Business and Poverty: Opening markets to the poor
Making Agriculture a Development Priority
—Guest Editorial
Alain de Janvry and Derek Byerlee
The fundamental role of agriculture for development in the 21st century deserves greater attention from governments and international development agencies.
Rising Food Prices: Are there right policy choices?
Hassan Zaman, Christopher Delgado, Donald Mitchell, and Ana Revenga
A review of the best policy interventions to respond to food price increases in local markets.
A Window of Opportunity for Poor Farmers: Investing for long-term food supply
Derek Byerlee, Alain de Janvry, Robert Townsend, and Paula Savanti
Farmers may help solve the food, feed, and fuel crises, and prosper as a result, with the aid of political support and investments in agriculture.
Biofuels: Big potential for some…but big risks too
Masami Kojima and Irina Klytchnikova
Biofuels trade liberalization would increase competition in the sector. But for this to deliver net gains in welfare for developing countries a level playing-field is needed.
Agriculture’s Special Powers in Reducing Poverty
Paula Savanti and Elisabeth Sadoulet
Agriculture can reduce poverty directly, but the contribution of agriculture to poverty reduction differs according to country types.
Women Make Income Gains by Shifting from Subsistence to Cash Crops
Lynn Brown
Enabling women to move beyond subsistence and into market-oriented production is important for successful agricultural development. An Example from Mozambique.
Managing the Exodus: Helping some farmers get out of agriculture
Karen Macours and Elisabeth Sadoulet
As the labor force in agriculture grows smaller, displaced rural workers need new options. Effective preparedness of those who leave the farm is a critical part of an overall strategy to mobilize agriculture for development.
Pilot Innovations Could Reignite Anemic Rural Finance
Renate Kloeppinger-Todd and Jonathan Agwe
Rural finance and credit services to smallholder farmers are high-risk activities. But there is hope for a boost because rural finance has a pivotal role to play amid rising food prices and the need to increase agricultural production.
Linking Small Farmers to the Market
Dina Umali-Deininger
The private sector can help smallholders to participate in modern supply chains. This type of collaboration will be critical to agricultural development.
Prospective Benefits from Cotton Subsidy Cuts and New Technologies
Kym Anderson and Ernesto Valenzuela
While waiting for the removal of cotton subsidies, farmers can benefit from the adoption of GM cotton varieties currently available to them, as the experiences of China and India indicate.
Capturing the Benefits of Genetically Modified Organisms for the Poor
Catherine Ragasa and Eija Pehu
The controversy swirling around GMOs in rich countries should not obscure their potential to reduce poverty among poor farmers.
Conservation Tillage Promises More Profitable and Sustainable Farms…and lower greenhouse gas emissions
Irina Klytchnikova
Zero-tillage is becoming an increasingly important conservation technology. The challenge for researchers is to develop technologies and equipment adaptable to local climatic conditions.
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