Kyrgyz Republic : Agricultural Policy Update, Volume1. Overview

World Bank

Kyrgyz Republic : Agricultural Policy Update, Volume1. Overview

Autores

World Bank

Editor

Washington, DC

Descripción

This policy note examines the policy and investment framework between 2003 and 2010, resulting sector performance and the priorities for future development. It draws attention to the need to refocus on completing the fundamental reforms and investments on which Kyrgyzstan's early successes were built. These include further development of land market, building rural finance markets, further public investment and institutional development in the irrigation sector, encouraging greater private investment in the seeds sector and machinery services, public-private partnerships for advisory service provision, completion of ongoing reforms in pasture management, development of veterinary services and improving the business environment for private investment in agro-processing. The policy Note discusses the government's approach to achieving greater food security, which centers on food self-sufficiency and discusses why this is not the best route to raising low rural incomes - the root cause of food insecurity. The report discusses some of the policies conceived after the food price crisis, including intervention in output markets, and argues that these are likely to be unaffordable, ineffective and will divert limited resources away from more important reforms. The policy note describes possible approaches to development of the sector, including minimal government intervention in markets, promoting responsibility for management of natural resources with communities, facilitating user contributions to infrastructure investments and the cost of services and provision of public services through private providers. These were the foundation of many of Kyrgyzstan's earlier successes but also respond to the new imperatives brought about by the 2010 political crisis, including the renewed urgency for growth and stability in the agricultural sector to rebuild rural communities, fiscal discipline to address the budget deficit and improved governance to restore confidence in government. The strategic objectives could more usefully emphasize the need to: a) raise rural incomes; b) protect vulnerable consumers from price and supply shocks; c) increase agricultural profitability and reduce risk; d) protect consumers from public health risks; and e) arrest environmental degradation and loss of biodiversity.

Palabras clave

ACCESS TO CREDIT, ACCESS TO FUNDS, ACCESS TO INFORMATION, ACCOUNTING, ADVISORY SERVICE, ADVISORY SERVICES, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION, AGRICULTURAL FINANCE, AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, AGRICULTURAL LOANS, AGRICULTURAL MARKET, AGRICULTURAL POLICY, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, AGRICULTURAL SERVICES, AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL, ANIMAL DISEASE, ANIMAL HEALTH, ANIMALS, ANTHRAX, ASSET MANAGEMENT, BANKS, BIODIVERSITY, BREEDING, BRUCELLOSIS, BUDGET DEFICIT, CAPACITY BUILDING, CAPITAL ADEQUACY, CATTLE, CDS, CEREALS, COMPENSATION FUND, COMPETITIVE MARKET, CONFLICT, CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURE, COOPERATIVES, COWS, CREDIT BUREAU, CREDIT MARKET, CREDIT MARKETS, CREDIT UNIONS, CROP YIELD, CURRENCY, DAIRY, DAIRY PROCESSING, DAIRY PRODUCTS, DEPOSIT, DEVELOPMENT BANK, DISEASE CONTROL, DISEASE RISK, DISEASE SURVEILLANCE, DISPUTE RESOLUTION, DOMESTIC DEMAND, DOMESTIC MARKET, ECONOMIC ACCESS, ECONOMIC COOPERATION, ECONOMIC CRISES, EQUAL ACCESS, EQUIPMENT, EQUITABLE ACCESS, EXPENDITURE, EXPORT GROWTH, FARM, FARM EMPLOYMENT, FARM INCOMES, FARM IRRIGATION, FARM SECTOR, FARM SYSTEMS, FARMER, FARMERS, FARMS, FEEDING, FINANCES, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS, FISCAL DISCIPLINE, FLOUR, FODDER, FODDER CROPS, FOOD AVAILABILITY, FOOD CONSUMPTION, FOOD DISTRIBUTION, FOOD IMPORTS, FOOD INDUSTRY, FOOD INSECURE HOUSEHOLDS, FOOD INSECURITY, FOOD INTAKE, FOOD ITEMS, FOOD PREFERENCES, FOOD PRICE, FOOD PRICES, FOOD PRODUCTS, FOOD RESERVES, FOOD SAFETY, FOOD SAFETY STANDARDS, FOOD SECURITY, FOOD SELF-SUFFICIENCY, FOOD SUPPLIES, FOOD SUPPLY, FOREIGN INVESTMENT, FOREIGN INVESTORS, FRUIT, GOVERNMENT FUNDING, GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION, GOVERNMENT INVOLVEMENT, GOVERNMENT REVENUES, GRAINS, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, HIGH INTEREST RATES, HOUSEHOLD INCOMES, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HUMAN HEALTH, INCOME, INFORMATION SERVICE, INFORMATION SYSTEM, INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT, INSURANCE, INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL MARKETS, INTERNATIONAL MARKETS, INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INVESTING, INVESTMENT SPENDING, LACK OF KNOWLEDGE, LACK OF TRANSPARENCY, LAND AS COLLATERAL, LAND MARKET, LAND MARKETS, LAND PRIVATIZATION, LEGAL FRAMEWORK, LENDERS, LENDING DECISIONS, LEVEL OF RISK, LIQUIDITY, LIQUIDITY PROBLEM, LIVESTOCK, LIVESTOCK NUMBERS, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTIVITY, LOAN, LOAN PORTFOLIOS, LONG-TERM LENDING, MARKET DEVELOPMENT, MARKET INFORMATION, MARKET INTEREST RATES, MARKET REFORMS, MARKET STABILITY, MEAT, MEAT PRODUCTS, MICROFINANCE, MILK, NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CONTROL, NATIONAL BANK, NUTRITION, PASTURE MANAGEMENT, PASTURES, POLICY RESPONSE, POOR, PORTFOLIO, PORTFOLIO QUALITY, PORTFOLIOS, POST OFFICES, POTATOES, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRICE STABILIZATION, PRIVATE BREEDERS, PRIVATE INVESTMENT, PRIVATE VETERINARIANS, PROCESSED FOODS, PROFIT MARGINS, PROFITABILITY, PROVISION OF CREDIT, PUBLIC FUNDS, PUBLIC INVESTMENT, PUBLIC SPENDING, PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS, RABIES, RECURRENT EXPENDITURE, RESERVE, RISK MANAGEMENT, RISK MANAGEMENT TOOLS, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL COMMUNITIES, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL FINANCE, RURAL FINANCE MARKET, RURAL FINANCE MARKETS, RURAL FINANCE SECTOR, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL INCOMES, RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE, RURAL POVERTY, SAVINGS, SEASONAL GRAZING, SEED FUNDS, SHEEP, SMALL LOANS, SOCIAL SAFETY NETS, STOCKING RATES, TARGETING, TAX, TAX TREATMENT, TECHNICAL SUPPORT, TRADE REGIME, TRADING, TRANSPARENCY, UNION, VACCINATION PROGRAMS, VACCINES, VEGETABLES, VETERINARY, VETERINARY DEPARTMENT, VETERINARY DRUG, VETERINARY LABORATORIES, VETERINARY RESEARCH, VETERINARY SERVICE, VETERINARY SERVICES, VETS, VULNERABLE CONSUMERS, VULNERABLE GROUPS, VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS, WAREHOUSE, WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS, WFP, WHEAT, WORLD FOOD PROGRAM, WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME, WORLD FOOD SUMMIT, ZOONOTIC DISEASES