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The First Update Preface Acknowledgements The First Edition Preface Acknowledgements Acronyms and Abbreviations Introduction Module 1: Building Agricultural Policy and Institutional Capacity Agricultural Investment Notes Preparing a National Agricultural Development Strategy Developing Capacity for Agricultural Sector Policy Formulation Reform of Agriculture Subsidy and Protection Policy Facilitating Efficient Adjustment to Liberalized Trade Adjustment Lending for Agriculture Policy Reform Improving Animal Health Services through Public/Private Partnerships Strengthening the Capacity of Farmer Organizations to Influence Agricultural Policy Innovative Activity Profiles Bulgaria: Adjustment Lending in a Transitional Economy Ecuador: Commodity Chain Consultative Councils for Policy Formulation Turkey: Hybrid Adjustment/Investment Lending Guinea: Livestock Sector Partnership-Public Sector Herder Organizations and the Private Sector India: Using a Public Expenditure Review of the Irrigation Sector to Assess the Fiscal Impact of the Maharashtra Water Sector Improvement Project Module 2: Investments in Agricultural Science and Technology (Updates were made to this Module on 11/21/2006.) Agricultural Investment Notes Competitive Research Funds Strengthening Public Research Institutes Enhancing University Participation in National Agricultural Research Systems Local Agricultural Research Committees Biotechnology, Biosafety, and Agricultural Development Design and Implementation of IPR Regimes to Support Plant Breeding in Developing Countries Innovative Activity Profiles Brazil: Spill-ins from Foreign Research and Development Laboratories Colombia: Decentralized, Demand-Driven, Competitive Technology Generation Ecuador: Strategic International Alliances for Capacity Building and Research India: Focus on Biotechnology India: Revitalizing Institutional Capacity in Forestry Research Senegal: Making Research Demand-Driven Romania Competitive Grant Support for Providing Technology and Information to Private Farmers Module 3: Investments In Agricultural Extension and Information Services (Updates were made to this Module on 12/01/2006.) Agricultural Investment Notes Contracting Extension Services Decentralizing Agricultural Extension and Information Services Client Groups as Key Intermediaries in Extension Mass Media and Communications Technologies in Extension Innovative Activity Profiles Estonia: Transition to Private Extension Advisory Services India: A Decentralized, Market-Driven Approach to Agricultural Extension India: Rural Kiosks Provide Information, Knowledge, and Business Services in Andhra Pradesh Russian Federation: Using Information and Communications Technology for Rural Information Services Uganda: Extension Decentralization, Privatization, and Reform Venezuela: Contracting Decentralized Extension Services Vietnam: Entertainment-Education to Reduce Pesticide Use in the Mekong Basin Module 4: Investments in Sustainable Agricultural Intensification Agricultural Investment Notes Market-Driven Diversification Smallholder Dairy Production Organic Agricultural Production Systems Urban and Periurban Agriculture Conservation Tillage Integrated Pest Management Integrated Nutrient Management for Sustaining Soil Productivity Promoting Efficient and Sustainable Fertilizer Use in Africa Innovative Activity Profiles China: Fruit Promotion in the Mid-Yangtze India: Community Organization to Reclaim Sodic Lands Malawi, Kenya, and Uganda: Developing Rural Agricultural Input Supply Systems for Farmers Module 5: Investments in Sustainable Natural Resource Management for Agriculture Agricultural Investment Notes Community-Based Natural Resources Management Watershed Management for Agricultural Development Agroforestry Systems Pastoralism on Arid and Semiarid Lands Integrated Livestock-Wildlife Management Innovative Activity Profiles Brazil: Participatory Microcatchment Strategy for Increased Productivity and Natural Resource Conservation China: Commercial Plantations to Help Conserve Forests Egypt: Matruh Resource Management to Ensure Sustainable Livelihoods for Remote Bedouin People Latin America and Caribbean: Payments for Environmental Services in Silvopastoral Systems China: Watershed Management Approach to Optimizing Incomes and Ecology in Poor Highlands Module 6: Investments in Fisheries and Aquaculture (Updates were made to this Module on 12/01/2006.) Agricultural Investment Notes Implementing the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries Managing Capture Fisheries Aquaculture Production Systems Innovative Activity Profiles Bangladesh: Listening to the Voice of the Poor China: Integrated Coastal Zone Management for Sustaining Marine Resources India: Income Generation through Aquaculture Indonesia: Community-Based Coral Reef Management Module 7: Investments in Agribusiness and Market Development Agricultural Investment Notes Supporting Market and Supply Chain Development Horticultural Exports from Developing Countries Private Seed Enterprise Development Promoting Private Sector Fertilizer Distribution Systems Getting Markets Right in the Post-Reform Era in Africa Food Safety and Agricultural Health Innovative Activity Profiles Bangladesh: Autonomous Organization for Facilitating Market-led Export China: Smallholder Cattle Development for Import Substitution Colombia: Productive Agribusiness/Farmer Partnerships Mali: Building Mango Export Systems Module 8: Investments in Rural Finance for Agriculture Agricultural Investment Notes Microfinance Institutions Moving into Rural Finance for Agriculture Financial Services through State Banks Production Credit from Input Suppliers, Processors, and Buyers Membership-Based Financial Organizations Commercial Banks Entering Rural Markets Innovative Activity Profiles Vietnam: Mobile Banking for Rural People Madagascar: Microleasing for Agricultural Production Mongolia: Technological Innovation Serving Rural Areas (Khan Bank of Mongolia) Module 9: Investments in Irrigation and Drainage Agriculture Investment Notes Investments to Empower Farmers to Manage Irrigation and Drainage Systems Investments in Irrigation for Crop Diversification Investments in Waterlogging and Salinity Control Investments in Shallow Tubewells for Small-Scale Irrigation Innovative Activity Profiles China: Consumptive Use in Water Resource Management for Productivity, Equity, and the Ecology Egypt: Improving Agricultural Production Through Better Drainage India: Rationalized Public, Private, and Farmer Roles in Groundwater Management Mali: Institutional Reform to Focus Public Role on Essential Public Goods Niger: Tailoring Irrigation Technology to Users’ Needs Module 10: Investments in Land Administration, Policy, and Markets Agricultural Investment Notes Investments in Systematic Land Titling and Registration Community-Managed Land Reform Innovative Activity Profiles Kyrgyz Republic: Benefits of Securing and Registering Land for Rural Development Brazil: Participatory Negotiations and Market-Assisted Land Reform The Lao People’s Democratic Republic: Preserving Women’s Rights in Land Titling Module 11: Managing Agricultural Risk, Vulnerability, and Disaster (Updates were made to this Module on 12/06/2006.) Agricultural Investment Notes Commodity Price Risk Management Agricultural Insurance Responding to Disaster with Seed Distribution Strengthening Agricultural Markets in Areas Affected by Conflict Reducing Agricultural Vulnerability to Natural Hazards Innovative Activity Profiles Kenya: Community-Based Drought Management Mongolia: Sustaining Livelihoods in Areas with High Natural Disaster Risk Tanzania: Accessing Market-Based Price Risk Management Instruments India: Innovative Rainfall-Indexed Insurance Afghanistan: Supporting Food Security by Establishing Village-Based Seed Enterprises Module 12: Scaling Up Agricultural Investments in the Bank’s Changing Internal Environment (Updates were made to this Module on 12/06/2006.) Agricultural Investment Notes Targeting Agriculture Investments to Maximize Poverty Impacts Nine Lessons for Improving Project Design for Better Investment Performance Agriculture Sector Program Lending Community-Driven Development for Increased Agricultural Income Monitoring and Evaluation: Measuring and Assessing Agricultural Development Programs Innovative Activity Profiles Mozambique: Harmonized Donor Funding Around Principles and Coordination Brazil: Empowering Rural Communities for Poverty Reduction Uganda: Cross-Sectional Programmatic Adjustment Lending Focusing on Poverty Reduction

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