Investing in agriculture to overcome the world food crisis and reduce poverty and hunger

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dc.contributor.authorFan, S. A.en
dc.contributor.authorRosegrant, Mark W.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialSub-Saharan Africaen
dc.coverage.spatialSouth Asiaen
dc.coverage.spatialEast Asiaen
dc.coverage.spatialThe Pacificen
dc.coverage.spatialLatin Americaen
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbeanen
dc.coverage.spatialMiddle Easten
dc.coverage.spatialNorth Africaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T19:45:28Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T19:45:28Zen
dc.date.issued2008en
dc.description.abstractIn many parts of the world, increased agricultural growth will play a key role in addressing the current world food crisis, in contributing to overall economic growth, and in helping to achieve the first Millennium Development Goal of halving the proportion of poor and hungry people by 2015 (MDG1). The challenge of meeting MDG1 under the current circumstances is considerable, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).Of the means used to promote agricultural growth, sound government spending can be one of the most direct and effective. This brief presents ranges of estimates of the costs involved using two different approaches. (excerpt from the document)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier3950en
dc.identifier.citationIFPRI Policy Brief No. 3en
dc.identifier.other3950_investing_in_agriculture.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/68217en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherWashington, D.C.: IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute)en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2008 International Food Policy Research Institute. All rights reserved. For permission to republish, contact ifpri-copyright@cgiar.org.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectEconomic growthen
dc.subjectEconomic analysesen
dc.subjectFood securityen
dc.subjectPovertyen
dc.subjectEconomic modeling and analysisen
dc.subjectEconomic statistics and indicatorsen
dc.subjectConservation farmingen
dc.subjectIfprien
dc.subjectFarm/Enterprise Scaleen
dc.titleInvesting in agriculture to overcome the world food crisis and reduce poverty and hungeren
dc.typeTechnical reporten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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