IDA - Agriculture

IDA at Work: Agriculture: An Engine for Growth and Poverty Reduction

Agriculture: An Engine for Growth and Poverty Reduction

Agriculture is critical to achieving global poverty reduction targets. It isstill the single most important productive sector in most low-incomecountries, often in terms of its share of Gross Domestic Product and almostalways in terms of the number of people it employs. In countries where theshare of agriculture in overall employment is large, broad-based growth inagricultural incomes is essential to stimulate growth in the overall economy,including the non-farm sectors selling to rural people.

Learn more about IDA's role in agriculture:
Download: Agriculture
[PDF, 11-page brief, July 2009]

Securing Property Rights in Armenia. Read more about IDA's work on Land Policy [PDF]

Restarting Agriculture in Sri Lanka's Conflict Zone by rehabilitating irrigation schemes.

- Small Farmers Receive Access to Financing in Honduras
- Agricultural Project Boosts Incomes for 2.3 million in Nigeria
- Egypt: Reclaiming a Viable Rural Economy
- Sri Lanka’s North-East Irrigated Agriculture Project
- Sustainable Farming on China's Loess Plateau Helps Double Farmers' Incomes
- Mali's Farmers Benefit from Improved Irrigation Along Niger River
- Irrigation in Tanzania Doubles Yields
- Participatory Watershed Management in India Diversifies Crops
- Strengthening Mozambique's Ministry of Agriculture
- Agricultural Technology Increases Yields in Nicaragua
- Sustainable Woodfuel in Rural Senegal Addresses Energy Needs
- Improving Cotton Production in Uganda Helped Reduce Rural Poverty
- Quality Agricultural Services for Uganda Increases Productivity

- What is IDA? The International Development Association (IDA) is the part of the World Bank that provides interest-free credits and grants to the world's poorest countries. Learn more
- World Bank's resources on Agriculture and Rural Development.
- The World Bank's work on Avian flu (updated March 2007)