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Explores key emerging issues facing developing-country agriculture today, from rapid urbanization to rural transformation to climate change
Agricultural Development: New Perspectives in a Changing World is the first comprehensive exploration of key emerging issues facing developing-country agriculture today, from rapid urbanization to rural transformation to climate change.
Agricultural production is a risky activity subject to several contingencies that make farming incomes unstable and unpredictable from year to year.
Agricultural development in a changing world
The world has been changing rapidly, and major issues surrounding agriculture have evolved as well. In fact, over the last several decades major shifts have occurred in the thinking on and practice of agricultural development.
COVID-19 has severely disrupted our lives, jeopardized the well-being of billions of people, and raised the specter of a global food crisis, all in just a few months.
Strengthening institutional capacity for disaster management and risk reduction through climate-resilient agriculture
The frequency of natural disasters, especially storms and floods, has been increasing globally over the last several decades.
This paper assesses the role of the private sector by using the case study of Cambodia to learn specific lessons for increasing the resilience of food systems in the developing world.
The issues of food security and agricultural competitiveness are central to agricultural and food policy making in the 21st century.
How can family farmers best contribute to their country’s agriculture needs as well as broader development goals? First, we should determine which farmers can be profitable and assist them in doing so.
2014 saw important developments with potentially wide repercussions in individual countries and regions
Appetite for fish continues to expand around the globe, despite the stagnant levels of capture fish production. What is the role that aquaculture can play in supplying the world with adequate animal protein?
Food safety: Reducing and managing food scares
A series of high-profile food-related scares around the globe has drawn attention to the issue of food safety and other health risks associated with agriculture.
Food and nutrition insecurity are increasingly concentrated in conflict-affected countries
Fourth in an annual series that provides a comprehensive overview of major food policy developments and events.