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Agriculture for development/

Contributor(s): The World BankMaterial type: Text

TextSeries: World development report, 2008Publication details: Washington: The World Bank, 2007Description: 365 p. : col.ill., col maps ; 27 cmISBN: 9780821368084 ; 0821368087Subject(s): Economic development | Population | Agriculture--Economic aspects | Food supply | International economic relations | World Bank | Social policy | Developing countriesDDC classification: 338.1

Contents:

Overview -- Part. I. What can agriculture do for development? Growth and poverty reduction in agriculture's three worlds ; Agriculture's performance, diversity, and uncertainties ; Rural households and their pathways out of poverty -- Part II. What are effective instruments for using agriculture for development? Reforming trade, price, and subsidy policies ; Bringing agriculture to the market ; Supporting smallholder competitiveness through institutional innovations ; Innovating through science and technology ; Making agricultural systems more environmentally sustainable ; Moving beyond the farm -- Part III. How can agriculture-for-development agendas best be implemented? Emerging national agendas for agriculture's three worlds ; Strengthening governance, from local to global -- Selected indicators. Selected agricultural and rural indicators ; Selected world development indicators.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	338.1 THE/A (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P04393

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Overview --
Part. I. What can agriculture do for development? Growth and poverty reduction in agriculture's three worlds ; Agriculture's performance, diversity, and uncertainties ; Rural households and their pathways out of poverty --
Part II. What are effective instruments for using agriculture for development? Reforming trade, price, and subsidy policies ; Bringing agriculture to the market ; Supporting smallholder competitiveness through institutional innovations ; Innovating through science and technology ; Making agricultural systems more environmentally sustainable ; Moving beyond the farm --
Part III. How can agriculture-for-development agendas best be implemented? Emerging national agendas for agriculture's three worlds ; Strengthening governance, from local to global --
Selected indicators. Selected agricultural and rural indicators ; Selected world development indicators.

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