2024年10月9日 · 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.

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

Agriculture and Food 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.

2015年8月19日 · The last decade was golden for Cambodian agriculture. The annual agricultural sector growth of 5.3% between 2004 and 2012 was one of the highest in the world, according to a new World Bank report, Cambodian Agriculture in Transition: Opportunities and Risks , prepared with the support of the Australian government.

The World Bank’s Assam Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project (APART) is supporting 125 such FPCs in Assam, with over 60,000 farmers as shareholders including around 20,000 women. The FPCs are formed using a geographic clustering model bringing together farmers engaged in similar activities - agriculture-horticulture or fishery and silk. Each farmer …

2018年6月19日 · “A productive and climate-smart agriculture sector requires an effective enabling environment. Providing that environment is the role of the Government,” said Holger Kray, head of the World Bank’s Africa Agriculture Policy Unit, and study leader. “Uganda’s agriculture sector may not be transformed overnight.

2022年5月2日 · The grant, which is part of the $95 million project’s goal to increase commercial farming in Malawi, targets organized farmer groups to improve their production capacity and link them with buyers. As part of the demonstrating commitment, farmer groups who submit proposals must contribute 30% of the funds requested.

2024年2月26日 · Climate-Smart Agriculture and the World Bank Group The World Bank has significantly scaled up its engagement and investment in climate-smart agriculture (CSA). In its Climate Change Action Plan (2021- 2025), the World Bank has identified Agriculture, Food, Water and Land as one of the five key transitions needed to tackle the Paris Agreement.

Myanmar’s farms are well diversified, with most farms producing rice paddy during the monsoon season and other crops such as beans, pulses, oilseeds and maize, during the cool and dry seasons.

Agriculture finance empowers poor farmers to increase their wealth and facilitates the development of food value chains for feeding 9 billion people by 2050. Our work in agriculture finance helps clients provide market-based financial services, and fund long-term and green investments to support sustainable agriculture and agri-food value chains.