Download or read book Agricultural investment funds for development written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2018-06-01 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This review identifies a broad range of funds targeting agriculture in developing and transitioning countries. It classifies them according to geographic distribution, capital, shareholder and investor base, investment instruments, and financial performance, among other criteria.
Download or read book Agriculture Investment Sourcebook written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2005-04-08 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investing to promote agricultural growth and poverty reduction is a central pillar of the World Bank's current rural strategy, 'Reaching the Rural Poor' (2003). This 'Sourcebook' addresses how to implement the rural strategy, by sharing information on investment options and identifying innovative approaches that will aid the design of future lending programs for agriculture. It provides generic good practices and many examples that demonstrate investment in agriculture can provide rewarding and sustainable returns to development efforts. It is divided into eleven self-contained modules. Each module contains three different types of subunits that can also be stand-alone documents: I. Module Overview II. Agricultural Investment Notes III. Innovative Activity Profiles. The stand-alone nature of the subunits allows flexibility and adaptability of the material. Selected readings and web links are also provided for readers who seek more in-depth information. The 'Sourcebook' draws on a wide range of experiences from donor agencies, governments, institutions, and other groups active in agricultural development. It is an invaluable reference tool for policy makers, professionals, academics and students, and anyone with an interest in agricultural investments.
Download or read book Tipping the Balance Policies to shape agricultural investments and markets in favour of small scale farmers written by Bill Vorley and published by Oxfam. This book was released on 2012 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Promoting Investment in Agriculture for Increased Production and Productivity written by Saifullah Syed and published by CABI. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investing in agriculture is one of the most effective ways of reducing hunger and poverty, promoting agricultural productivity and enhancing environmental sustainability. Covering the development of sustainable agriculture, food production and food security, this paper explains the relationship between all levels of investment and their interdependence to be successful. It also describes how to drive increased investment, at what stage and where, providing a useful overview of investment in agriculture for policymakers and researchers.
Download or read book Directions for sustainable agricultural water investments written by Ghosh, E., Kemp-Benedict, E., Huber-Lee, A., Nazareth, A., Oudra, I. and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2022-04-11 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climate change, poverty, inequality, and other disruptive factors are changing the way water is used for agriculture. Although IFI investments are only one of the tools that can be used to address food and agricultural water security, they can be a critical catalyst for change. A research study carried out by the Stockholm Environment Institute, under the direction of the FAO Investment Centre, examines IFI investments and financing mechanisms in agricultural water over the last decade (2010–2019) and identifies emerging goals, areas of investments and innovations. The study aims to provide IFIs and international development agencies insight into what has and has not worked in agricultural water investments, while offering promising new mechanisms and investment priorities for the future. The analysis focuses heavily on public investment as provided by IFIs, but also considers the role of private and public-private investment, and farmers as private investors and entrepreneurs. This publication is part of the Directions in Investment series under the FAO Investment Centre’s Knowledge for Investment (K4I) programme.
Download or read book Agricultural Finance and Opportunities for Investment and Expansion written by Ejiogu, Augustine Odinakachukwu and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2018-04-06 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the modern globalized economy, it is important for businesses of all sizes to take advantage of the opportunity to enter diverse markets around the world. Through an international presence, organizations can remain competitive. Agricultural Finance and Opportunities for Investment and Expansion provides emerging research on the sources and profitable uses of funds in agricultural enterprises and sustainable agricultural production. While highlighting topics such as agricultural credit, enterprise expansion, and risk management, this publication explores the theoretical applications of agriculture through a business perspective. This book is an important resource for managers, academics, researchers, scholars, and graduate-level students seeking current research on the implementation of agriculture as a means of improving society and economy.
Download or read book Policy Framework for Investment in Agriculture in Burkina Faso written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 2013-12-23 with total page 147 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This whole-of-government assessment examines policies to attract and benefit from investment in the sector and identifies short- to medium-term measures to improve and strengthen the country's capacity for policy design.
Download or read book Making the most of agricultural investment A survey of business models that provide opportunities for smallholders written by and published by IIED. This book was released on with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Foreign Agricultural Investment Reform written by United States. Congress. Joint Economic Committee. Subcommittee on Monetary and Fiscal Policy and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Capital and Finance in Agriculture General report written by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Committee for Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book How to invest in farmers A guide for agriculture human capital investment projects written by Gammelgaard, Johanna and published by Intl Food Policy Res Inst. This book was released on 2023-04-28 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investing in farmers – or agriculture human capital – is crucial to addressing challenges in our agrifood systems. A global study carried out by the FAO Investment Centre and the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), with support from the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) and the FAO Research and Extension Unit, looks at agriculture human capital investments, from recent trends to promising initiatives. This toolkit aims to provide investors including policymakers, government officials, international and national development banks and the private sector, with the evidence, analysis, guidance and processes to make sounder investment decisions on projects, programmes and policies that strengthen farmers’ capacities. This publication is part of the Investment Toolkits series under the FAO Investment Centre's Knowledge for Investment (K4I) programme.
Download or read book Agriculture Investment Sourcebook written by World Bank and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 952 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Investing to promote agricultural growth and poverty reduction is a central pillar of the World Bank's current rural strategy. One major thrust of the strategy outlines the priorities and the approaches that the public sector, private sector, and civil society can employ to enhance productivity and competitiveness of the agricultural sector in ways that reduce the rural poverty and sustain the natural resource base. This Sourcebook addresses how to implement the rural strategy. It provides information on investment options and innovative approaches that will aid the design of future lending programs for agriculture. It draws on a wide range of experience from donor agencies, governments, institutions, and other groups active in agricultural development. It is an invaluable reference tool for policy makers, professionals, academics and students, or anyone with an interest in agricultural investments.
Download or read book Understanding Agricultural Investment Chains written by Lorenzo Cotula and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Land Grab Or Development Opportunity written by Lorenzo Cotula and published by IIED. This book was released on 2009 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The design and implementation of Technical Assistance Facilities to unlock agribusiness investment written by Benni, N. and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2024-01-24 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of this study is to provide insights on the implementation and development of Technical Assistance Facilities dedicated to supporting agribusiness investment, in developing and emerging countries. These insights and lessons learned have been drawn from the analysis of a series of key case studies of successful facilities of this kind, in widely different contexts. The analysis aims to showcase key constraints, advantages and opportunities associated to operating agri-focused technical assistance facilities, while also providing a series of recommendations that can assist development agencies, investment funds, NGOs, and other interested stakeholders in designing and managing these types of instruments.
Download or read book Economics of Research and Innovation in Agriculture written by Petra Moser and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2021-10-08 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The challenges facing agriculture are plenty. Along with the world's growing population and diminishing amounts of water and arable land, the gradual increase in severe weather presents new challenges and imperatives for producing new, more resilient crops to feed a more crowded planet in the twenty-first century. Innovation has historically helped agriculture keep pace with earth's social, population, and ecological changes. In the last 50 years, mechanical, biological, and chemical innovations have more than doubled agricultural output while barely changing input quantities. The ample investment behind these innovations was available because of a high rate of return: a 2007 paper found that the median ROI in agriculture was 45 percent between 1965 and 2005. This landscape has changed. Today many of the world's wealthier countries have scaled back their share of GDP devoted to agricultural R&D amid evidence of diminishing returns. Universities, which have historically been a major source of agricultural innovation, increasingly depend on funding from industry rather than government to fund their research. As Upton Sinclair wrote of the effects industry influences, "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." In this volume of the NBER Conference Report series, editor Petra Moser offers an empirical, applied-economic framework to the different elements of agricultural R&D, particularly as they relate to the shift from public to private funding. Individual chapters examine the sources of agricultural knowledge and investigate challenges for measuring the returns to the adoption of new agricultural technologies, examine knowledge spillovers from universities to agricultural innovation, and explore interactions between university engagement and scientific productivity. Additional analysis of agricultural venture capital point to it as an emerging and future source of resource in this essential domain"--
Download or read book Trends and Impacts of Foreign Investment in Developing Country Agriculture written by Pascal Liu and published by Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). This book was released on 2013 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Substantial increases in agricultural investments in developing countries are needed to combat poverty and realize food security and nutrition goals. There is evidence that agricultural investments can generate a wide range of developmental benefits, but these benefits cannot be expected to arise automatically and some forms of large-scale investment carry risks for host countries. Although there has been much debate about the potential benefits and risks of international investment, there is no systematic evidence on the actual impacts on the host country and their determinants. In order to acquire an in-depth understanding of potential benefits, constraints and costs of foreign investment in agriculture and of the business models that are more conducive to development, FAO has undertaken research in developing countries.This publication summarizes the results of this research, in particular through the presentation of the main findings of case studies in nine developing countries. It presents case studies on policies to attract foreign investment in agriculture and their impacts on national economic development in selected countries in Africa, Asian and Latin America.
