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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
Climate-Smart Agriculture - World Bank Group Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) Country Profiles developed by the World Bank and partners, give an overview of the agricultural challenges in countries around the world, and how CSA can help them adapt to and mitigate climate change
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
Agriculture and Food: Development news, research, data | World Bank Agriculture and Food Agriculture can help reduce poverty, raise incomes and improve food security for 80% of the world's poor, who live in rural areas and work mainly in farming The World Bank Group is a leading financier of agriculture
Agricultural Labor - World Bank Group Agricultural household labor is therefore a key household asset and its accurate measurement is important The estimation of labor inputs on smallholder farms is complex and vulnerable to misreporting Smallholder farms typically employ mostly family labor; thus, there is no wage income in which to anchor recall estimates
Myanmar: Analysis of Farm Production Economics The study finds that agricultural productivity in Myanmar is low For example, to harvest rice, one day of work generates only 23 kg of paddy in Myanmar, compared to 62 kg in Cambodia, 429 kg in Vietnam, and 547 kg in Thailand Farm practices are still largely labor intensive
Agriculture and Rural Development - World Bank Group Agricultural productivity growth appears to induce structural transformation within the small-town services sector, with employment in high-skilled services growing at a faster pace than that in low-skilled services
World Bank and Costa Rica Join Forces to Promote Sustainable and . . . This innovative program aims at enhancing environmental sustainability, competitiveness, and economic participation of small and medium agricultural producers (PYMPAs) in Costa Rica It will directly benefit approximately 10,500 PYMPAs and their families, with technical assistance and financing reaching an estimated total of 31,500 individuals