Agriculture Overview: Development news, research, data | World …
Oct 9, 2024 · Agriculture can help reduce poverty for 75% of the world's poor, who live in rural areas and work mainly in farming. It can raise incomes, improve food security and benefit the environment. The World Bank Group is a leading financier of agriculture, with $8.1 billion in new commitments in 2013.
Agriculture and Food: Development news, research, data | World …
Agriculture can help reduce poverty, raise incomes and improve food security for 80% of the world's poor, who live in rural areas and work mainly in farming. The World Bank Group is a leading financier of agriculture.
US Agriculture Statistics and Data Trends - USAFacts
Feb 24, 2023 · In 2022, the federal government provided farms with $15.6 billion in subsidies, or direct farm program payments. Find statistics and data trends about agriculture, including what is grown and where, the finances of America's farm businesses, and how many people work on American farms. We visualize, explain, and provide objective context using government data …
Climate-smart agriculture - World Bank Group
Feb 26, 2024 · Climate-Smart Agriculture and the World Bank Group. The World Bank has significantly scaled up its engagement and investment in climate-smart agriculture (CSA). In its Climate Change Action Plan (2021- 2025), the World Bank has identified Agriculture, Food, Water and Land as one of the five key transitions needed to tackle the Paris Agreement ...
World Bank Supports Project to Modernize Agriculture Systems in …
Dec 12, 2024 · The $325.10 million Uttar Pradesh Agriculture Growth and Rural Enterprise Ecosystem Strengthening (UP-AGREES) Project will strengthen agricultural value chains, improve access to finance, and create opportunities for value addition. Further, innovative financial instruments will be launched to make access to credit such as the Kisan Credit Card ...
Federal farm subsidies: What the data says - USAFacts
Oct 5, 2023 · The 2014 bill required farmers of a set of crops to choose between two types of subsidy payments: Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC), where payments are based on a commodity’s yield and potential revenue losses, or Price Loss Coverage (PLC), where payments are made to protect against price decreases. The two programs accounted for 60.8% of CCC ...
Agriculture and Rural Development - World Bank Group
Land and returns to scale in agriculture: The 2007/08 commodity price boom triggered a global “land rush,” with investors especially eager to acquire agricultural land in Sub- Saharan Africa. Analysis of new data from Ethiopia shows that, even at the peak of the land rush, the bulk of land transferred to investors went to Ethiopians rather ...
5 Key Issues in Agriculture in 2021 - World Bank Group
Dec 16, 2021 · This December, the Bank released a ground-breaking report looking at the valuable role farming insects can play in both food security and climate-smart agriculture, Insect and Hydroponic Farming in Africa: The New Circular Food Economy. While two billion people regularly eat insects harvested in the wild, farming them for food at scale is new.
Cambodian Agriculture in Transition: Opportunities and Risks
Cambodian agriculture is in a midst of rapid transformation. Its continued success will remain a key engine in reducing poverty and boosting shared prosperity in Cambodia. Data from Cambodian Agriculture in Transition, co-financed by the World Bank and Australian government, highlights the opportunities and risks. View the slideshow.
Climate Explainer: Food Security and Climate Change - World Bank …
The World Bank Group’s Climate Change Action Plan (2021-2025) is stepping up support for climate-smart agriculture across the agriculture and food value chains and via policy and technological interventions to enhance productivity, improve resilience, and reduce GHG emissions. The Bank also helps countries tackle food loss and waste and ...