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    Lessons Learned in Agriculture, Agribusiness, Sustainable Rural Development, and Climate Change

    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2012

    This IFC SmartBook is a compilation of sixteen IFC SmartLessons that presents practical lessons learned by staff from across the IFC and the World Bank on approaches for engaging in agriculture that have led to success. Agribusiness is a crucial economic sector, for food security of course, for managing water stress and ecosystem services, but also as a source of employment in emerging markets. The report includes the following lessons.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    December, 2012

    In 2012, the Mexican Presidency of the G20 introduced inclusive green growth as a cross-cutting priority on the G20 development agenda. The second meeting of the G20 Development Working Group (DWG), hosted by the Government of the Republic of Korea, took place in Seoul the 19th and 20th of March 2012. As agreed during the first DWG meeting, this second meeting focused on the priorities for their presidency in the first half of 2012: infrastructure, food security and inclusive green growth (IGG).

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    April, 2012
    Brazil

    Presentation of the Paper prepared for presentation at the "ANNUAL WORLD BANK CONFERENCE ON LAND AND POVERTY" The World Bank - Washington DC, April 23-26, 2012. A study developed by HFH Brazil and Cendhec implementing partners of the Empowering Women and Vulnerable Groups to Exercise their Rights for Inclusion and Secure Land Tenure and Property, in Brazil; project funded by UKAID.

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    April, 2012
    Brazil

    Extended abstract. Habitat for Humanity Brazil (HFH) and The Center Dom Helder Camara CENDHEC are partner implementers of the Empowering Women and Vulnerable Groups to Exercise their Rights for Inclusion and Secure Land Tenure and Property Project. In Brazil around 40% of families living in urban areas do not legally possess a property or any legal document(s) to confirm possession of the land on which they live.

  5. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    April, 2012
    Brazil

    Full paper presented at the "ANNUAL WORLD BANK CONFERENCE ON LAND AND POVERTY" The World Bank - Washington DC, April 23-26, 2012. Prepared based on the Land Regularization experiences of Habitat for Humanity Brazil and Centro Dom Helder C¢mara de Estudos e Ação Social Cendhec, in Recife, Brazil. KEYWORDS: Access to Justice, Women and Economically Vulnerable Groups, Land Governance, Land Tenure, Special Collective Usucapion

  6. Library Resource

    Removing Barriers to Regional Trade in Food Staples

    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    October, 2012
    Kenya, Zambia, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Malawi, Niger, Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Africa, Africa, Eastern Africa, Southern Africa

    Africa's growing demand for food has been met increasingly by imports from the global market. This, coupled with rising global food prices, brings ever-mounting food import bills. In addition, population growth and changing demand patterns will double demands over the next 10 years. Two key issues must be addressed: (a) establishing a consistent and stable policy environment for regional trade in fertilizers; and (b) investing in institutions that reduce the transaction costs of coordination failures.

  7. Library Resource

    Zambia

    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    December, 2012
    Zambia, Africa

    Agriculture and agribusiness play an important role in the Zambian economy, contributing around 20 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) in recent years and about 12 percent of national export earnings. Agriculture employs nearly 70 percent of the labor force and remains the main source of income and employment for most of the people living in rural areas. The objective of the Zambia agribusiness indicators (ABI) country report is to examine factors that have affected agricultural productivity, market access, and the policy environment for agriculture in Zambia.

  8. Library Resource

    Tanzania

    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    November, 2012
    Tanzania, Africa

    Agriculture in Tanzania accounts for 28 percent of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and employs 80 percent of its labor force. The sector is also an important source of export revenues. The data and findings presented in this report provide a summary of the performance of the agriculture sector in Tanzania using a set of indicators covering six areas.

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    Ethiopia

    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    April, 2012
    Ethiopia, Africa

    Because agriculture is the economic backbone of most countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, including Ethiopia, any meaningful sustainable development program in the continent must therefore be anchored in the sector. The concept for this study on agribusiness indicators was based on the vital role that agribusiness plays in agricultural development. The study focuses on agribusiness indicators (ABI) to identify and isolate the determining factors that lead private investors and other stakeholders to participate in agribusiness and to engage in discourse regarding its development.

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    Mozambique

    Reports & Research
    Training Resources & Tools
    April, 2012
    Mozambique, Africa

    Mozambique, the only Lusophone country covered in the agribusiness indicators initiative, has had a turbulent history since independence. Civil unrest over some 20 years and frequent drought in southern Mozambique, coupled with floods near the many waterways that transect the country (mainly east-west), have inhibited an agricultural transformation. Even so, Mozambique could be a regional breadbasket. The country has much potentially usable arable land, along with access to river water for irrigation in many agricultural production zones, particularly in central and northern Mozambique.

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