Poverty Reduction: Contract Farming and Regional Cooperation” [ PDF ]
  Author: Sununtar Setboonsarng
  Date Published: 25 February 2008
• No. 90
  “Rice Contract Farming in Lao PDR: Moving from Subsistence to Commercial Agriculture” [ PDF ]
  Authors: Sununtar Setboonsarng, PingSun Leung and Adam Stefan
  Date Published: 25 February 2008
• No. 107
  “Standards and Agricultural Trade in Asia” [ PDF ]
  Authors: Daniele Giovannucci and Timothy Purcell
  Date Published: 22 May 2008
• No. 109
  “Rice Contract Farming in Cambodia: Empowering Farmers to Move Beyond the Contract Toward Independence” [ PDF ]
  Authors: Junning Cai, Luyna Ung, Sununtar Setboonsarng and PingSun Leung
  Date Published: 5 June 2008
• No. 112
  “Overview of Contract Farming in Thailand: Lessons Learned” [ PDF ]
  Authors: Songsak Sriboonchitta and Aree Wiboonpoongse
  Date Published: 16 July 2008
• Organic Agriculture, Climate Change, and the Millennium Development Goals
• Presentation made at World Organic Congress in Modena, Italy, 2008 [ PDF ]
• No. 54
  “Organic Agriculture, Poverty Reduction, and the Millennium Development Goals” [ PDF ]
  Author: Sununtar Setboonsarng
  Date Published: 7 September 2006
• No. 106
  “Market-based Certification and Management of Non-Timber Forest Products in Bhutan: Organic Lemongrass Oil, Poverty Reduction, and Environmental Sustainability” [ PDF ]
  Authors: Karma Yangzom, Irmela Krug, Kesang Tshomo, and Sununtar Setboonsarng
  Date Published: 22 May 2008
• No. 115
  “Can Ethical Trade Certification Contribute to the Attainment of the Millennium Development Goals? A Review of Organic and Fair-Trade Certification” [ PDF ]
  Author: Sununtar Setboonsarng
  Date Published: 25 August 2008
• Working paper No. 118
  “No Through Road: The Limitations of Food Miles” [ PDF ]
  Authors: Els Wynen and David Vanzetti
  Date Published: 30 October 2008
• Working paper No. 129
  Does Organic Agriculture Lead to Better Health among Poor Farmers? An Investigation of Health Expenditure among Organic and Conventional Farmers in Thailand [ PDF ]
  Authors: Rouselle F. Lavado and Sununtar Setboonsarng
  Date Published: 31 December 2008
• Working paper no. 139
  "Food Safety and ICT Traceability Systems: Lessons from Japan for Developing Countries" [ PDF ]
  Authors: Sununtar Setboonsarng, Jun Sakai, and Lucia Vancura
  Date Published: May 2009
• Biodiversity
• Working paper no. 115
  "Enhancing Biodiversity through Market-based Strategy: Organic Agriculture " [ PDF ]
  Authors: Marie Mondeil and Sununtar Setboonsarng
  Date Published: October 2009
• Microfinance
• No. 50
  “Using ICT in Capacity Building for Poverty Reduction in Asia: Lessons Learned from the Microfinance Training of Trainers Course” [ PDF ]
  Authors: Sununtar Setboonsarng and Jiping Zhang
  Date Published: 29 June 2006
• No. 104
  “Microfinance and the Millennium Development Goals in Pakistan: Impact Assessment using Propensity Score Matching” [ PDF ]
  Authors: Sununtar Setboonsarng and Ziyodullo Parpiev
  Date Published: 28 April 2008
• Development Indicator
• No. 21
  “Child Malnutrition as a Poverty Indicator: An Evaluation in the Context of Different Development Interventions in Indonesia” [ PDF ]
• Rural Infrastructure
• No. 110
  “The Impact of Rural Infrastructure and Agricultural Support Services on Poverty: The Case of Agrarian Reform Communities in the Philippines” [ PDF ]
  Author: Sununtar Setboonsarng
  Date Published: 23 June 2008
• Research Policy Briefs
• No. 21
  “Transport Infrastructure and Poverty Reduction” [ PDF ]
  Author: Sununtar Setboonsarng
• No. 29
  “Organic Crops or Energy Crops? Options for Rural Development in Cambodia and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic” [ PDF ]
  Authors: Anil Markandya and Sununtar Setboonsarng
  Date Published: 25 November 2008
• Other ADBI Reports