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October 14, 2005
Agriculture Investment Sourcebook: Agricultural Extension and Information Services -
Globally, ministries of agriculture, universities, and the private sector employ more than 600,000 extension agents (Swanson, Farmer, and Bahal 1990). In the past, extension services, largely public, were equated with the transfer of agricultural produ ...
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http://www-esd.worldbank.org/ais/index.cfm?Page=mdisp&m=3&p=0
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October 14, 2005
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Agriculture Investment Sourcebook: Agricultural Policy and Institutional Capacity
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The World Bank's Rural Development Strategy identifies two important elements of successful poverty reduction creation of an investment climate conducive to rural growth, and empowerment of the poor to share in the benefits of that growth. Investments ...
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http://www-esd.worldbank.org/ais/index.cfm?Page=mdisp&m=1&p=0
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October 14, 2005
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Agriculture Investment Sourcebook: Agricultural Science and Technology
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The challenge in deciding future investments in agricultural R&D is to maintain past productivity gains, while supporting technological innovation in more diverse agricultural systems that will differentiate products and add value by processing, to ...
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http://www-esd.worldbank.org/ais/index.cfm?Page=mdisp&m=2&p=0
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October 14, 2005
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Agriculture Investment Sourcebook: Scaling up Agr. Inv. in the Bank's Changing Internal Environment
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Future investments must conform to new realities in the Bank's lending environment, new processes in country dialogue, such as Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs), and a renewed commitment to quality. This module explores some of the process opti ...
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http://www-esd.worldbank.org/ais/index.cfm?Page=mdisp&m=11&p=0
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October 14, 2005
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Agriculture Investment Sourcebook: Managing Risk, Vulnerability and Disaster
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Public intervention can facilitate better risk management through improved information systems, development of financial markets, promotion of market-based price and yield insurance schemes, and ensuring that the poor are able to benefit from these int ...
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http://www-esd.worldbank.org/ais/index.cfm?Page=mdisp&m=10&p=0
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October 14, 2005
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Agriculture Investment Sourcebook: Land Administration Policy and Markets
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Access to land plays an important role in improving agricultural productivity, achieving sustainable poverty reduction, and creating broader economic development. This overview provides a rationale for investments in land administration and reform, rev ...
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http://www-esd.worldbank.org/ais/index.cfm?Page=mdisp&m=9&p=0
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October 14, 2005
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Agriculture Investment Sourcebook: Rural Finance for Agriculture
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This Module explores promising new directions in rural finance for agriculture, and identifies lessons for policy and lending.
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http://www-esd.worldbank.org/ais/index.cfm?Page=mdisp&m=7&p=0
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October 14, 2005
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Agriculture Investment Sourcebook: Agribusiness and Market Development
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The expanding role of the private sector is increasingly realized, as is acceptance that markets are the best vehicle for rural economic growth, and for facilitating specialization and diversification. The increased focus on private enterprise and mark ...
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http://www-esd.worldbank.org/ais/index.cfm?Page=mdisp&m=6&p=0
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October 14, 2005
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Agriculture Investment Sourcebook: Sustainable Natural Resources Management for Agriculture
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In recent years, increases in agricultural productivity have come in part at the expense of deterioration of the natural resource base on which farming systems depend. It is urgent that this trend be reversed, by encouraging farmers to adopt more susta ...
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http://www-esd.worldbank.org/ais/index.cfm?Page=mdisp&m=5&p=0
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October 14, 2005
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Agriculture Investment Sourcebook: Sustainable Agriculture Intensification
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Promoting sustainable agriculture requires that farm management techniques foster synergies, conserve nutrients, increase economic stability, and promote equitable outcomes for male and female small-scale farmers. This overview summarizes the basic und ...
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http://www-esd.worldbank.org/ais/index.cfm?Page=mdisp&m=4&p=0
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