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Author: Gudrun Kochendörfer-Lucius
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2008-01-01
Total Pages: 245
ISBN-13: 0821371282
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe book highlights proceedings from the Berlin 2008: Agriculture and Development conference held in preparation for the World Development Report 2008.
Author: David Wilson
Publisher: Practical Action Publishing
Published: 2011
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781853397127
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book includes examples of achieving wider change in smallholder agriculture, through influencing policy decisions, linking smallholders to value chains, innovating service provision for small farmers, with an emphasis on promoting equitable livelihoods and developing rural women's economic leadership.
Author: John A. Dixon
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Published: 2001
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9789251046272
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA joint FAO and World Bank study which shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty in the main farming systems of the six major developing regions of the world.
Author: John Howell
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 76
ISBN-13: 9789251031339
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Otsuka, Keijiro, ed.
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Published: 2021-01-14
Total Pages: 798
ISBN-13: 0896293831
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAgricultural Development: New Perspectives in a Changing World is the first comprehensive exploration of key emerging issues facing developing-country agriculture today, from rapid urbanization to rural transformation to climate change. In this four-part volume, top experts offer the latest research in the field of agricultural development. Using new lenses to examine today’s biggest challenges, contributors address topics such as nutrition and health, gender and household decision-making, agrifood value chains, natural resource management, and political economy. The book also covers most developing regions, providing a critical global perspective at a time when many pressing challenges extend beyond national borders. Tying all this together, Agricultural Development explores policy options and strategies for developing sustainable agriculture and reducing food insecurity and malnutrition. The changing global landscape combined with new and better data, technologies, and understanding means that agriculture can and must contribute to a wider range of development outcomes than ever before, including reducing poverty, ensuring adequate nutrition, creating strong food value chains, improving environmental sustainability, and promoting gender equity and equality. Agricultural Development: New Perspectives in a Changing World, with its unprecedented breadth and scope, will be an indispensable resource for the next generation of policymakers, researchers, and students dedicated to improving agriculture for global wellbeing.
Author: Kumar, Anjani
Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Published:
Total Pages: 62
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Million Farmers School (MFS) is an innovative extension program initiated by the Department of Agriculture in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, in 2017. Twice in a year, the department deploys its entire extension machinery to organize nearly 15,000 training programs for about a million farmers across all districts of the state. Unlike traditional extension services, MFS integrates various facets of agricultural knowledge into a packaged product and delivers through village-level trainings where printed material on the topics of training are also distributed among participants. This study presents early findings of a process evaluation, involving assessments of program design, implementation strategies, and estimation of benefits from program participation. In addition to consultation with public officials and community organizations, a state-level representative survey was conducted on a sample of both participating and non-participating households. The early results based on matching and instrumental variable methods—suggest that knowledge outcomes are significantly better among participants vis-à-vis non-participants. The results are robust to different model specifications. The study also qualitatively assesses various aspects of the program’s design and implementation, highlighting the constraints and challenges it faces and offers implementation advice for greater efficacy in its future course.
Author: Roger D. Norton
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 546
ISBN-13: 9789251048757
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Author: N. S. Randhawa
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9789251028957
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: United States. Department of Agriculture. Office of International Cooperation and Development. International Training Division
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 6
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: World Bank
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 2023-11-09
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781464819629
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Smallholder farmers are the stewards of more than 80 percent of the world's farms. These small family businesses produce about one-third of the world's food. In Africa and Asia, smallholders dominate the production of food crops, as well as export commodities such as cocoa, coffee, and cotton. However, smallholders and farm workers remain among the poorest segments of the population, and they are on the frontline of climate change. Smallholder farmers face constraints in accessing inputs, finance, knowledge, technology, labor, and markets. Raising farm-level productivity in a sustainable way is a key development priority. Agribusinesses are increasingly working with smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries to secure agricultural commodities. More productive smallholders boost rural incomes and economic growth, as well as reduce poverty. Smallholders also represent a growing underserved market for farm inputs, information, and financial services. Working with Smallholders: A Handbook for Firms Building Sustainable Supply Chains (third edition) shows agribusinesses how to engage more effectively with smallholders and to develop sustainable, resilient, and productive supply chains. The book compiles practical solutions and cutting-edge ideas to overcome the challenges facing smallholders. This third edition is substantially revised from the second edition and incorporates new material on the potential for digital technologies and sustainable farming. This handbook is written principally to outline opportunities for the private sector. The content may also be useful to the staffs of governmental or nongovernmental development programs working with smallholders, as well as to academic and research institutions."--
