Search results

1. Library Resource

   

   Structural Transformation of Small Farms in Moldova

   Implications for Poverty Reduction and Shared Prosperity

   Reports & Research

   Training Resources & Tools

   December, 2016

   Moldova, Europe, Central Asia

   Land & Food Security

   land reform

   rural population

   land rights

   land ownership

   farmers

   land distribution

   farmland

   food security

   transaction costs

   rural areas

   poverty

   rural development

   The agricultural and food production sector plays a key role in fighting poverty and food insecurity in Moldova, but is facing critical challenges to modernize and integrate into the international market. This paper focuses on smallholder farms, which make up 95 percent of all farms, and explores their potential for growth and the poverty links. Findings reveal that structural change is slow and smallholder farm growth in Moldova is an exception, not the rule.

2. Library Resource

   

   Bulgaria : Public Expenditure Review for Agriculture and Rural Development

   March, 2012

   Bulgaria

   agriculture

   climate change

   farmers

   fisheries

   forestry

   land distribution

   land ownership

   land use

   rural areas

   rural development

   rural population

   sustainable development

   transaction costs

   Although Bulgaria now implements the
   European Union's (EU's) "common"
   agricultural policy (CAP), national policymakers still
   maintain responsibility to tailor CAP implementation to meet
   the specific development needs of the country. The National
   Rural Development Program (NRDP) very appropriately lays out
   the challenges that Bulgarian agriculture and rural
   development face, but the early implementation of a
   

3. Library Resource

   

   Romania - Functional Review : Agriculture and Rural Development Administration

   February, 2013

   Romania

   agriculture

   capacity development

   decentralization

   farmers

   farming systems

   fisheries

   forestry

   land ownership

   land titling

   rural areas

   rural development

   rural population

   transaction costs

   This report presents the outcomes of the
   functional review of Romania's agricultural
   administration. Given the sectoral and territorial relevance
   of its regulatory domain, Romania s Agricultural and Rural
   Development Administration is a key administrative body
   undergoing this Functional Review. The review will examine
   whether the policy goals and objectives of the Ministry of
   Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR) and its agencies
   

4. Library Resource

   

   Romania : Considering Options for Extending Social Protection Coverage to Elderly Farmers

   February, 2013

   Romania

   farmers

   land ownership

   landowners

   rural areas

   rural development

   rural population

   transaction costs

   The Romanian government recognizes that
   there are current and future problems related to the risk of
   old-age poverty among elderly farmers, and has been working
   on sustainable solutions to avert this risk. The main
   objective of this report is to provide recommendations to
   the policy makers in Romania in designing a non-contributory
   program for poor elderly, including farmers. To this end,
   the report (i) evaluates the current semi-subsistence
   

5. Library Resource

   

   Poland - The Functioning of the Labor, Land and Financial Markets : Opportunities and Constraints for Farming Sector Restructuring

   August, 2013

   Poland

   Land & Investments

   agriculture

   farmers

   land use

   sustainable development

   transaction costs

   land markets

   This study identifies several factors
   that inhibit efficiency improvements in the farming sector,
   both in themselves and through the dynamics of their mutual
   interaction. The study observes that incentives faced in the
   labor market have important implications for the land
   structure and, and in many ways, are at the heart of the
   problem of low labor productivity in agriculture. The study
   finds that, while rural households are increasingly