Documents et rapports

Yield Gains from Balancing Fertilizer Use : Evidence from Eastern India (anglais)

As with most agricultural inputs, the optimal use of fertilizer leverages the production complementarities between different types of nutrients. Wide variation in the intensity of nutrient application...

Sierra Leone - Boosting Productivity and Competitiveness in the Cocoa Value Chain : World Bank Policy Brief (anglais)

Before the civil war, cocoa was Sierra Leone’s leading export, and it remains one of the country’s main foreign exchange earners outside the mining sector. Sierra Leone’s average yield of 430 kg/ha compares...

A Longitudinal Cross-Country Dataset on Agricultural Productivity and Welfare in Sub-Saharan Africa (anglais)

Since 2008, the World Bank's Living Standards Measurement Study–Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA) program has supported the collection of nationally representative, longitudinal, multi-topic...

Regenerative Agriculture in Practice : A Review (anglais)

Regenerative agriculture, a farming approach that focuses on soil health and ecosystems, has recently received considerable attention, particularly as an essential element of sustainable agriculture in...

Making Agriculture Work for the Poor in Timor-Leste (anglais)

With about 80 percent of poor households in Timor-Leste dependent on agriculture for their livelihood, it is widely acknowledged that growth in the agriculture sector is an important channel for poverty...

The Impacts of Disasters on African Agriculture: New Evidence from Micro-Data (anglais)

Disasters affect millions of people each year and cause economic losses worth many billions of dollars globally. Reporting on disaster impacts in research, policy, and news primarily relies on macro statistics...

Philippines - Bangsamoro Camps Transformation Project (anglais)

An Assessment of Community-Led Lift Irrigation Systems in Jharkhand, India (anglais)

The Jharkhand State Livelihoods Promotion Society is rolling-out solar powered community lift irrigation systems to provide access to irrigation to 23,580 farming families in 13 districts of the state...

Water Constraints to Agricultural Productivity in Bhutan (anglais)

This paper uses two years of agriculture census data to build a panel dataset that consists of all the small towns in Bhutan. This dataset is used to estimate the impact of irrigation gaps and drought...

The Effect of Agricultural Input Subsidies on Productivity: A Meta-Analysis (anglais)

This paper systematically analyzes the effect of agricultural input subsidies in developing countries on yield and income, using a meta-analysis. From three databases, the analysis identifies 12 studies...

Water Sector Note on Applying the World Bank Group Paris Alignment Assessment Methods (anglais)

This Sector Note outlines the sector-specific issues for applying the World Bank Group (WBG) Paris Alignment (PA) assessment methods to operations with water sector activities. The note is not a standalone...

Do Index Insurance Programs Live Up to Their Promises ? Aggregating Evidence from Multiple Experiments (anglais)

Despite limited uptake, index insurance is often seen as one of the most remarkable innovations of the past decades to help smallholder farmers manage risks. This paper uses a Bayesian hierarchical model...

Exploring the Sources of the Agricultural Productivity Gender Gap : Evidence from Sri Lanka (anglais)

Previous literature found overwhelming evidence of an agricultural gender gap in favor of male farmers. The case of Sri Lanka is unique as agricultural productivity, measured by yield per unit of land...

Mali - Support to Agro-Industrial Competitiveness Project : environmental assessment : Plan de gestion des pestes et pesticides (français)

The development objective of the Support to Agro-Industrial Competitiveness Project for Mali is to encourage investment in commercial agriculture, and to increase the processing of agricultural products...

Argentina - Integrated Management of Agricultural Risk Project : environmental assessment : Marco de gestión ambiental y social (espagnol)

Argentina - Second Provincial Agricultural Development Project : indigenous peoples plan : Marco de gestión ambiental y social : anexo 4 - marco de planificacion para pueblos indígenas (espagnol)

Mexico - Energy for Sustainable Agricultural Development Project : environmental assessment : Marco de gestión ambiental y social (espagnol)

Mexico - Energy for Sustainable Agricultural Development Project : indigenous peoples plan : Marco de planificación para pueblos indígenas (espagnol)

Analyse environnementale pays (français)

Burundi: Analyse environnementale pays Comprendre l’environnement dans la dynamique d’un monde complexe : des liens avec la fragilité, les conflits et le changement climatique

Morocco - Agri-Food Value-Chains Strengthening Program for Results : برنامج تعزيز سلاسل قيمة الأغذية الزراعية - المملكة المغربية (arabe)