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Agriculture in Nicaragua

Performance, Challenges, and Options

Reports & Research
Training Resources & Tools
November, 2015
Nicaragua, Latin America and the Caribbean
Land, Climate Change & Environment
Land & Food Security
Forest Tenure
sustainable development
rural population
forestry
research
farmers
farmland
food security
climate change
deforestation
agriculture
farming systems
rural development
This work summarizes background papers prepared for the World Bank Group with significant input from government counterparts and other development partners. It takes stock of major recent developments and argues that a lot has been achieved in the last decade in terms of production of commodities for export and food consumption, with favorable impact on rural poverty reduction. It also argues that the two factors driving the recent agricultural performance, namely favorable international prices and expansion of the agricultural frontier, have reached their limits.
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Uruguay : The Rural Sector and Natural Resources, Volume 1. Main Report

August, 2013
Uruguay
agriculture
climate change
desertification
farmers
forestry
land degradation
land use
natural resources management
rural areas
rural development
rural population
sustainable development
The report reviews the macroeconomic
perspectives of Uruguay, focused on its rural development
and natural resources intensive sectors, to form the basis
for expanding agricultural production, and increasing
productivity. It reviews the country's sectoral
composition, exports of natural resource intensive products,
and labor and capital use, as well as the tax burden.
Although agriculture represents less than ten percent of the
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Agriculture in Nicaragua : Promoting Competitiveness and Stimulating Broad-Based Growth

August, 2013
Nicaragua
agriculture
development agencies
farmers
food security
forestry
land use
property rights
rural areas
rural development
transaction costs
The report reviews basic growth, as
being one of four pillars for Nicaragua's poverty
reduction strategy. The well-being of the rural poor will
continue its dependence on - to a great extent -
agriculture. The study analyzes main agricultural
development aspects, and stipulates the broad basic growth
may be enhanced by strengthening agricultural
competitiveness. Yet, export growth is key to economic
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Export Commodity Production and Broad-Based Rural Development: Coffee and Cocoa in the Dominican Republic

June, 2013
Dominican Republic
Urban Tenure
agriculture
development agencies
farmers
forestry
rural development
urbanization
An estimated 80,000-100,000 Dominican
farmers produce coffee and cocoa, nearly 40 percent of all
agricultural producers. The sectors also provide employment
for tens of thousands of field laborers and persons employed
in linked economic activities. The majority of coffee and
cocoa producers are small-scale and most are located in
environmentally sensitive watersheds. Recent trends in
international commodity markets have challenged the survival
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Nicaragua : Promoting Competitiveness and Stimulating Broad-based Growth in Agriculture

August, 2013
Nicaragua
agriculture
development agencies
farmers
food security
forestry
land use
property rights
rural areas
rural development
sustainable development
transaction costs
natural disasters
The report argues that Nicaragua's
best hope for sustained growth, and poverty reduction,
probably lies with agricultural exports, which have the
potential to gain from opportunities in world markets.
Despite the small share of farmland devoted to the
production of exports (25 percent of harvested area), the
total trade of agricultural goods (including the value of
both imports, and exports) accounted for almost eighty five
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Changing Farm Types and Irrigation as an Adaptation to Climate Change in Latin American Agriculture

June, 2012
Latin America and the Caribbean
agriculture
climate change
farmers
food security
forestry
land use
rural development
This paper estimates a model of a farm
that treats the choice of crops, livestock, and irrigation
as endogenous. The model is composed of a multinomial
choice of farm type, a binomial choice of irrigation, and a
set of conditional land value functions. The model is
estimated across over 2,000 farmers in seven Latin America
countries. The results quantify how farmers adapt their
choice of farm type and irrigation to their local climate.
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Haiti : Diagnostic and Proposals for Agriculture and Rural Development Policies and Strategies

June, 2012
Haiti
agrarian structure
agriculture
deforestation
farmers
farming systems
land degradation
land distribution
natural disasters
natural resources management
rural areas
rural development
rural population
urban areas
The overall objective of the present study is to contribute to the knowledge-base that is urgently required for the implementation of sustainable rural development activities in Haiti.
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A Ricardian Analysis of the Impact of Climate Change on Latin American Farms

June, 2012
Latin America and the Caribbean
agriculture
climate change
farmers
farming systems
farmland
forestry
rural development
This study estimates the vulnerability
of Latin American agriculture to climate change using a
Ricardian analysis of both land values and net revenues.
Examining a sample of over 2,500 farms in seven countries,
the results indicate both land value and net revenue are
sensitive to climate. Both small farms and large farms have
a hill-shaped relationship with temperature. Estimating
separate regressions for dryland and irrigated farms reveals
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Building Response Strategies to Climate Change in Agricultural Systems in Latin America

February, 2013
Latin America and the Caribbean
agriculture
climate change
deforestation
farmers
fisheries
food security
forestry
land degradation
land management
land use
rural development
sustainable development
This report, Building Response
Strategies to Climate Change in Agricultural Systems in
Latin America, reports the results of action research to
identify and prioritize stakeholder driven, locally relevant
response options to climate change in Latin American
agriculture. The study has three primary objectives. The
first is to develop and apply a pilot methodology for
assessing agricultural vulnerability to climate change and
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Republic of Peru - Environmental Sustainability : A Key to Poverty Reduction in Peru

June, 2012
Peru
advocacy
agriculture
farmers
forestry
natural resources management
rural development
sustainable development
water management
This report on a key to poverty
reduction in Peru identifies a number of cost-effective
policy interventions that could be adopted in the short and
medium term to support sustainable development goals as the
Government of Peru attempts to combat the problems of
inadequate water supply, sanitation and hygiene; urban air
pollution; natural disasters; lead exposure; indoor air
pollution; land degradation; deforestation; and inadequate