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Agriculture for development /

The world's demand for food is expected to double within the next 50 years, while the natural resources that sustain agriculture will become increasingly scarce, degraded, and vulnerable to the effects of climate change. In many poor countries, agriculture accounts for at least 40 percent of GD...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: World Bank
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : World Bank and Oxford University Press, ©2007.
Colección:World development report ; 2008.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • What can agriculture do for development?
  • Growth and poverty reduction in agriculture's three worlds
  • Agriculture's performance, diversity, and uncertainties
  • Rural households and their pathways out of poverty
  • What are effective instruments for using agriculture for development?
  • Reforming trade, price, and subsidy policies
  • Bringing agriculture to the market
  • Supporting smallholder competitiveness through institutional innovations
  • Innovating through science and technology
  • Making agricultural systems more environmentally sustainable
  • Moving beyond the farm
  • How can agriculture-for-development agendas best be implemented?
  • Emerging national agendas for agriculture's three worlds
  • Strengthening governance, from local to global.