Author: World Bank
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 0821368095
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
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 GDP and 80 percent of employment. At the same time, about 70 percent of the world's poor live in rural areas and most depend on agriculture for their livelihoods. 'World Development Report 2008' seeks to assess where, when, and how agriculture can be an effective instrument for economic development, especially development that favors the poor. It examines several broad questions: How has agriculture changed in developing countries in the past 20 years? What are the important new challenges and opportunities for agriculture? Which new sources of agricultural growth can be captured cost effectively in particular in poor countries with large agricultural sectors as in Africa? How can agricultural growth be made more effective for poverty reduction? How can governments facilitate the transition of large populations out of agriculture, without simply transferring the burden of rural poverty to urban areas? How can the natural resource endowment for agriculture be protected? How can agriculture's negative environmental effects be contained? This year's report marks the 30th year the World Bank has been publishing the 'World Development Report'.
World Development Report 2008
Growth, Trade and Agriculture
Author: Pasquale L. Scandizzo
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251042373
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
ISBN: 9789251042373
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
Growth, Trade and Agriculture
Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789251040805
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 91
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789251040805
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 91
Book Description
Foreign Economic Growth and Market Potentials for U.S. Agricultural Products
Author: Arthur B. Mackie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Produce trade
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Produce trade
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
A National Program of Research for Foreign Agricultural Trade and Economic Development
Author: Joint Task Force of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture and the State Universities and Land Grant Colleges
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural research
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agricultural research
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Agricultural Development and Economic Growth
Author: Herman McDowell Southworth
Publisher: Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell U.P
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Composite work on the relationship of rural development to economic growth, with particular reference to developing countries - covers economic implications of agrarian reform, land tenure, traditional social structures, human resources development, marketing, trade, price policy, taxation, agricultural policy, etc. Map, references and bibliographys.
Publisher: Ithaca, N.Y., Cornell U.P
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 640
Book Description
Composite work on the relationship of rural development to economic growth, with particular reference to developing countries - covers economic implications of agrarian reform, land tenure, traditional social structures, human resources development, marketing, trade, price policy, taxation, agricultural policy, etc. Map, references and bibliographys.
Developing Agricultural Trade
Author: M. Hubbard
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1403990212
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Food security is of vital importance to all nations, but particularly so in developing countries. Governments worldwide are seeking to liberalize agricultural trade, and to change their role from one of controlling trade and prices. Instead these governments seek new roles in encouraging market developments, ensuring quality and providing food security by giving income assistance rather than controlling food supplies. The issue of how this process is being managed in developing countries is the focus of this book. A series of case studies including India, Sri Lanka, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Ivory Coast highlights the individuality of approaches and the varying capability and will of governments to take on these new roles.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1403990212
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Food security is of vital importance to all nations, but particularly so in developing countries. Governments worldwide are seeking to liberalize agricultural trade, and to change their role from one of controlling trade and prices. Instead these governments seek new roles in encouraging market developments, ensuring quality and providing food security by giving income assistance rather than controlling food supplies. The issue of how this process is being managed in developing countries is the focus of this book. A series of case studies including India, Sri Lanka, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Ivory Coast highlights the individuality of approaches and the varying capability and will of governments to take on these new roles.
Handbook of Research on Globalized Agricultural Trade and New Challenges for Food Security
Author: Erokhin, Vasilii
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1799810437
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Free trade promotes economic growth through international competition and the efficient allocation of resources while also helping to stabilize food supplies between countries that have an overabundance of product and countries that have a shortage. However, sudden price surges can threaten the social cohesion of developing countries and may lead to malnutrition and stunted growth. Balancing trade liberalization and protectionism is imperative for the provision of food security for all. The Handbook of Research on Globalized Agricultural Trade and New Challenges for Food Security is an essential publication that seeks to improve food security, food independence, and food sovereignty in the conditions of globalized agricultural trade and addresses the contemporary issues of agricultural trade including major commodities and food products traded between major countries, directions of trade, and trends. The book also examines the effects of tariff escalations, administrative restrictions, other forms of trade protectionism on food security, and the emerging trade tensions between major actors such as the US, China, the EU, and Russia. Featuring research on topics including plant fertility, dietary diversity, and protectionism, this book is ideally designed for government officials, policymakers, agribusiness managers, stakeholders, international tradesmen, researchers, industry professionals, academicians, and students.
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1799810437
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 574
Book Description
Free trade promotes economic growth through international competition and the efficient allocation of resources while also helping to stabilize food supplies between countries that have an overabundance of product and countries that have a shortage. However, sudden price surges can threaten the social cohesion of developing countries and may lead to malnutrition and stunted growth. Balancing trade liberalization and protectionism is imperative for the provision of food security for all. The Handbook of Research on Globalized Agricultural Trade and New Challenges for Food Security is an essential publication that seeks to improve food security, food independence, and food sovereignty in the conditions of globalized agricultural trade and addresses the contemporary issues of agricultural trade including major commodities and food products traded between major countries, directions of trade, and trends. The book also examines the effects of tariff escalations, administrative restrictions, other forms of trade protectionism on food security, and the emerging trade tensions between major actors such as the US, China, the EU, and Russia. Featuring research on topics including plant fertility, dietary diversity, and protectionism, this book is ideally designed for government officials, policymakers, agribusiness managers, stakeholders, international tradesmen, researchers, industry professionals, academicians, and students.
Agriculture and the WTO
Author: Merlinda D. Ingco
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 082135485X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
Annotation This comprehensive reference explores the key issues and options in agricultural trade liberalization from a developing country perspective. Throughout, the focus is on ensuring that the outcome of WTO negotiations contributes to growth in developing countries.
Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 082135485X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
Annotation This comprehensive reference explores the key issues and options in agricultural trade liberalization from a developing country perspective. Throughout, the focus is on ensuring that the outcome of WTO negotiations contributes to growth in developing countries.
Foreign Economic Development and Agricultural Trade
Author: Raymond Peter Christensen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description