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5 Key Issues in Agriculture in 2021. As 2021 ends, we take a retrospective look at five topics that were covered in our analytical work this year. These issues represent just a fragment of the Bank's work, but they are key to reducing poverty and hunger while slowing climate change. Food Security.
Last Updated: Mar 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.
The Role of Agriculture and Rural Development in Ending Poverty and Boosting Shared Prosperity. Three-quarters of the world’s poor live in rural areas and most earn their living from farming. Enhancing agricultural productivity is thus essential to achieving poverty reduction. Productivity growth in agriculture is also the driving force ...
The AGCOM project has signed 265 productive alliances, showing that catalyzing agricultural commercialization at the local level is possible. Better policies and more investment in the rural economy could lift Malawi ’s economy out of its current low-growth equilibrium. LILONGWE, December 14, 2022 - Before sunrise, multitudes of people pour ...
The 19 th Kenya Economic Update, Unbundling the Slack in Private Investment, says agriculture is a major driver of growth for the Kenyan economy and is the dominant source of employment. From 2013-2017, the report notes the agriculture sector contributed on average 21.9% of gross domestic product (GDP), with at least 56% of the total labor ...
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. Projects.
Martin Leboo. "The Young Professionals Program (YPP) is an incredible opportunity where you can test new sectors and experiences. It emphasizes learning as much as you can to bring strong impact." READ MORE.
Myanmar: Analysis of Farm Production Economics. Myanmar’s farms are well diversified, with most farms producing rice paddy during the monsoon season and other crops such as beans, pulses, oilseeds and maize, during the cool and dry seasons. The study finds that agricultural productivity in Myanmar is low. For example, to harvest rice, one day ...
Supporting long-term global food security programs: The Bank houses the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), a global financing instrument that pools donor funds and targets additional, complementary financing to agricultural development across the entire value chain. Since its launch in 2010 by the G20 in response to the 2007 ...
Agriculture finance empowers poor farmers to increase their wealth and facilitates the development of food value chains for feeding 9 billion people by 2050. Our work in agriculture finance helps clients provide market-based financial services, and fund long-term and green investments to support sustainable agriculture and agri-food value ...