Agriculture for Development

One of the main objectives of Millennium Development Goals is to reduce the number of people suffering from hunger and extreme poverty to half by 2015. Agricultural development is considered to be the vital tool for achieving this goal. The present report was prepared based on the studies carried out in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. This Report addresses three main questions: What can agriculture do for development? What are effective instruments in using agriculture for development? How can agriculture-for-development agendas best be implemented? This Report provides guidance to governments and the international community on designing and implementing agriculture-for-development agendas that can make a difference in the lives of hundreds of millions of rural poor.

Read the World Bank Report here.