Agricultural Development Policy

2008

After 30 years of dynamic growth and substantial poverty reduction in Asia, do agriculture and rural development still have a role to play in that region? The policy briefs in this collection provide abundant evidence that they do. Although the incidence of people living in poverty fell from more than 50 percent in the mid-1970s to 18 percent in 2004, and the incidence of hunger fell to 16 percent, Asia is still home to more than half of the world's poor, most of whom live in rural areas. Agriculture and rural development are thus still key to reducing poverty and hunger in the region. These policy briefs explore how agriculture and rural development can play this vital role. The authors examine the scale and nature of poverty and hunger in rural Asia and explore growth and structural changes in Asian agriculture and rural nonfarm activities. They discuss strategies for economy-wide and trade policies to encourage inclusive rural growth, key emerging risks such as climate change, and instruments for mitigating and managing risks. These briefs arise out of a high-level policy forum, "Agricultural and Rural Development for Reducing Poverty and Hunger in Asia: In Pursuit of Inclusive and Sustainable Growth," organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila in August 2007. The forum brought together about 100 leaders and stakeholders from the public and private sectors, academia, and civil society from all over Asia and around the world. This forum was part of a wider consultation process leading up to the IFPRI-facilitated conference "Taking Action for the World's Poor and Hungry People," held in Beijing in October 2007. We are very grateful to Nurul Islam for conceptualizing the policy forum and editing this collection, and to the contributors for their insightful briefs. We also thank Ruth Vargas Hill for the key role she played throughout this process. We deeply appreciate the collaborative partnership with ADB in organizing the forum. We hope that the findings and recommendations presented here will contribute to a broader consensus on the role of agricultural and rural development in reaching and going beyond the Millennium Development Goals and in achieving inclusive and sustainable growth in Asia. Joachim von Braun Rajul Pandya-Lorch Director General Head, 2020 Vision Initiative The views expressed in these Focus briefs are those of the author(s) and are not necessarily endorsed by or representative of IFPRI or of the cosponsoring or supporting organizations. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is one of several international research centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). "A 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture, and the Environment" is an initiative of IFPRI to develop a shared vision and consensus for action on how to meet future world food needs while reducing poverty and protecting the environment. These briefs are based on a policy consultation process coordinated by IFPRI's 2020 Vision Initiative that focused on the world's poor and hungry people. IFPRI gratefully acknowledges the contributions of: Asian Development Bank (ADB) www.adb.org, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation www.gatesfoundation. org, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) www.acdi-cida.gc.ca, Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (German Agro Action) www.welthungerhilfe.de, European Commission ec.europa.eu, and German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development www.bmz.de, with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit www.gtz.de (BMZ/GTZ), International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Canada www.idrc.ca, and Irish Aid www.irishaid.gov.ie.

Draft report, 2008

Family farms have persisted through the millennia producing food and agricultural outputs, serving as the foundation for rural local economies and the evolution of national economies and cultures. Currently, western donor policies are increasingly supportive of economies of scale in world agriculture, livestock keeping, fisheries, forestry and other spheres of human natural resource utilization, which often poses challenges for smallholder farming and artisanal livelihoods trying to compete in global commodity markets. Agrarian and natural resource labour displacement is widespread, affecting the livelihoods of many of the world’s poorest people. Smallholder farming has been eroding since the 1980s. The reasons are many and the welfare implications are momentous. There are far-reaching repercussions for the role of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in achieving its main founding objectives: the reduction of hunger and the improvement of rural livelihoods in the developing world. This paper suggests policies to address the concerns of nearly half of the world's population resident and working in the countryside.

Encyclopedia of United States National Security, 2012

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO, 1988) estimated that almost two-thirds of the increase in crop production needed in the next decades must come from higher yields. In the past, crop irrigation requirements did not consider limitations of the available water supplies. Improving water productivity is urgently needed in water-scarce dry areas. To minimize input cost and environmental damage, farmers will likely produce maize with less irrigation water in the future.

International History Review, 2018

As far as international organizations and their written histories are concerned, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, FAO, presents quite a paradox. Though in its early years, the organization itself as well as individual staff members were determined to document and narrate FAO’s history, sixty years later many aspects of FAO’s history remain largely unknown. The following articles re-examine the history of FAO through a range of new perspectives that shed light on the intellectual roots of rural development ideas within the organization and illuminate the context of specific development missions, as well as the transnational flows of knowledge and expertise.

The Future of Drylands, 2009

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO, 1988) estimated that almost two-thirds of the increase in crop production needed in the next decades must come from higher yields. In the past, crop irrigation requirements did not consider limitations of the available water supplies. Improving water productivity is urgently needed in water-scarce dry areas. To minimize input cost and environmental damage, farmers will likely produce maize with less irrigation water in the future.

2008

After 30 years of dynamic growth and substantial poverty reduction in Asia, do agriculture and rural development still have a role to play in that region? The policy briefs in this collection provide abundant evidence that they do. Although the incidence of people living in poverty fell from more than 50 percent in the mid-1970s to 18 percent in 2004, and the incidence of hunger fell to 16 percent, Asia is still home to more than half of the world's poor, most of whom live in rural areas. Agriculture and rural development are thus still key to reducing poverty and hunger in the region. These policy briefs explore how agriculture and rural development can play this vital role. The authors examine the scale and nature of poverty and hunger in rural Asia and explore growth and structural changes in Asian agriculture and rural nonfarm activities. They discuss strategies for economy-wide and trade policies to encourage inclusive rural growth, key emerging risks such as climate change, and instruments for mitigating and managing risks. These briefs arise out of a high-level policy forum, "Agricultural and Rural Development for Reducing Poverty and Hunger in Asia: In Pursuit of Inclusive and Sustainable Growth," organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Manila in August 2007. The forum brought together about 100 leaders and stakeholders from the public and private sectors, academia, and civil society from all over Asia and around the world. This forum was part of a wider consultation process leading up to the IFPRI-facilitated conference "Taking Action for the World's Poor and Hungry People," held in Beijing in October 2007. We are very grateful to Nurul Islam for conceptualizing the policy forum and editing this collection, and to the contributors for their insightful briefs. We also thank Ruth Vargas Hill for the key role she played throughout this process. We deeply appreciate the collaborative partnership with ADB in organizing the forum. We hope that the findings and recommendations presented here will contribute to a broader consensus on the role of agricultural and rural development in reaching and going beyond the Millennium Development Goals and in achieving inclusive and sustainable growth in Asia. Joachim von Braun Rajul Pandya-Lorch Director General Head, 2020 Vision Initiative The views expressed in these Focus briefs are those of the author(s) and are not necessarily endorsed by or representative of IFPRI or of the cosponsoring or supporting organizations. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) is one of several international research centers supported by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR). "A 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture, and the Environment" is an initiative of IFPRI to develop a shared vision and consensus for action on how to meet future world food needs while reducing poverty and protecting the environment. These briefs are based on a policy consultation process coordinated by IFPRI's 2020 Vision Initiative that focused on the world's poor and hungry people. IFPRI gratefully acknowledges the contributions of: Asian Development Bank (ADB) www.adb.org, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation www.gatesfoundation. org, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) www.acdi-cida.gc.ca, Deutsche Welthungerhilfe (German Agro Action) www.welthungerhilfe.de, European Commission ec.europa.eu, and German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development www.bmz.de, with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit www.gtz.de (BMZ/GTZ), International Development Research Centre (IDRC) Canada www.idrc.ca, and Irish Aid www.irishaid.gov.ie.

2022

The aim of this paper is to determine the means and the most significant accomplishments that the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has achieved in the development of agriculture in the world and the Republic of Serbia. The methods used are text analysis, formal-legal method, comparative method, and statistical method. The FAO is one of the most important organizations of the United Nations, both because of the strategically important area it covers and because of the large number of members (245 countries and territories). Founded 77 years ago and headquartered in Rome, it has 130 offices at regional, sub-regional and national levels. The task of this international organization is to prevent world hunger and improve nutrition and food safety. Therefore, the current FAO strategy is based on better food production, better nutrition, and better environmental protection, which in total should lead to a better life for people. Since its founding, this organization has accomplished many significant achievements in its field: first of all, the adoption of the Codex Alimentarius collection, which established international standards in food production, rules of good practice in food trade, and rules of food consumer protection, and stands out for its far-reaching influence. Also, of great global importance are the preparation of the International Plant Protection Convention and the international agreement on plant genetic resources, as well as the establishment of the Committee on World Food Security and the Agricultural Market Information System. In addition, the FAO participates in organizing the fight against plant and animal pests. At the regional level, the fight against river blindness disease in Africa and Rinderpest can be highlighted. In Serbia, the FAO participated in the remediation of the consequences of the 2014 flood with direct assistance to farmers who suffered damage, as well as with subsequent training on disaster risk management. In addition, this organization supports Serbia on different rural development issues (including gender equality, irrigation, etc.), as well as on sustainable management of natural resources and climate resilience.

September 2018 FAO (2018) Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition FSN Forum Report of activity, 2018

FAO (2018). Eradicating extreme poverty: What is the role of agriculture? This document summarizes the online discussion Eradicating extreme poverty: What is the role of agriculture? Which was held on FAO Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN Forum) from 3 to 24 April 2018. The discussion was facilitated by Ana Paula de la O Campos and Maya Takagi of FAO. This online discussion was part of a broader reflection on the part of FAO towards refining and improving its approach to the eradication of extreme poverty, by using its experience in supporting the development of agriculture and the livelihoods of rural dwellers towards the realization of SDG1. Over the weeks of discussion, participants from 42 countries, shared 110 contributions. The topic of introduction and the questions proposed, as well as the contributions received , are available on the discussion page: www.fao.org/fsnforum/activities/discussions/extreme poverty agriculture

… Papers of Economics-University'Roma Tre', 2007