General Information on Agriculture and Rural Development

Contains documents and links on Agriculture and Rural Development

FAO: Biological Diversity in Food and Agriculture — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-09 22:29

This website provides information on the diverse benefits of biodiversity on natural and agricultural ecosystems.

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-16 19:20

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), a specialized agency of the United Nations, was established as an international financial institution in 1977 as one of the major outcomes of the 1974 World Food Conference. IFAD is dedicated to eradicating rural poverty in developing countries. Seventy-five per cent of the world's poorest people - 800 million women, children and men - live in rural areas and depend on agriculture and related activities for their livelihoods. Working with rural poor people, governments, donors, non-governmental organizations and many other partners, IFAD focuses on country-specific solutions, which can involve increasing rural poor peoples' access to financial services, markets, technology, land and other natural resources.

Assessing the Achievements of IFAD's Technical Assistance Grant Programme — by IFAD — last modified 2007-06-23 23:03

The International Fund for Agricultural Development's (IFAD) Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) programme was established as an instrument to provide needed technical support to the Fund's lending programme. Its contribution to IFAD's development strageties was envisaged through a strategic partnerships involving borrower adn non-borrower countries, as well as lending international and regional agricultural research centers (Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research [CGIAR] and non-CGIAR).

Wold Bank Agricultural and Rural Development — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2006-12-18 15:21

In collaboration with colleagues in Environment and Social Development and across the Bank, agriculture and rural development (ARD) works to reduce poverty through sustainable rural development. To this end, ARD provides analytical and advisory services to the Bank's regions on a wide range of agriculture and rural development topics. These services include the preparation and implementation of the World Bank's corporate strategy on rural development, monitoring of the Bank's portfolio of agriculture and rural projects, and promoting knowledge sharing among agriculture and rural development practitioners, inside and outside the Bank, in order to continually improve the Bank's activities in rural areas.

World development report 2007 : development and the next generation — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2007-01-02 16:00

The theme of the World Development Report (WDR) 2007 is youth, aged 12 to 24. It focuses on decisions concerning the five phases with the biggest long-term impact on how human capital is kept safe, developed, and deployed. For each phase (continuing to learn, starting to work, developing a healthful lifestyle, beginning a family, and exercising citizenship) governments must increase investments directly and cultivate an environment for young people and their families to invest in themselves. The WDR suggests that a youth lens on policies affecting the five phases would help focus on three broad directions: expanding opportunities, enhancing capabilities, and providing second chances.

World Development Report 2006: Equity and Development — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2007-01-02 16:06

World Development Report 2006 analyzes the relationship between equity and development. The report documents the persistence of inequality traps by highlighting the interaction between different forms of inequality. It presents evidence that the inequality of opportunity that arises is wasteful and inimical to sustainable development and poverty reduction. It also derives policy implications that center on the broad concept of leveling the playing field-both politically and economically and in the domestic and the global arenas.

Agriculture, Rural Development, and Pro-poor Growth: Country Experiences in the Post-reform Era — by Stanzin Tonyot — last modified 2007-01-02 16:28

This paper reviews the contribution of agriculture and rural development to pro-poor growth by examining the experience of 12 countries as documented in case studies commissioned for a multi-donor project on Operationalizing Pro-Poor Growth. The countries fell into three distinct regional groupings based on national statistics on the importance of agriculture and relative land and labor productivities: five are in Africa (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Senegal, Uganda, Zambia), four in Asia (Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam), and three in Latin America (Bolivia, Brazil, and El Salvador). Published by the World Bank in 2005.

Rural Advancement Foundation International (RAFI) — by Jon Dale — last modified 2007-01-25 13:14

"RAFI-USA is dedicated to community, equity and diversity in agriculture. While focusing on North Carolina and the southeastern United States, we also work nationally and internationally. RAFI-USA is playing a leadership role in responding to major agricultural trends and creating a movement among farm, environmental and consumer groups."

USAID Farmer-to-Farmer Volunteer Program — by Jon Dale — last modified 2007-02-01 21:17

Focusing on Technology Transfer, Market Chain Development and Strengthening Local Organizations

Raise Plus — by Jon Dale — last modified 2007-02-01 21:19

"The Rural Agricultural Income and Sustainable Environment Plus (RAISE Plus) Program is a five year indefinite quantity contract (IQC) designed to provide USAID Missions worldwide with expertise to provide country-level design, implementation and evaluation services that will stimulate market-driven and environmentally sustainable agriculture and natural resource-based rural prosperity."

Michigan State University Agricultural Economics — by Jon Dale — last modified 2007-02-01 21:22

Food Security Group of Related Research, Policy Dialogue and Training Projects

Partnerships for Food Industry Development: Fruits and Vegetables — by Jon Dale — last modified 2007-02-01 21:24

 

Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa — by Jon Dale — last modified 2007-02-01 21:27

 

IFDC — by Jon Dale — last modified 2007-02-01 21:33

"An International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development"