03306oam 22006375 450 991078359400332120200520144314.01-280-09080-497866100908080-8213-8352-31-4175-7586-710.1596/0-8213-6085-X(CKB)1000000000033589(EBL)515785(OCoLC)727645811(SSID)ssj0000085290(PQKBManifestationID)11124127(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085290(PQKBWorkID)10007409(PQKB)10813817(MiAaPQ)EBC515785(Au-PeEL)EBL515785(CaPaEBR)ebr10074986(CaONFJC)MIL9080(The World Bank)2005043249(US-djbf)13859996(EXLCZ)99100000000003358920050203d2005 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAgriculture investment sourcebook : agriculture and rural developmentWashington, DC :World Bank,2005.xxiv, 508 pages ;28 cmDescription based upon print version of record.0-8213-6085-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Building Agricultural Policy and Institutional Capacity; Notes; 2 Investments in Agricultural Science and Technology; 3 Investments in Agricultural Extension and Information Systems; 4 Investments in Sustainable Agricultural Intensification; 5 Investment in Sustainable Natural Resource Management for Agriculture; 6 Investment in Agribusiness and Market Development; 7 Investments in Rural Finance for Agriculture; 8 Investments in Irrigation and Drainage9 Investments in Land Administration, Policy and Markets10 Managing Agricultural Risk, Vulnerability, and Disaster; 11 Scaling up Agricultural Investments in the Bank's Changing Internal Environment; Appendix: Key Websites; Index; Back CoverInvesting to promote agricultural growth and poverty reduction is a central pillar of the World Bank's current rural strategy, Reaching the Rural Poor (2003). One major thrust of the strategy outlines the priorities and the approaches that the public sector, private sector, and civil society can employ to enhance productivity and competitiveness of the agricultural sector in ways that reduce the rural poverty and sustain the natural resource base. These actions involve a rich mixture of science, technology, people, communication, management, learning, research, capacity building, institutionalWorld Bank e-Library.Agricultural development projectsDeveloping countriesAgricultureEconomic aspectsDeveloping countriesAgricultural development projectsAgricultureEconomic aspects332.67/22World Bank.DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910783594003321Agriculture investment sourcebook3769523UNINA