Berlin Workshop Series 2008 : Agriculture and Development

Kochendörfer-Lucius, Gudrun; Pleskovic, Boris

Berlin Workshop Series 2008 : Agriculture and Development

Autores

Kochendörfer-Lucius, Gudrun

Pleskovic, Boris

Editor

Washington, DC : World Bank

Descripción

The workshop brings diverse perspectives from outside the World Bank, providing a forum in which to exchange ideas and debate in the course of developing the World Development Report (WDR). Participants at the 2006 Berlin Workshop gathered to discuss challenges and successes pertaining to agriculture and development. Agriculture is the major sector contributing to economic development in many poor countries. Three out of every four poor people in developing countries live in rural areas. As globalization accelerates, development policies should tackle future challenges in agriculture arising from the scarcity of natural resources and globalization. The author highlights the paramount importance of redefining the framework for agriculture, providing us with food for thought and putting forward suggestions that need greater reflection and more detailed discussion. The contribution focuses on three main topics. First, the author presents some considerations on global agricultural development and trade. The author describes the different approaches to agricultural development, outcomes and effects of these approaches and evaluates which nations or which population groups are benefiting, as this could help to develop target group oriented strategies in poverty alleviation and agriculture. Second, the author takes a critical look at how agriculture and the rural sector can be an effective engine for growth. Another issue on the agenda is to determine what agriculture needs in the way of technology, infrastructure, and financial support to become a growth engine? These new insights should contribute to an appropriate formulation and implementation of tailored agriculture for development programs. Finally, the author looks at development in connection with systematic capacity building and training, pointing out the need to define sound capacity-building measures in terms of agriculture as well as to determine how these could be used more effectively.

Palabras clave

ACCESS TO MARKETS, AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES, AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT, AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, AGRICULTURAL INCOMES, AGRICULTURAL ISSUES, AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT, AGRICULTURAL POLICIES, AGRICULTURAL POLICY, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, AGRICULTURAL SUBSIDIES, AGRICULTURE, BIODIVERSITY, BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, CAPACITY BUILDING, CHILD LABOR, CITIZENS, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLOSED ECONOMIES, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGES, COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE, COMPETITIVENESS, CONSUMERS, CROP DIVERSIFICATION, CROP YIELDS, DECENTRALIZATION, DEMAND FOR FOOD, DEMOCRACY, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, DEVELOPMENT AGENCIES, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE, DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS, DEVELOPMENT POLICIES, DEVELOPMENT POLICY, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES, DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, DISSEMINATION, ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ECONOMIC COOPERATION, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY, ECONOMIC GROWTH, ECONOMIC THEORY, ECONOMICS LITERATURE, ECONOMISTS, ELASTICITIES, EMPIRICAL RESEARCH, ENGEL CURVE, ENVIRONMENTAL, ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS, ENVIRONMENTAL RESOURCES, ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY, EPIDEMICS, EXPLOITATION, EXPORTS, EXTERNALITIES, EXTREME POVERTY, FARM PRODUCTION, FARM-GATE, FARMER ASSOCIATIONS, FARMERS, FARMS, FISH, FOOD CROP, FOOD CROP PRODUCTION, FOOD IMPORTS, FOOD INSECURITY, FOOD MARKETS, FOOD PRICES, FOOD QUALITY, FOOD SECURITY, FOOD SUPPLIES, FOOD SUPPLY, FOOD SYSTEMS, FOREST MANAGEMENT, FREE TRADE, GDP, GDP PER CAPITA, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT, GLOBAL MARKETS, GOOD GOVERNANCE, GREEN REVOLUTION, GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT, GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT, GROWTH POTENTIAL, GROWTH RATE, HEALTH POLICIES, HUMAN CAPITAL, HUMAN WELL-BEING, IMPORTS, INCOME, INCOME TRANSFERS, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION, INDUSTRIALIZATION, INEQUALITY, INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS, INSURANCE, INSURANCE MARKETS, INTERNATIONAL ACTION, INTERNATIONAL CAPACITY, INTERNATIONAL TRADE, IRRIGATION, JOB CREATION, LABOR PRODUCTIVITY, LAND DEGRADATION, LAND DISTRIBUTION, LAND MANAGEMENT, LAND RIGHTS, LEGAL STATUS, LOBBYISTS, LOCAL CAPACITY, LOCAL ECONOMY, LOCAL FARMERS, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, LOW-INCOME COUNTRIES, MACROECONOMIC POLICY, MACROECONOMIC STABILITY, MALNUTRITION, MARGINAL PRODUCT, MIGRATION, MIGRATION FLOWS, MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, MODERNIZATION, MULTIPLIER EFFECT, MULTIPLIERS, NATIONAL ECONOMIES, NATURAL RESOURCE, NATURAL RESOURCE BASE, NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT, NATURAL RESOURCES, OIL, OPEN ECONOMIES, PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES, POLICY CHANGE, POLICY ENVIRONMENT, POLICY INSTRUMENTS, POLICY MAKERS, POLITICAL DECISION, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLLUTION, POOR, POOR COUNTRIES, POOR PEOPLE, POPULATION GROUPS, POPULATION GROWTH, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, POVERTY REDUCTION, PRODUCERS, PRODUCTION COSTS, PRODUCTIVITY, PROGRESS, PROPERTY RIGHTS, PROVISION OF SERVICES, PUBLIC SERVICES, QUALITY ASSURANCE, RATE OF GROWTH, REAL GDP, REGIONAL POLICIES, REGRESSION ANALYSES, REMOTE AREAS, RESEARCH COMMUNITY, RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS, RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, RESPECT, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL POLICIES, RURAL POOR, RURAL POPULATION, RURAL POPULATIONS, RURAL POVERTY, RURAL SECTOR, RURAL SECTORS, SAVINGS, SCIENCE POLICY, SERVICE DELIVERY, SKILLED WORKERS, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, SPATIAL PATTERNS, SPILLOVER, STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT, SUBSISTENCE FARMERS, SUBSISTENCE FARMING, SUPPLY CHAINS, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE, TOTAL OUTPUT, TRADE ISSUES, TRADE LIBERALIZATION, TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, TRADE POLICIES, TRADE POLICY, TRANSACTION COSTS, URBAN AREAS, URBAN MIGRATION, URBANIZATION, VALUE ADDED, WAGE RATES, WAGES, WATER RESOURCES, WEALTH, WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION, WTO, YOUNG PEOPLE