
Agriculture Overview: Development news, research, data | World …
2024年10月9日 · It engages with the private sector by supporting the design, piloting and de-risking of innovative public-private partnerships that advance development and climate goals. The Global Agriculture and Food Security Program , a multilateral financing platform, is dedicated to improving food and nutrition security worldwide.
Agriculture and Food: Development news, research, data | World …
Agricultural development is one of the most powerful tools to end extreme poverty, boost shared prosperity and feed a projected 9.7 billion people by 2050. Growth in the agriculture sector is two to four times more effective in raising incomes among the poorest than other sectors.
Cambodian Agriculture in Transition: Opportunities and Risks
Maintain a private sector friendly policy environment, particularly to reduce the regulatory burden in farm input sectors such as seeds and fertilizers. Strengthen the environmental sustainability of agricultural production. Improve the quality of agricultural public programs and increase allocations to more effective programs.
Bangladesh: Growing the Economy through Advances in Agriculture
2016年10月7日 · With one of the fastest rates of productivity growth in the world since 1995 (averaging 2.7 percent per year, second only to China), Bangladesh’s agricultural sector has benefited from a sound and consistent policy framework backed up by substantial public investments in technology, rural infrastructure and human capital.
5 Key Issues in Agriculture in 2021 - World Bank Group
2021年12月16日 · The World Bank took action to fight food insecurity around the world, providing immediate aid to vulnerable households and more long-term support to farmers in the form of seeds, fertilizer, and other agricultural inputs. COVID-19 also pushed more people into poverty and made the poor poorer around the world.
Closing the Potential-Performance Divide in Ugandan Agriculture: …
Private sector value addition would support inclusive business models to improve linkages among smallholders and firms of all sizes. To reduce the private investment risk, public resources must prioritise complementary public goods and services like …
Boosting Agricultural and Rural Livelihoods in Jamaica - World …
2020年10月23日 · The agriculture and tourism sectors held the most significant potential for rural growth and development because of their overall importance to the economy. In 2009, the agricultural sector, while accounting for only 4.8 % of GDP, represented an important source of income for the rural population and accounted for 18.4 % of total employment.
Farming Up: Uganda’s Agriculture and Food System Can Create Jobs
The report, “Developing Uganda’s Agri-Food System for Inclusive Economic Growth,” notes that the sector’s economic contribution extends well beyond the production sector into the wider food system, including related processing, manufacturing, and services. However, the employment potential of Uganda’s agriculture and agri-food system ...
Agriculture and Rural Development - World Bank Group
Enhancing agricultural productivity is thus essential to achieving poverty reduction. Productivity growth in agriculture is also the driving force behind structural transformation. he purpose of this research program is twofold: Provide guidance on productivity enhancing investments in, and policies toward, the agriculture sector
Making Farming More Productive and Profitable for Ugandan …
2018年6月19日 · “Uganda’s agriculture sector may not be transformed overnight. But making the right adjustments now will be critical to realize the Vision 2040.” With access to more finance, more efficient farming and climate-smart practices, the report says Uganda will be able to reach its potential in agricultural returns.