Agriculture Overview: Development news, research, data | World …
WEBMar 15, 2024 · Agriculture can help reduce poverty for 75% of the world's poor, who live in rural areas and work mainly in farming. It can raise incomes, improve food security and benefit the environment. The World Bank Group is a leading financier of agriculture, with $8.1 billion in new commitments in 2013.
Agriculture’s Transformation Is Key to Healthy People, Planet, and ...
WEBSep 22, 2021 · When governments favor input subsidies or price supports over investment in agricultural research or environmental services, the results can be negative: excessive use of fertilizers, over-pumping groundwater with cheap or free electricity, inefficient use of underpriced water, or agricultural systems that focus on a single crop.
Climate-smart agriculture - World Bank Group
WEBFeb 26, 2024 · Traditionally, the increase in food production has been linked to agricultural expansion, and unsustainable use of land and resources. This creates a vicious circle, leading to an increase in emissions. Food systems are the leading source of methane emissions and biodiversity loss, and they use around 70% of fresh water.
Agriculture and Food: Development news, research, data | World …
WEBAgricultural 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 …
5 Key Issues in Agriculture in 2021 - World Bank Group
WEBDec 16, 2021 · 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.
Promoting Sustainable Agriculture in Rio de Janeiro - World Bank …
WEBOct 23, 2020 · The project benefited 37,172 smallholder farmers and family farmers in the State of Rio de Janeiro. An additional 3,359 smallholder farmers were included in at least one of the five productive value chains, leading them to adopt more productive, sustainable farming systems and increasing the hectares of agricultural land under such systems.
Agriculture and Rural Development - World Bank Group
WEBPolicies, like agricultural export bans, which insulate producers (as well as consumers) from international price increases, are likely to be particularly harmful to the rural poor. Land and returns to scale in agriculture: The 2007/08 commodity price boom triggered a global “land rush,” with investors especially eager to acquire ...
Developing the Agri-Food System for Inclusive Economic Growth: …
WEBGiven increasing climate variability and pest outbreaks in Uganda, it is vital to increase the resilience of agricultural systems and rural livelihoods. To this end, farmers should be equipped with climate-smart land, water and livestock management practices, irrigation infrastructure, and access to climate and disaster-risk information.
Pakistan Agriculture Food System: The World Bank Group
WEBThe World Bank team has developed various analytical products to support the Government of Pakistan in transforming its agri-food system towards higher productivity and competitiveness. Under the ongoing program of Advisory Services and Analytics (ASA) more knowledge products are being produced to inform policy making, investments and …
WEBRisks are inherent, ubiquitous, and varied in agricultural systems, perhaps more so than in any other area of economic endeavor. They enforce poverty traps and pose serious consequences for all stakeholders. Adverse movements in agricultural commodity and input prices, together