Documents et rapports
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Lessons from scaling up : developing value chains for wool - lessons from Mongolia (anglais)
The new 'lessons from practice: assessing scalability' report aims to provide specific tools and guidance to World Bank Task Team Leaders (TTLs) and other agricultural development specialists which can...
Numéro du rapport: 69572 Date du document: 1 juin 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Antikainen,Kaisa,Larson,Gunnar,Mackedon,John
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Lessons from scaling up : reducing postharvest loss through mini cold storage technology - lessons from India (anglais)
The new 'lessons from practice: assessing scalability' report aims to provide specific tools and guidance to World Bank Task Team Leaders (TTLs) and other agricultural development specialists which can...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 69832 Date du document: 1 juin 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Mackedon,John,Larson,Gunnar,Antikainen,Kaisa
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Filling the data gap on gender in rural Kenya (anglais)
Agriculture is one of the most important sectors in Kenya and its performance greatly affects the poor. In addition to its importance as a source of food and income, the sector directly accounts for 24...
Numéro du rapport: 69532 Date du document: 1 juin 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Lessons from scaling up : recycling Cassava waste - a triple win for development : a case study from Nigeria (anglais)
The new 'lessons from practice: assessing scalability' report aims to provide specific tools and guidance to World Bank Task Team Leaders (TTLs) and other agricultural development specialists which can...
Numéro du rapport: 69571 Date du document: 1 juin 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Antikainen,Kaisa,Larson,Gunnar,Mackedon,John
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Productivity and climate benefits of improved land management technologies (anglais)
Ensuring food security under changing climate conditions is one of the major challenges of our era. Agriculture must not only become increasingly productive, but must also adapt to climate change while...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 68002 Date du document: 1 mars 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Larson,Gunnar,Braimoh,Ademola
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Lessons from scaling up : lessons and recommendations for agricultural practitioners (anglais)
The new report 'lessons from practice: assessing scalability' aims to provide specific tools and guidance to World Bank Task Team Leaders (TTLs) and other agricultural development specialists which can...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 68001 Date du document: 1 février 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Antikainen,Kaisa,Larson,Gunnar,Mackedon,John
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From degraded pasturelands to climate-smart livestock production systems in Northwest Cameroon (anglais)
The Tugi Silvopastoral Project (TUSIP) is a climate-smart livestock and pasture management pilot program that was introduced in the village of Tugi in the Gutah Hills of the Northwest Region (NWR) of Cameroon...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 68000 Date du document: 1 février 2012 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Agwe,Jonathan N.,Azah, Chick Herman,Ibrahim,Muhammad Akbar,Nji,Ajaga,Pezo Quevedo,Danilo Alfredo
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Making the grade : smallholder farmers, emerging standards, and development assistance programs in Africa (anglais)
Agro-food standards, including those relating to product quality, food safety, and the environmental and social impacts of production, have become the focus of intense controversy among those concerned...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 64931 Date du document: 1 octobre 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Agricultural innovation funds (anglais)
In order for agricultural development to fulfill its potential role as a source of growth and reducer of poverty, it must be constantly renewed through knowledge and innovation. Getting resources into...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 64929 Date du document: 1 mai 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Larson,Gunnar,Rajalahti,Riikka
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Missing food : the case of postharvest grain losses in Sub-Saharan Africa (anglais)
Rising and increasingly volatile food prices spiking for the second time in three years combined with heightened uncertainty about future prospects for food availabilities, are raising alarm about food...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 64930 Date du document: 1 mai 2011 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Morgan,Nancy Ruth,Larson,Gunnar
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Rising global interest in farmland and the importance of responsible agricultural investment (anglais)
While the issue has been hotly debated, this debate has suffered from two main weaknesses. On the one hand, there has been a dearth of rigorous empirical analysis of what is happening on the ground. On...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 56583 Date du document: 1 septembre 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed
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Gender and governance in agricultural extension services : insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia (anglais)
The gender and governance in rural services insights from India, Ghana, and Ethiopia report aims to generate policy-relevant knowledge on strategies for improving agricultural service delivery, with a...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 56582 Date du document: 1 mars 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Madhvani,Sonia,Pehu,Eija
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Rethinking collaborative arrangements with local partners (anglais)
More forest area is being designated for use by local communities and indigenous peoples. In a growing number of countries legislation is being introduced to ensure that local partners share in the benefits...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 53033 Date du document: 1 janvier 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Rosenbaum,Kenneth L.,Chandrasekharan Behr,Diji,Larson,Gunnar
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Empowerment and poverty reduction through infrastructure and service provision in rural Pakistan (anglais)
Poverty in Pakistan is overwhelmingly rural. Some two-thirds of Pakistan's population, and over 60 percent of the country's poor, live in rural areas. In 2005, average per capita expenditures in rural...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 53034 Date du document: 1 janvier 2010 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Isa, Qazi Asmat,Ahmed,Naila,Larson,Gunnar
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Reduced emissions and enhanced adaptation in agricultural landscapes (anglais)
This brief is based on the key messages of a conference held on January 23, 2009 at the World Bank to review the state of the art on 'agriculture and climate change, investing now for a productive and...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 52755 Date du document: 1 octobre 2009 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Fernandes,Erick C.M.,Thapa,Dipti,Madhvani,Sonia
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Bioenergy development : issues and impacts for poverty and natural resource management (anglais)
The last five to ten years have seen a strong resurgence of interest in bioenergy along with the gradual development of more modern and efficient bioenergy production systems. This has been driven by several...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 50294 Date du document: 1 août 2009 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Cushion,Elizabeth,Dieterle,Gerhard, Whiteman, Adrian
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Awakening Africa's sleeping giant : prospects for commercial agriculture in the Guinea Savannah zone and beyond (anglais)
Stimulating agricultural growth is critical to reducing poverty in Africa. Commercial agriculture, potentially a powerful driver of agricultural growth, can develop along a number of pathways. Yet many...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 48923 Date du document: 1 juin 2009 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Morris,Michael,Larson,Gunnar
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Improving agricultural productivity and markets : the role of information and communication technologies (anglais)
Raising the productivity of smallholders is a necessary condition for increasing incomes and improving livelihoods among the rural poor in most developing countries. This increased productivity is essential...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 48922 Date du document: 1 avril 2009 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Mcnamara,Kerry
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Tracking results in agriculture and rural development in less-than-ideal conditions : a sourcebook of indicators for monitoring and evaluation (anglais)
The demand for verifiable evidence of results and impacts of development agricultural programs and projects is growing. However, most of the indicators that development practitioners have traditionally...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 53341 Date du document: 1 mars 2009 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Larson,Gunnar
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Managing drought risk for food security in Africa : an innovative solution in Malawi (anglais)
Malawi periodically experiences drought leading to shortages of grain on the domestic market and a sharp increase in consumer prices. Consumers, including many of the poorest farmers in the country, experience...
Type de document: Fiche Numéro du rapport: 47432 Date du document: 1 janvier 2009 Mode de publication: Disclosed Auteur: Syroka,Joanna,Bunte,Kara