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75% of the world's poor live in rural areas. The Bank's approach to rural development is multi-sectoral and focused on improving the well-being of rural people by building their productive, social, and environmental assets. On the right is a list of themes in rural development addressed by the World Bank. These themes are also addressed in further depth through the links on the left. |
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 Implementing Agriculture for Development, World Bank Group Agriculture Action Plan: FY2010-12 is the follow up to the broad consensus represented by World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development. It outlines the scaled-up World Bank Group commitment to support the improvement of agriculture’s contribution to food security, to raise the incomes of the poor, to facilitate economic transformation, and to provide environmental services. It builds upon previous themes found in Reaching the Rural Poor, the 2003 Agriculture and Rural Development Strategy. |
 Global Food Crisis - The World Bank Group's New Deal on Global Food Policy has been endorsed by 150 countries. The Bank's main contribution to emergency response under the New Deal is the $1.2 billion Global Food Crisis Response Program (GFRP), which embraces both short and medium-term responses, including safety nets; increased agricultural production; a better understanding of the impact of biofuels; and action on the trade front to reduce distorting subsidies and trade barriers. Watch 'Filling the Need: Global Food Crisis Response Program' movie. |
 In the 21st century, agriculture continues to be a fundamental instrument for sustainable development and poverty reduction. The World Development Report 2008 Agriculture for Development examines what agriculture can do for development, how agriculture-for-development agendas can best be implemented, and the most effective ways to use agriculture for development and poverty reduction. |
 Agriculture Investment Sourcebook - a comprehensive resource on agriculture and rural development. |
 The 2008 Global Development Marketplace is a competitive small-grants competition which builts upon the themes of the World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development. This year's competition received over 1,700 proposals from more than 100 countries. More... |
 Highlights |
| ARD-Development Research Group Seminar Series |
| ARD Week 2009 on Agriculture in a Changing World Presentations and Videos |
| Download presentations and event guide from a policy dialogue 'Cultivating Innovation: A Response to the Food Price Crisis' held on September 29, 2008 |
| Development Outreach Magazine: Making Agriculture a Development Priority (pdf) |
| Resources for the Analysis of Public Expenditure in Agriculture |
| Enhancing Control of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Developing Countries Through Compensation: Issues and Good Practice  |
| Fertilizer Use in Africa |
 Recent Publications |
| Minding the Stock: Bringing Public Policy to Bear on Livestock Sector Development (pdf) |
| Climate Change Response Strategies for Agriculture: Challenges and Opportunities for the 21st Century (pdf) |
| Sunken Billions: The Economic Justification for Fisheries Reform |
| Gender in Agriculture Sourcebook |
| Forests Sourcebook |
| Sustainable Land Management Sourcebook |
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