- Agriculture Overview: Development news, research, data | World Bank
Agriculture can help reduce poverty for 75% of the world's poor, who live in rural areas and work mainly in farming It can raise incomes, improve food security and benefit the environment The World Bank Group is a leading financier of agriculture, with $8 1 billion in new commitments in 2013
- Agriculture and Food: Development news, research, data | World Bank
Agricultural development is one of the most powerful tools to end extreme poverty, boost shared prosperity and feed a projected 9 7 billion people by 2050 Growth in the agriculture sector is two to four times more effective in raising incomes among the poorest than other sectors
- Climate-Smart Agriculture - World Bank Group
The project has six components, including building resilient agricultural production capacity to strengthen the productivity and resilience of domestic food production to shocks and stressors, by supporting the development and adoption of improved agricultural inputs and services and climate-smart and gender-sensitive farming technologies in
- Resilient Agricultural Project Boosts Livelihoods of Vulnerable . . .
The project, a partnership between the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica and the World Bank, focused on providing assets to farmers and fisherfolk, rehabilitating croplands, and improving agricultural technologies Additionally, farmers have been introduced to climate resilience technologies, enhancing their capacity to adapt to changing environmental conditions
- Malawi’s Agricultural Commercialization for Rural Economic Growth and . . .
Backing agricultural transformation The 16 th Edition of the World Bank’s Malawi Economic Monitor (MEM) recognizes the need to transform Malawi’s agricultural sector into a more viable industry “The current structure of household agricultural production in Malawi offers no pathway to sustained poverty reduction for many, if not most
- Farming the Future: Harvesting Malaysia’s Agricultural Resilience . . .
Malaysia’s economy is expected to grow by 4 9 percent in 2024, up from 3 7 percent in 2023, following a stronger-than-anticipated performance in 1H 2024 This revised forecast is 0 6 percentage points or 14 percent higher than previously predicted, reflecting robust growth in consumption, investment, and trade activity
- Agricultural Labor - World Bank Group
Thirdly, the Treatment Group 2 (T2) in which an intensive interview labor module (Time-use survey) during the duration of the main season was administered every week Fourthly, Control Group 2 (C2) in which intensive interview of labour module was administered at the end of the agricultural season only (only included in the endline survey)
- World Bank: Mining and Agricultural Recovery Drive Mongolia’s Economic . . .
ULAANBAATAR, May 23, 2025 — The World Bank’s latest Mongolia Economic Update projects the country’s economy to grow by 6 3 percent in 2025, supported by a surge in copper production and a gradual recovery in the agriculture sector In 2024, Mongolia’s economy grew by 5 percent, marking a
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