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Agriculture can help reduce poverty for 75% of the world's poor, who live in rural areas and work mainly in farming. It can raise incomes, improve food security and benefit the environment. The World Bank Group is a leading financier of agriculture, with $8.1 billion in new commitments in 2013.
Browse agriculture data. In 2022, the federal government provided farms with $15.6 billion in subsidies, or direct farm program payments. Find statistics and data trends about agriculture, including what is grown and where, the finances of America's farm businesses, and how many people work on American farms. We visualize, explain, and provide ...
Agriculture can help reduce poverty, raise incomes and improve food security for 80% of the world's poor, who live in rural areas and work mainly in farming. The World Bank Group is a leading financier of agriculture.
In response to these challenges, the concept of Climate-smart Agriculture (CSA) has emerged as a holistic approach to end food security and promote sustainable development while addressing climate change issues. CSA is a set of agricultural practices and technologies which simultaneously boost productivity, enhance resilience and reduce GHG ...
Food Security. Like the previous year, news in agriculture and food in 2021 was dominated by deteriorating food security. Approximately 30 percent of the world’s population lacked access to adequate food in 2020 and into 2021. The World Bank took action to fight food insecurity around the world, providing immediate aid to vulnerable ...
Agriculture and Rural Development. Research within this pillar aimed to identify the global impacts of reforms that appear to be a particularly high priority and to generate new research that can provide guidance on the policy reforms needed to achieve the goal of ending extreme poverty. The Role of Agriculture and Rural Development in Ending ...
Yet, agricultural growth has slowed down to around 1-2% in 2013-2014. A World Bank report, Cambodian Agriculture in Transition: Opportunities and Risks , co-financed by the World Bank and Australian Government, raises concerns and suggests ways to ensure agriculture continues to be a driver of growth and poverty reduction. Key Findings.
The World Bank Group’s Climate Change Action Plan (2021-2025) is stepping up support for climate-smart agriculture across the agriculture and food value chains and via policy and technological interventions to enhance productivity, improve resilience, and reduce GHG emissions. The Bank also helps countries tackle food loss and waste and ...
The 19 th Kenya Economic Update, Unbundling the Slack in Private Investment, says agriculture is a major driver of growth for the Kenyan economy and is the dominant source of employment. From 2013-2017, the report notes the agriculture sector contributed on average 21.9% of gross domestic product (GDP), with at least 56% of the total labor ...
STORY HIGHLIGHTS. The Climate-Smart Agriculture Investment Plan aims to help better integrate proven climate-smart agriculture practices into Zambia’s agriculture policy and investments. Climate-smart agriculture technologies offer Zambia opportunity to accelerate and sustain agricultural growth despite climate vulnerabilities. Developed by ...