Agriculture and development / / edited by Gudrun Kochendorfer-Lucius and Boris Pleskovic

• Pubblicazione: Washington, D.C., : World Bank; [Bonn], : InWent, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: vii, 233 pages : illustrations, map ; ; 26 cm
• Disciplina: 338.1; 630.91724 22
• Soggetto topico: Agriculture - Economic aspects; Population
• Altri autori: Kochendorfer-LuciusGudrun PleskovicBoris
• Note generali: "The Berlin Workshop Series 2008 presents a selection of papers from meetings held on September 4-6, 2006, at the ninth annual Berlin Workshop, jointly organized by InWent-Capacity Building International, Germany, and the World Bank"--P. 1.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; ABOUT THIS BOOK; INTRODUCTION; WELCOMING ADDRESS; KEYNOTE ADDRESS Current Thinking on the Scope and Approach of WDR 2008; OPENING ADDRESS; INTRODUCTORY REMARKS; Part I: Agricultural Policy, Subsidies, and Trade; Agriculture and Development: The Perspective of a Think Tank on the WDR 2008 Outline; Part II: Markets and Institutions; Market Access for Small Farmers: The New Standards Challenge; Globalization, Privatization, and Vertical Coordination in Food Value Chains; Part III: Agriculture, Natural Resources Management, and the Environment ; Designing Improved NRM Interventions in Agriculture for Poverty Reduction and Environmental Sustainability in Developing CountriesAspects of Land Degradation in Lagging Regions: Extent, Driving Forces, Responses, and Further Research with Special Reference to Ethiopia; Agriculture and the Rio Conventions; Part IV: Agriculture-Rural Nonfarm Linkages and Rural Poverty; Agricultural Growth, Employment, and Wage Rates in Developing Countries; Are Farm-Nonfarm Linkages Still Strong Enough to Tackle Rural Poverty?; Agriculture: Rural Nonfarm Linkages and Poverty ; Part V: Decentralization, Local Governance, and Rural DevelopmentDecentralization, Local Governance, and Rural Development; Decentralization, Agriculture, and Poverty Reduction: Harsh Realities?; Decentralization and Development: Emerging Issues from Uganda's Experience; Decentralized Rural Governance in a Post-Socialist Economy: A Case of Community-Based Agricultural Marketing in Poland; Part VI: Emerging Policy Issues; Opportunities for European Bioethanol in a Global Environment (2006) ; Nonlinear Effects of Weather on U.S. Crop Yields, Implications for Climate Change, and Why These Effects Matter for Developing CountriesEmerging Policy Issues within the Realm of Science Policy for Africa; CLOSING REMARKS; Appendix 1: Program; Appendix 2: Participants
• Sommario/riassunto: Proceedings from ""Berlin 2008: Agriculture and Development"" conference held in preparation for the World Development Report 2008.
• Titolo autorizzato: Agriculture and development
• ISBN: 1-281-78737-X; 9786611787370; 0-8213-7128-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819863303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Berlin Workshop series ; ; 2008.