Documentos e Relatórios

The impact of larger-scale agricultural investments on local communities : updated voices from the field (Inglês)

This report is an update to the above mentioned UNCTAD/World Bank study (the ‘first phase’). Following that researchers revisited eight operations in four countries (Cambodia, Ethiopia, Mozambique and...

The impact of larger-scale agricultural investments on local communities : updated voices from the field (Inglês)

This report is an update to the above mentioned UNCTAD/World Bank study (the “first phase”). Following that researchers revisited eight operations in four countries(Cambodia, Ethiopia, Mozambique and Tanzania),conducting...

Investment contracts for agriculture : maximizing gains and minimizing risks : Contrats d’investissement dans l’agriculture : maximisation des bénéfices et minimisation des risques (Francês)

Private investment in agriculture in developing countries, both domestic and foreign, has been on the rise for nearly two decades. This paper focuses on large-scale agricultural projects in developing...

Investment contracts for agriculture : maximizing gains and minimizing risks (Japonês)

Private investment in agriculture in developing countries, both domestic and foreign, has been on the rise for nearly two decades. This paper focuses on large-scale agricultural projects in developing...

Investment contracts for agriculture : maximizing gains and minimizing risks (Inglês)

Private investment in agriculture in developing countries, both domestic and foreign, has been on the rise for nearly two decades. This paper focuses on large-scale agricultural projects in developing...

Agribusiness indicators : synthesis report (Inglês)

The need for countries in Sub-Saharan Africa to build more productive, modern, and market-oriented farming sectors is one of our most pressing development challenges. In coming years, African agriculture...

An analytical toolkit for support to contract farming (Inglês)

Over the past century or so, a wide assortment of pre-harvest agreements, joint ventures, deals, and pledges that can be termed contract farming have been brokered between farmers and buyers. During the...

The practice of responsible investment principles in larger-scale agricultural investments : implications for corporate performance and impact on local communities (Inglês)

This report presents findings from a field-based survey on the conduct of agricultural operations at 39 large-scale, mature agribusiness investments in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. The objective...

Investing in agribusiness : a retrospective view of a Development Bank's investments in agribusiness in Africa and Southeast Asia and the Pacific (Inglês)

Recent increases in the prices of agricultural commodities have spurred a surge of private investment into farming and agribusiness. Given the right types of large-scale investment, this can have a transformative...

A harvest of practical insights : lessons learned in agriculture, agribusiness, sustainable rural development and climate change (Inglês)

This IFC SmartBook is a compilation of sixteen IFC SmartLessons that presents practical lessons learned by staff from across the IFC and the World Bank on approaches for engaging in agriculture that have...

ICT in agriculture : connecting smallholders to knowledge, networks, and institutions (Inglês)

The livelihoods of the world's poor rise and fall with the fate of agriculture. Enhancing the ability of smallholders to connect with the knowledge, networks, and institutions necessary to improve their...

India - Assam Agricultural Competitiveness Project : P084792 - Implementation Status Results Report : Sequence 12 (Inglês)

Medicinal plant marketing in Bangladesh (Inglês)

The South Asia Enterprise Development Facility (SEDF) and Intercooperation (IC) recently entered into a partnership to contribute to the development of a sustainable and dynamic medicinal plant sector...