Sustainable Agricultural Productivity Growth and Bridging the Gap for Small-Family Farms : Interagency Report to the Mexican G20 Presidency

Global agriculture will face multiple challenges over the coming decades. It must produce more food to feed an increasingly affluent and growing world population that will demand a more diverse diet, contribute to overall development and poverty alleviation in many developing countries, confront increased competition for alternative uses of finite land and water resources, adapt to climate change, and contribute to preserving biodiversity and restoring fragile ecosystems. Climate change will bring higher average temperatures, changes in rainfall patterns, and more frequent extreme events, multiplying the threats to sustainable food security. Addressing these challenges requires co-ordinated responses from the public and private sectors and civil society that will need to be adapted to the specific circumstances of different types of farmers in countries at all levels of development. The recommendations provided are broadly of two types: specific actions that can contribute in some way to improving productivity growth or sustainable resource use (whether building on existing initiatives or suggesting new activities) and more general proposals that may not be actionable as presented but that serve to highlight areas for priority attention. This report also invites G20 countries to engage in a medium, to long-term, analysis-based peer review of policies fostering sustainable productivity growth, which would identify specific constraints and opportunities, beginning with their own food and agriculture sectors. In addition to possible benefits to participating countries, a peer review process could contribute to the identification of best policies and best policy packages to achieve the widely held aim of sustainably improving productivity of the global food and agriculture system. While such an initiative is proposed to and for G20 countries, it could have much wider application to interested countries.

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Main Authors: Biodiversity International, CGIAR Consortium, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, International Fund for Agricultural Development, International Food Policy Research Institute, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, United Nations High Level Task Force on Global Food Security, World Food Programme, World Bank, World Trade Organization
Format: Report biblioteca
Language:English
en_US
Published: Washington, DC: World Bank 2012-06-12
Subjects:ACCESS TO CREDIT, AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, AFRICAN RICE, AGRIBUSINESS, AGRICULTURAL BIODIVERSITY, AGRICULTURAL CAPITAL, AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES, AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION, AGRICULTURAL INPUT, AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT, AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENTS, AGRICULTURAL LAND, AGRICULTURAL MARKET, AGRICULTURAL MARKETS, AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT, AGRICULTURAL POLICIES, AGRICULTURAL PRICES, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AGRICULTURAL R&D, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEM, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SYSTEMS, AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE, AGRICULTURAL SECTORS, AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS, AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES, AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY, AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITIES, AGRICULTURE, AGRONOMY, ANIMAL DISEASE, ANIMAL HEALTH, ANIMAL TRACTION, ANIMALS, ARABLE LAND, ASARECA, BARLEY, BASIC AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, BEVERAGES, BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES, BIOTECHNOLOGY, CAPACITY BUILDING, CAPITAL FORMATION, CEREALS, CGIAR, CGIAR RESEARCH, CGIAR RESEARCH PROGRAMS, CGIAR SYSTEM, CLIMATE CHANGE, COMMODITY PRICES, CROP, CROP FARMING, CROP YIELD, CROP YIELDS, CROPS, DEBT, DECISION MAKING, DEFORESTATION, DEMAND FOR FOOD, DEMAND FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT BANKS, DIET, DISEASES, DURUM WHEAT, ECONOMIC IMPACT, ECONOMIES OF SCALE, EMISSIONS, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL COSTS, ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, ENVIRONMENTS, EQUIPMENT, EROSION CONTROL, EXTENSION, EXTENSION SERVICES, FAO, FARMER PARTICIPATION, FARMERS, FARMING, FARMING COMMUNITIES, FARMING SYSTEMS, FARMLAND, FARMS, FEED, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FISHERIES, FOOD CROPS, FOOD PRODUCTION, FOOD PRODUCTS, FOOD SAFETY, FOOD SAFETY REGULATIONS, FOOD SECURITY, FOOD SUPPLIES, FORESTRY, FORESTS, FUNDING MECHANISMS, GENDER, GENETIC MATERIAL, GENETICALLY UNIFORM, GENETICS, GIS, GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES, GREEN REVOLUTION, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, GREENHOUSE GASES, GREENHOUSE GASSES, IFAD, IFPRI, INPUT USE, INTEGRATION, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, INTERNATIONAL PLANT PROTECTION CONVENTION, INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, IRRIGATION, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, LAND DEGRADATION, LAND PRODUCTIVITY, LAND USE, LIVELIHOODS, LIVESTOCK, LIVESTOCK BREEDING, LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY, MAIZE, MAIZE YIELDS, MARKET DISTORTIONS, MARKETING, MILK, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY, NATIONAL RESEARCH, NATIONAL RESEARCH SYSTEM, NATURAL CAPITAL, NATURAL RESOURCE BASE, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, NEW TECHNOLOGIES, NGOS, NUTRITION, OECD DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE COMMITTEE, PASTURES, PESTICIDE, PESTICIDE USE, PESTICIDES, PESTS, PLANT PROTECTION, POLICY DECISIONS, POLICY ENVIRONMENT, POLICY MAKERS, POLLUTION, POPULATION GROWTH, POTENTIAL YIELDS, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRIVATE SECTOR, PRODUCERS, PRODUCTION PATTERNS, PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PUBLIC EXPENDITURES, PUBLIC GOOD, PUBLIC GOODS, PUBLIC RESEARCH EXPENDITURES, PUBLIC SERVICES, REGIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, RESEARCH GRANTS, RESISTANT CROPS, RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, RICE, RICE GERMPLASM, RICE YIELDS, RISK MANAGEMENT, RIVER BASINS, RUMINANTS, RURAL INCOME, RURAL POVERTY, RURAL ROADS, SCIENTIFIC KNOWLEDGE, SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH, SCIENTISTS, SEEDS, SOIL PRODUCTIVITY, SOIL PROTECTION, SOILS, SOYBEANS, SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE USE, SUSTAINABLE USE, SUSTAINABLE WATER, TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS, TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER, THE CONSULTATIVE GROUP, TROPICAL AGRICULTURE, UNCTAD, UNITED NATIONS, WATER POLLUTION, WATER RESOURCES, WHEAT, WIND EROSION, WOMEN FARMERS, WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION,
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/788091468171845538/Sustainable-agricultural-productivity-growth-and-bridging-the-gap-for-small-family-farms
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26780
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