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  1. Library Resource
    June, 2012
    Latin America and the Caribbean

    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

  2. Library Resource
    January, 1995
    Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean

    By and large, it appears that the goals of agricultural reform are being met in Mexico. But measures such as decoupling income supports and price supports or reorienting research and extension could help farmers who cannot afford access to machinery and purchased inputs and services.Lopez, Nash, and Stanton report the results of a study of Mexican farm households using 1991 survey data and a smaller resurvey of some of the same households in 1993.One study goal was to empirically examine the relationship between assets and the output supply function.

  3. Library Resource
    March, 2014
    Latin America and the Caribbean

    The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC)
    region has been in many ways successful in increasing
    agriculture production and competitiveness, as well as
    tackling nutrition. Mainstreaming nutrition considerations
    into agriculture operations can increase the availability of
    and access to nutritious food, which can improve the
    nutrition status of individuals. The challenge is how to
    bridge the gap that exists in region between being an

  4. Library Resource

    Performance, Challenges, and Options

    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    November, 2015
    Nicaragua, Latin America and the Caribbean

    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.

  5. Library Resource
    August, 2013
    Nicaragua

    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

  6. Library Resource
    June, 2014
    Guatemala

    It has often been assumed that payments
    for watershed services (PWS) would go mostly to poor land
    users, thus contributing to poverty reduction, but there has
    been little empirical verification to date. This paper uses
    data from highland Guatemala to assess the potential for PWS
    to reduce poverty by examining whether the recipients of
    payments for environmental services are likely to be poor.
    The watersheds in which PWS would be feasible due to the

  7. Library Resource
    December, 2015
    Brazil

    The present study is part of an effort
    by the World Bank and the State of Bahia to assess
    agriculture sector risks as a contribution to the strategic
    economic development and poverty reduction agenda of the
    state government. It is composed of two phases: an
    agricultural sector risk identification and prioritization
    (volume one) and a risk management strategy and action plan
    (volume two). The study provides practical elements for the

  8. Library Resource
    April, 2014
    Brazil

    Since 2006, there has been an explosion
    of Payments for Environmental Services (PES) projects in
    Brazil, as well as efforts to pass PES laws at federal,
    state, and municipal levels. Even in this short period, an
    extraordinarily rich range of experiences has developed,
    with examples of the application of PES at a variety of
    scales, ranging from microwatersheds to entire states; in a
    variety of contexts, from remote forest frontier areas to

  9. Library Resource
    September, 2014
    Brazil

    This case study is one of six
    evaluations of the implementation of the World Bank's
    1991 Forest Strategy. This and the other cases (Cameroon,
    China, Costa Rica, India, and Indonesia) complement a review
    of the entire set of lending and nonlending activities of
    the World Bank Group and the Global Environment Facility.
    The World Bank has clearly diminished its lending presence
    in the Amazon in the past decade. It has moved from the

  10. Library Resource
    August, 2012
    Brazil

    Brazil has developed a community-led,
    market-based approach to land reform in which poor rural
    laborers and farmers, either landless or with insufficient
    land for subsistence, form beneficiary associations through
    which to obtain financing to buy agricultural properties,
    for which they negotiate directly with willing sellers. The
    financing package includes complementary funds for
    investments to enhance land productivity (water,

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